FA 66 and 1394b

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2011/01/18 02:59:20 (permalink)

FA 66 and 1394b

Hello all, i am considering purchasing an EDIROL FA-66 but i do not have firewire connection on my MB.Is buying a 1394 card and plugging it in a sensible option?I notice these days they are not making MB's with 1394 on them anymore.Also, will i benifit from 1394b with the FA-66 or will it make no difference.I only have 24 hours to make a descision so any prompt replies from anyone in the know would be much appreciated.

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    michael japan
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    Re:FA 66 and 1394b 2011/01/25 22:24:34 (permalink)
    In the perfect world you will have no problem at all. I however, purchased a mobo that has 1394 and PCI slots because of firewire soundcard and UAD 1. I have owned an F66 and it worked fine. One problem is that I also bought a laptop recently not ever conceiving that it wouldn't have firewire but it didn't. I went and bought a pcexpress firewire card and couldn't get the MOTU to run with it. I then bought a USB audio interfce and problems with it as well. So, I can't guarantee that with 64bit Windows7 that all will be flawless.
    I'm sure that wasn't a tremendous help. I would suggest going to a store that will give you a week to trythe machine out.

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    Jim Roseberry
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    Re:FA 66 and 1394b 2011/01/26 01:37:19 (permalink)
    Hello all, i am considering purchasing an EDIROL FA-66 but i do not have firewire connection on my MB.Is buying a 1394 card and plugging it in a sensible option?I notice these days they are not making MB's with 1394 on them anymore.Also, will i benifit from 1394b with the FA-66 or will it make no difference.I only have 24 hours to make a descision so any prompt replies from anyone in the know would be much appreciated.

     
    First, motherboards are most definitely (still) being made with onboard Firewire controllers.
    ie: You can find brand new P67 and H67 motherboards that have onboard Firewire.
     
    A good PCI/e TI chipset Firewire controller would work just fine.
     
    There's no benefit in using a FW800 controller for a FW400 device.
     
     

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    Jim Roseberry
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