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May 29th, 2010, 10:12 AM
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Sandisk Firewire Reader Not recognized on Laptop: Help
Hi guys,
I need your help. I have a laptop PC with 4pin firewire, and a sandisk firewire reader (6pin). I connected it to an adapter 6-4pin adapter, but it doenst power on the sandisk firewire reader. Do you have any suggestions how to make it work? I really need it for my SDE I thought I would be able to transfer files with firewire. I read that only Mac has this capability. thanks,
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May 29th, 2010, 10:34 AM
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I have a cheap little Lexar Firewire and both stills and video come into - my Mac - very fast vs USB 2.0. Sorry, I do not have a clue how PCs work...
Yet, and maybe it's different over there, but when I hear 4pin-to-6pin adaptor I automatically think incompatible. Good luck with a workaround. Jim |
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May 29th, 2010, 12:25 PM
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May 29th, 2010, 06:18 PM
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Most 6 pin firewire readers are not compatible with 4 pin firewire ports. 9 pin firewire readers are not compatible with 4 or 6 pin firewire ports. You should be able to buy a 6 or 9 pin firewire pc card, but I suggest going with a 9 pin firewire pc card.
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May 29th, 2010, 08:21 PM
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Firewire? Nope, think again. I would suggest you find a machine (any machine) that has 6 pin firewire, transfer your files to it and use optical media to get it to where you want it to go. CS |
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May 30th, 2010, 12:34 AM
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May 30th, 2010, 06:40 PM
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As I mentioned, just get a firewire PC card for your laptop. Just search for Firewire 800.
Newegg.com - firewire 800 expresscard Even though you need firewire port with 6 pins (firewire 400), I would go with a firewire 800, which uses 9 pins. This way, if you decide to get a faster reader, you won't have the same problems again.
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