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Old 08-11-2011, 09:52 AM
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Question Hard Drive Dock with iMac

Hi

Just bought an iMac (created a dual boot with Lion for 'normal' stuff and Snow Leopard for PT9).

If I bought one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Freecom-3529...077691&sr=8-29

is it likely to work for the 'record to' drive (via FW800) as long as the HD I put in it is a 7200rpm etc?

Thanks in advance!
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Old 08-11-2011, 10:14 AM
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Default Re: Hard Drive Dock with iMac

Depends on the FireWire chipset it has...The Oxford 911, 912 and 924 chipsets are qualified for ProTools.
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Old 08-11-2011, 10:18 AM
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Here is Avid's hard drive guidelines.

http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/self...p?DocId=380567

Couldn't see any bridging chip information on the Freecom website for that product.
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Thanks very much for this info. I'll see what I can find out.
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Default Re: Hard Drive Dock with iMac

Someone else posted a similar question.

OWC has docks with the Oxford chip.
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The problem is, OWC is in the US and there are no resellers in the UK.
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