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I want to install a firewire PCI card on my PC. I have seen 4 pin and 6 pin cards. I will be using it to connect a digital camcorder which has a 4 pin connection. Anybody got any advice? Will a card with 4 pin ports do the job? If it matters, I have Windows XP home edition.
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Thanks for that, but will a 4 pin card do the job? I have seen one at a ridiculously low price and wonder if it is a safe buy. Will it be very slow or will it work at all?
The other two pins are power pins. So that card, in theory will be OK. The problem can be that no drivers exist for it.
Given I can find a firewire card with XP support and a cable for 20 bucks, and a cable can cost more than that, I don't think I'd spend less.
Bob
The 4-wire should work. I have a 4-wire in my notebook and a 3-port 6-wire card in my desktop.
I have a 4-4 cable for my notebook to my DV Cam, a 6-6 for my desktop to my external firewire drive and a 4-6 for my notebook to the external drive and other 6-wire devices. The 4-6 also works connecting my 6-wire desktop card to my 4-wire DV Cam. So I have got all my bases covered.
In Malaysia, I can get these cables for about US$5 a pop.
Sorry, I have not come across any 9-pin firewire device.
When I bought my Inland PCI firewire card, it had 3 outer
and 1 inner ports and came with a 6into4 pin cable. $20US
normally at Fry's, was on sale for $10. chuck
I found this site with info, cables and adapters for 4, 6 and 9 pin firewire. pretty good prices too.
http://www.dcables.net/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=21
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