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Smackre · 11-16-2009, 10:21 AM

Well I am wanting to add fire-wire to a computer that does not have it. This computer is a 2 yr old acer. The mobo may have it but I don't have any manual and from what I can tell there is not any where on the mobo to install it.

I am looking for a 1394 PCI(not PCI-E) add-on card. Which is easy to find. Lots of them. But I want to be able to connect stuff up to the front of the PC. Like I already do with usb and etc. But I can not find a card that has the front panel attachment. All of them have internal fire-wire ports. But that does not really help me out. As all the separate front panels do not have fire-wire ports on them. Its just a block of wires to hook to a mobo.

If anyone has a good idea of how to fix this issue please let me know. I need to burn some videos from my camcorder so I gotta have this issue fixed by the middle of the week so time is of the essence. If I do not find a better option I will just order the standard one and hook it up on the back but I would rather not.

Thanks Smackre,

11-16-2009, 10:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Smackre Addict	Add-on 1394 Well I am wanting to add fire-wire to a computer that does not have it. This computer is a 2 yr old acer. The mobo may have it but I don't have any manual and from what I can tell there is not any where on the mobo to install it. I am looking for a 1394 PCI(not PCI-E) add-on card. Which is easy to find. Lots of them. But I want to be able to connect stuff up to the front of the PC. Like I already do with usb and etc. But I can not find a card that has the front panel attachment. All of them have internal fire-wire ports. But that does not really help me out. As all the separate front panels do not have fire-wire ports on them. Its just a block of wires to hook to a mobo. If anyone has a good idea of how to fix this issue please let me know. I need to burn some videos from my camcorder so I gotta have this issue fixed by the middle of the week so time is of the essence. If I do not find a better option I will just order the standard one and hook it up on the back but I would rather not. Thanks Smackre, __________________ Intel® Pentium® M Processor 730 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen XGA+ Display 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800