Re: Another port for firewire 400 on xp pro?
- From: "Mark G." <askmefirst@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 04:14:06 -0800
WOW! great informational feedback. Thanks all, I really apprecite that.
Through the reading, I think I will go the adapter route with the e-sata. If
I should have further questions, I will be sure to drop in. Thanks again for
the thoughtful responses!
"Patrick Keenan" <test@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Mark G." <askmefirst@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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So I got another external drive that will run either USB, firewire, or
express sata. My current mobo does not support the lader. With my other
Western Digital external drive I used firewire and it proves to be
faster. Only problem is that my outputs from my mobo only gives me 1
firewire connection. With that said, I have a Creative sound card that
had a firewire port and opted to use that. But now I am wondering if I
can get much improvement on my system running XP Pro if I get a PCI
expansion card for firewire 400/800? if so, will be fast enough to
support spending the money? For usage, most of this new drive (1.5tb)
will be for backing up data (about 1tb worth). Any and all input is much
appreciated!
While eSATA may be a better option, to answer you question about another
FireWire Card - a lot of the result depends on the drivers. Be
absolutely sure that the drivers will work at full speed on your version
of XP. And it seems that the chip on the card does matter.
In the past, MS FW support has not been particularly good, and at one
point MS tried to solve the timing problems in their drivers by crippling
the speed. Expect to have to look for a hotfix if you encounter any
problems.
I will also mention that I have found FW devices to be a questionable
proposition if they are ever intended to be moved. Officially, FW
supports hot-plugging. In my experience, this can cause permanent damage
to the ports on the devices.
I've had a number of external FW drive cases, *all* of which failed due to
a known problem with hot-plugging FW devices. You'll find a white paper
on this problem if you look, and you will find that some manufacturers,
for example M-Audio, urge users to *never* hot-plug firewire devices due
to the risk of permanent port damage, damage that will require
replacement.
I've had to send for service (replacement) a $1000+ FW audio interface for
the same reason, and seen a failed FW port (on a MacBook) blow up the port
on a brand-new interface.
On my desk I do have a FW audio interface; it's been plugged in since the
system was assembled, and never moved, which prevents the problem.
If you are having to transfer large amounts of data, yes you want both the
highest speed and greatest sustained throughput, which will mean either
eSATA or FW.
-pk
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