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01/15/2009 07:14:22 PM · #1 |
I've orderer a Lexar professional 300x 4GB CF card with a Firewire card reader, and only when I've opened the packadge that I've realized that it's firewire 800 and not 400 as my laptop has.
I've googled a bit and I've found out that there are some firewire 800 to 400 cables.
does anyone has any experience with those, conecting a firewire 800 through an 400 port?
my laptop only has a firewire 400 4 pin connector. Are the cales universal? By htis I mean, is there cables male and others female, or the cables are all the same because the laptop is always male/female, and the cable is always the opposite?
Any help would be appreciated.
Nuno
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01/15/2009 07:40:03 PM · #2 |
This looks like the kind of cable to convert your CF card reader from Firewire 800 to Firewire 400.
//www.provantage.com/tripp-lite-f019-006~7TRPA1AT.htm |
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01/15/2009 09:01:10 PM · #3 |
| I believe the standard is backward compatible, but the connectors are different. The cable should be all you need. |
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01/16/2009 02:47:20 AM · #4 |
Just an FYI, converting it to 400 defeats the purpose of using firewire. Firewire 400- 400 Mbit/s USB 2.0- maximum speed of 480 Mbit/s
So you could return the more expensive Firewire reader and just get a USB 2.0 one.
I was looking at firewire readers myself until I realized the same problem you hit- 400 only on my laptop.
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