Connecting firewire to a laptop without firewire nor pci port

January 31, 2011 10:48pm CST
i've just bought a brand new laptop and guess what? i have completely ignore if there is a firewire or pci port or not. Now i have to connect a digital firewire mixer to it without these ports. I don't know if this can be useful, anyway, I have an HDMI port and a SD card reader and a set of usb ports... anyone can help?
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Strovek
@Strovek (868)
• Malaysia
1 Feb 11
You could probably get a USB/Firewire adapter. Not sure how effective those are. I did a search and found the following: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10314&cs_id=1031401&p_id=363&seq=1&format=1#largeimage The other thing that may cause a problem is the speed difference and whether you have the right driver for it to work.
THIER2Y
@THIER2Y (44)
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1 Feb 11
I've tried this adapter but my laptop switched off without any notification. Maybe a problem with voltage or something like that, but it didn't damage my laptop.
Strovek
@Strovek (868)
• Malaysia
1 Feb 11
Alternatively is to get a PCMCIA card that will provide the firewire port. Not sure if your laptop has a PCMCIA slot.
THIER2Y
@THIER2Y (44)
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7 Feb 11
no pcmcia slot... i guess i don't have any choice now...