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How to get firewire to a laptop wtw 05-19-2006
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Posted by wtw on May 19, 2006, 5:04 am
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 Hey. I've got a problem. I need to connect my external sound card,
which only has firewire connector, to a laptop that doesn't have a
firewire port or a PCMCIA slot. All I have is a bunch of USB ports. How
do I do this?

The solution is _not_ to change the sound card or the laptop.


Posted by M.I.5¾ on May 19, 2006, 7:13 am
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> Hey. I've got a problem. I need to connect my external sound card,
> which only has firewire connector, to a laptop that doesn't have a
> firewire port or a PCMCIA slot. All I have is a bunch of USB ports. How
> do I do this?
>
> The solution is _not_ to change the sound card or the laptop.
>

You don't. A USB port is not up to the job of hosting a firewire port (not
even a USB2 port). The solution is to change the sound system to a USB
based one, or change the laptop to one that has a Cardbus slot.



Posted by bob on May 19, 2006, 11:52 am
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wtw@iki.fi wrote:
> Hey. I've got a problem. I need to connect my external sound card,
> which only has firewire connector, to a laptop that doesn't have a
> firewire port or a PCMCIA slot. All I have is a bunch of USB ports. How
> do I do this?
>
> The solution is _not_ to change the sound card or the laptop.
>
The solution is _not_ to want to use the sound card or use it with
another machine. There is no other solution to this problem.

Posted by Barry Watzman on May 19, 2006, 2:02 pm
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It's hard for me to imagine a laptop that doesn't have a PC Card slot
(the correct terminology for what you called a PCMCIA slot).

If you don't have that (and it has to be "Cardbus ... just any PC Card
slot will not do), you are screwed. There is no other way to add a
firewire port to a laptop that doesn't have one.


wtw@iki.fi wrote:

> Hey. I've got a problem. I need to connect my external sound card,
> which only has firewire connector, to a laptop that doesn't have a
> firewire port or a PCMCIA slot. All I have is a bunch of USB ports. How
> do I do this?
>
> The solution is _not_ to change the sound card or the laptop.
>

Posted by Johnnie Leung on May 20, 2006, 8:39 am
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> It's hard for me to imagine a laptop that doesn't have a PC Card slot

Some recent Dells have ExpressCard slots only. Most palmtops and UMPCs have
either a single CF slot (= 16-bit) or no expansion slot at all.

JL



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