1-Lane (x1) PCI-Express with transfer rate 2.5Gbps Full Duplex channel. 2x 1394B firewire ports + 1x 1394A firewire port + 1x 1394A firewire internal header. Compliant with PCI-Express Revision 1.0a. Support provisions of IEEE Standard P1394b-2002. Compliant with 1394 Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) specification Revision 1.1 and 1.2 draft. Support 800 / 400 / 200 / 100Mbps transfer rate. Fully Plug and Play and Hot Plug supported. Fully backward compatible to 1394a specification. Compliant with IEEE 1394a-2000 and 1394-1995 standard for a High-Performance Serial Bus. Fully interoperable with Firewire, iLink and SB1394 implementation of IEEE 1394 standard. Equipped with Bilingual IEEE Standard 1394b-2002 ports for 800Mbps data transferring. Software driver supports for windows 98SE/ME/2000/Server 2003/XP-32ibt/Xp-64bit, Vista 32-bit/Vista-64bit, Mac OS. System Requirement: Hardware: Computer with PCI-Express
$ 25.00
It works right with no difficulties,
Let’s face it, Firewire is a moving target and an iffy communications channel at best. I sometimes think there is a little gnome down inside Firewire cards and drivers that just looks for opportunities to cause problems.
I chose this card because it uses the TI chipset, which has the reputation of being more versatile than NEC, VIA or others. I inserted it in an older homebuilt PC and it ran perfectly on Win XP without any burps or hiccups. I have used it with both a camera and a software-defined radio without any difficulties whatsoever. It comes with both standard-length and a low profile brackets, easily changeable with two small screws.
Note that this is a PCI-Express card and will only run in an Express lot. Syba sells regular PCI cards if that is what you need.
Recommended.
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|Works as advertised,
I have a dual operating system computer, with XP Pro 32bit and Windows 7 64bit. The previously used StarTech card in Firewire 800 mode was slower than USB 2 with both operating systems. The Syba card transfers data between 60-80 Mb/sec to my Seagate GoFlex auxiliary drives with both operating systems. For comparison, USB 2 is around 30 Mb/sec. It is refreshing to see, that some product actually deliver what’s written in its specs.
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|Works perfectly but don’t install drivers from the included CD!,
I purchased this FireWire board with the intent of video capture and attaching some older firewire devices to my new gaming computer.
I’m running the ASUS Rampage IV, Intel i7 3960X and Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit with a number of additional graphical/hardware components etc.
When I picked up my newly built computer the first thing I did was install the FireWire card and boot the system. The next thing I did was install the drivers with the included CD. Unfortunately upon re-booting my system I was met with a blue screen of death. After investigating the crash dump and researching this on the internet I came to the conclusion the drivers were preventing the system from successfully booting and could not be fully wiped from the page file or system registry. Unfortunately even using a system restore point failed to prevent the blue screen from re-appearing. I even attempted removing the hardware from the motherboard and doing a partial system restore that again would lead to a blue screen after a shutdown and re-start.
I had to subsequently wipe the HD and do a fresh windows install (thank goodness it was a new build with nothing installed). After re-installing windows and installing all the windows updates as well as all the associated Asus/Nvidia/Intel and LG drivers, I cautiously pushed the FireWire chipset back into the PCIe slot and booted windows. Presto, the hardware was found and windows loaded all the necessary drivers.
I tested the connection speed and was able to get the near full advertised 800mbps.
The conclusion? The drivers that come loaded on the included CD have the option of replacing the windows drivers and seem to cause system failures and instability. These drivers seem unnecessary as the built in windows drivers work perfectly. So don’t install anything from the included CD, just make sure windows is up to date, install the hardware and let windows automatically install the correct drivers.
I’ve been using the FireWire chipset now for 3 weeks capturing XMF/HDV/DV files from various professional (Sony PDW-700 / Canon XH-A1) and consumer grade cameras with no issues at all.
Good product, just stay away from the included CD.
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