#FIREWIRE 800 TO USB A PC#

I should point out, however, that this doesn't mean that Firewire 800 is automatically 'faster', simply that it can potentially pass a higher throughput of data if and when required.įirewire 800 devices use a nine-pin connector, and if you need the maximum throughput you have to connect a FW800 device via a nine-pin to nine-pin FW800 'Beta' cable to a FW800 port, and run them in 'Beta' mode. Firewire 800 (more correctly termed IEEE 1394b) offers up to 800Mbit/second throughput compared with the 400Mbit/second of the previous Firewire standard (now known as Firewire 400 or IEEE 1394a).

#FIREWIRE 800 TO USB A PC#

PC music specialist Martin Walker replies: Unfortunately, the answer is 'it depends', but there are workarounds. Firewire 800 devices should happily run on these ports, providing the correct cables are used to link them up, although data transfer rates will be determined by the bus, not the device. The PCI card, shown here, ships with the Rain Recording Nimbus PC, reviewed in SOS July 2007.

Many audio PCs come with both varieties of Firewire 400 (IEEE 1394a) ports. Will my Firewire 400 gear work on the newer standard? If not, are there workarounds? However, I have a Firewire 800 port which is completely unused. I have three Firewire 400 devices, which all run simultaneously, but I only have one Firewire 400 port, so using them all puts stress on the Firewire bus.

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