firewire cards

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I have a Tascam FW-1804 and are trying to find a pcmcia card with the recomended Texas Instrument chipset, having scoured the internet I bought a Swann card, these now have Via chipsets and although this works it is a bit tempramental, has anyone got a link to a suitable card? thanks, Rob.
 
I believe the new belkin cards use TI. If you find one in a retail outlet let me know where, because I need to buy one from a place with a kind return policy.
 
darrvid said:
I believe the new belkin cards use TI. If you find one in a retail outlet let me know where, because I need to buy one from a place with a kind return policy.
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I Emailed Belkin to find out which chipset they use but as yet they haven't replied, I'm still looking for a suitable card but no-one list this in their specs.
 
If you check out the support page at belkin, and open the operating manual, it confirms a TI chip.

• Texas Instruments TSB12LV23 OHCI-Lynx 1394 Link Layer Host
Controller
• Texas Instruments TSB41LV02 Digital to Analog transceiver

This is only for the F5U513, their older model (with the dongle) uses a VIA chipset (i think, I know its not TI at least)
 
Thanks boys , I'll check all this out, Rob.
Edit. I ordered the Belkin as the manual suggests it has a TI chip, I hope this works out, I did the same with the SWANN card but they used VIA in the last batch, the manufacturers seem to use whatever is at hand at the time.
 
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I received the Belkin pcmcia card(model F5U513) this morning, The Tascam FW-1804 synced up straight away, not the usual thinking about it or warming up routine, TI chips are the way to go, thanks for all your help, Rob.
 
altitude909 said:
The Adaptec cards are all TI based also
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that's the one I got for my dell and firebox....works like a charm.
 
darrvid said:
If you check out the support page at belkin, and open the operating manual, it confirms a TI chip.

• Texas Instruments TSB12LV23 OHCI-Lynx 1394 Link Layer Host
Controller
• Texas Instruments TSB41LV02 Digital to Analog transceiver

This is only for the F5U513, their older model (with the dongle) uses a VIA chipset (i think, I know its not TI at least)
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Anybody have any idea whether the problem with VIA chipsets is with the host controller or the PHY? Has anyone ever used a board with a TI host controller and some other random PHY?
 
My laptop has a TI pcmcia controller but still the VIA card was not very positive although it worked after a warm-up period, I wasn't prepared to risk dropping out of sync during a session.
 
Belkin at Walmart.com

I purchased my Belkin firewire PCI card from Walmart.com for $19....looks like they are out of stock. :mad:
 
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