Product Specifications
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| Brand: | Belkin |
Product Features
- Fully compatible with Macintosh®
- Adds 3 FireWire ports to your computer
- Easy Plug-and-Play setup-connect FireWire devices without restarting your computer
- Ultrafast data transfer rates of up to 400Mbps, ideal for transmitting large multimedia files
- Instant connection for FireWire devices such as digital camcorders, hard drives, CD-RWs, and others-with support for a total of up to 62
- Three additional FireWire ports installed directly onto your PC or Mac® computer
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
The FireWire 3-Port PCI Card from Belkin brings the revolutionary speed of FireWire to your desktop computer, quickly and easily. The best solution for adding FireWire capability to desktop computers, the Card enhances peripheral connections with speed, accuracy, and ease. The FireWire 3-Port PCI Card from Belkin maximizes your use of ultrafast disk, Zip®, and optical drives, scanners, printers, I-Pod, and other peripherals.
Product Description
The FireWire 3-Port PCI Card from Belkin brings the revolutionary speed of FireWire to your desktop computer, quickly and easily. The best solution for adding FireWire capability to desktop computers, the Card enhances peripheral connections with speed, a
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I bought this product in order to attach both a DV camera and an external hard drive. I actually found that I had to bend the cover plate slightly in order to persuade the card into its slot - this was a bit disconcerting! However, once in place the card was recognised straight away by Windows XP SP2, the driver installed easily, and both the camera and HD now operate well simultaneously. Recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I found this card too long, which meant alot of bending of the card mount to get it to fit, which I don't expect however cheap the product. Once installed and connected, it took seconds to set up, however. Now in place it works fine.
If this just slotted in, it would be an easy 5 star review, but a hour of bending and cursing means it gets a generous 3.
If this just slotted in, it would be an easy 5 star review, but a hour of bending and cursing means it gets a generous 3.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
2 reviews
Getting a Mac iPod to work on the PC!!
20 Jan 2007
Brilliant! I got an old Mac-formatted iPod. It was a cinch to install this card on my PC (Windows XP) and presto! Working iPod. It's also made my PC able to use FireWire backup drives/external drives, and I think I can probably network it to a Mac laptop (or desktop?) now, though I haven't tried. As I said, installation was a cinch. I feel I have Mac-ified my PC a bit, and that makes me happy. Belkin's lifetime warranty makes it worth the price.
No sleep, little power, limited, shaky?
1 July 2006
This card, using a TI chipset, has always been annoying.
My son saw a lot of mysterious firewire issues with devices connected through the card, though we were never able to pin down the culprit.
While advertised as compatible with a wide range of machines and systems, it is a 5 volt only PCI card, limiting it to older hardware.
At least on my example of the card, F5U503 Rev.S-3, there is no internal power connector, limiting the useful capacity to one bus powered device, e.g. iPod or 2.5" hard disk, but not both at once. This is not an issue if you plan to use 3.5" or 5" firewire drives which have their own power supplies.
The failure to support deep sleep is the most infuriating aspect of the card. Macs are competent and reliable sleepers, going months before rebooting. The Belkin card prevents deep sleep, something I only learned on the Belkin support site long after I bought the card.
Whether for PC or Mac, I'll choose more carefully next time.
My son saw a lot of mysterious firewire issues with devices connected through the card, though we were never able to pin down the culprit.
While advertised as compatible with a wide range of machines and systems, it is a 5 volt only PCI card, limiting it to older hardware.
At least on my example of the card, F5U503 Rev.S-3, there is no internal power connector, limiting the useful capacity to one bus powered device, e.g. iPod or 2.5" hard disk, but not both at once. This is not an issue if you plan to use 3.5" or 5" firewire drives which have their own power supplies.
The failure to support deep sleep is the most infuriating aspect of the card. Macs are competent and reliable sleepers, going months before rebooting. The Belkin card prevents deep sleep, something I only learned on the Belkin support site long after I bought the card.
Whether for PC or Mac, I'll choose more carefully next time.
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