Title: Overheating Firewire Cable Extender? Who would have thought it.
Product review: I bought this firewire extender to replace a somewhat bulky Gefen product that worked perfectly but was a little large for my cable run conduit. I had read the review about the overheating/smoking problem and thought "Gee that guy was unlucky - he had two with the same problem". I should have heeded his advice and hope others reading this do too. I connected the new extender cable to the same regular cable I had been using and connected them to a Mac Mini and a Drobo. After a few minutes the M/F end of the extender got alarmingly hot and the Mac Mini would not recognize the Drobo anymore. I plugged the Gefen extender back in and everything was fine. I guess the lesson is: read the reviews and take them seriously.
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