firewire card for my laptop...

[guitar junkie]

Ok so i have a firepod that i use with my Mac but i also have my PC laptop set up to record... right now its using a sucky little USB Transit card from M audio...

my question is what is a decent priced firewire card for laptops and how hard are they to either install or find?

i have seen firewire cardbus adapters but they say firewire 400 only, my firepod as far as i know needs firewire 800 to run

can somebody point me onto something to use?

thanks.

 

[JoeyPazera]

i use have one for sale that i used with a firepod and it works great, so if you want it, i am selling it for 50 bucks

 

[guitar junkie]

i use have one for sale that i used with a firepod and it works great, so if you want it, i am selling it for 50 bucks

could you tell me more about the item? PM with it if you like

 

[dgatwood]

i have seen firewire cardbus adapters but they say firewire 400 only, my firepod as far as i know needs firewire 800 to run

No, the FIREPOD is FW400. The only FW800 peripherals in existence, to my knowledge, are high-end external hard drive cases and maybe some Digi hardware.

 

[guitar junkie]

i am thinking i should just go to comp USA or something and see what they have in stock...

 

[brzilian]

Stick with Adaptech. Other brands use cheaper VIA chipsets.

 

[TimOBrien]

www.newegg.com

And most manufacturers insist on using Texas Instruments or Lucent chipsets in the firewire cards for their interfaces; you'd better check with M-Audio BEFORE you buy a card...

 

[cawhite12]

I run a firepod through a compaq firewire card that uses an NEC chipset. It was like $30-$40 and I've never had any problems with it and the firepod.

 

[guitar junkie]

a Compaq card you say? that is the brand of my laptop... might check that out then... money is not something i have a lot to throw at with this one... any way the heavy work is done on my Mac any way...