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djd-nice · #1 Post by **djd-nice** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:12 pm

does anyone know of a good firewire 800 card for my t-42 for my lacie ext. hd. and where is a good place to get it...
any help will be greatly appreciated.......

brainpicker · #2 Post by **brainpicker** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:33 pm

The only cards I even know exist for laptops are these from SIIG: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6815150030

That's a good price too as most places want far more (like here: http://www.firewire-1394.com/siig-firew ... ardbus.htm ).

Yak

emorphien · #3 Post by **emorphien** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:01 pm

That's still quite a bit more than a firewire 400 card.

From what I've seen 800 won't gain you that much with most external hard drives. Just wondering if you think it's really worth it to spend $60 on a Firewire 800 card when Firewire 400 can be had for less than $20 and speed wise there won't be a whole lot of difference the majority of the time.

#4 Post by **RonS** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:01 pm

You can't do much better than LaCie's PCMCIA Firewire card. Check www.LaCie.com.

I have two LaCie drives and they're speed limited by the interface to around 65-70 MB/sec.

brainpicker · #5 Post by **brainpicker** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:47 am

The LaCie card is nice but the LaCie 800 card IS A REBRANDED SIIG CARD... and for more money! It's $79 plus shipping from LaCie and the genuine SIIG card is $61 plus (lower) shipping from NewEgg. No advantage I see as the card will be inside your laptop so no one will see the name badge, colors, or pretty pictures, even if you buy a LaCie drive and want a "matching pair".

Yak

Leeper · #6 Post by **Leeper** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:32 pm

For what it is worth. I have the LaCie card and it works just fine, only wish it would push a powered port without haveing to plug in the extra AC brick.

JohnV · #7 Post by **JohnV** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:13 pm

I have the Lacie card for my T42. I use it to digitize video from my video camera. It works great!!

John

jjlists123 · #8 Post by **jjlists123** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:55 pm

Is firewire through the cardbus slot very fast?
I am using a usb2 external drive and find it to be quite slow. The external drive also has a firewire connection so I was hoping it would speed up access to the external drive.
Anyone using fireware with external drives?

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