well the drive is just a back up and it's almost full anyway. I can always just put it on a shelf till the day comes that I hopefully never need it. i'm not feeling all that ambitious to install a card in my pc.

cam do you mean the connector between the module and the drive? my drive has two firewire ports and then the convector between the module and the drive.

costco has 2T freegate pro drives for a hundred bucks. i guess i'll just get one of them.