FireWire 800 adapter

[The Torrent]

I need to connect FireWire 800 audio interface to a port which will connect to asus b450 f motherboard.

 

how can I do this

[Electronics Wizardy]

How about a pcie card, like this one https://www.newegg.com/vantec-model-ugt-fw210-pci-express-to-1394-card/p/N82E16815287011?Description=firewire card pcie&cm_re=firewire_card_pcie-_-15-287-011-_-Product

[The Torrent]

9 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

How about a pcie card, like this one https://www.newegg.com/vantec-model-ugt-fw210-pci-express-to-1394-card/p/N82E16815287011?Description=firewire card pcie&cm_re=firewire_card_pcie-_-15-287-011-_-Product

Is there any adapters rather than pcie adapters? My pcie slots are full.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, The Torrent said:

Is there any adapters rather than pcie adapters? My pcie slots are full.

what do you want to do convert to firewire? PCIE is the best for this.

 

Can you change to a board with more slots?

[The Torrent]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what do you want to do convert to firewire? PCIE is the best for this.

 

Can you change to a board with more slots?

No. I understand it’s best but I can’t do that. Is there no adapters available? I want to convert a audio interface which uses FireWire 800.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, The Torrent said:

No. I understand it’s best but I can’t do that. Is there no adapters available? I want to convert a audio interface which uses FireWire 800.

the adapters are from pcie. Your best option is probably a different board.

 

What are all your slots filled with?

[The Torrent]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

the adapters are from pcie. Your best option is probably a different board.

 

What are all your slots filled with?

I don’t want to use a pcie adapter as I also want to use the adapter for different computers including a laptop. Pcie also looks a lot more expensive than an adapter. There are some £10 pcie cables I saw on eBay but I doubt they are any good.

 

is there no such adapters?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, The Torrent said:

I don’t want to use a pcie adapter as I also want to use the adapter for different computers including a laptop. Pcie also looks a lot more expensive than an adapter. There are some £10 pcie cables I saw on eBay but I doubt they are any good.

 

is there no such adapters?

for latops you can use thunderbolt or expresscard.

 

PCIE is really the only option here due to how firewire connects to the bus, you can just convert from usb or simmilar.

[The Torrent]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

for latops you can use thunderbolt or expresscard.

 

PCIE is really the only option here due to how firewire connects to the bus, you can just convert from usb or simmilar.

Sorry I don’t understand.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, The Torrent said:

Sorry I don’t understand.

What don't use understand? You need pcie or pci to adapter to firewall. You can use thunderbolt to firewire if you want firewire on a laptop.

[The Torrent]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What don't use understand? You need pcie or pci to adapter to firewall. You can use thunderbolt to firewire if you want firewire on a laptop.

So there’s no way to connect FireWire to my pc without a pcie adapter?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, The Torrent said:

So there’s no way to connect FireWire to my pc without a pcie adapter?

probably not. A pcie adapter is the best option here.

[The Torrent]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

probably not. A pcie adapter is the best option here.

I understand. Sadly that’s not in my budget and ability for various reasons. Thank you for your help.

 

does anyone else know?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, The Torrent said:

I understand. Sadly that’s not in my budget and ability for various reasons. Thank you for your help.

 

does anyone else know?

the pcie adapter is like 30 bucks, what is your budget?

[The Torrent]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

the pcie adapter is like 30 bucks, what is your budget?

As less as possible.

 

a thunderbolt is gonna be 20 too so that’s 50 all together.. it ads up.

 

im looking for an adapter ideally max 20 quid that I can use for all my devices.

[Bitter]

You cannot adapt firewire to usb, it's not just the interface bandwidth but how the different standards signal as well as the different voltages the use. Streaming audio will not work in the same way through USB as it does through firewire. Firewire can handle a constant steady rate data stream without dropping and USB is packet based with a fill and forward kind of method. PCI/PCIe can handle a steady data stream AND packets.

[The Torrent]

6 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

the pcie adapter is like 30 bucks, what is your budget?

Will this work? Attached.

 

 

[The Torrent]

Just now, Bitter said:

You cannot adapt firewire to usb, it's not just the interface bandwidth but how the different standards signal as well as the different voltages the use. Streaming audio will not work in the same way through USB as it does through firewire. Firewire can handle a constant steady rate data stream without dropping and USB is packet based with a fill and forward kind of method. PCI/PCIe can handle a steady data stream AND packets.

What about usb c? Any of those adapters?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, The Torrent said:

Will this work? Attached.

 

 

probably, but i dont trust cheap no name electronics too much

[Bitter]

It's still the same network just a different connector. All USB is packet based. It's like trying to drive a boat down the M5, it can't work. Boats go in water. Firewire goes on Firewire.

[The Torrent]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

probably, but i dont trust cheap no name electronics too much

What’s the worst that can happen? Can it blow my mobo or damage anything else?

 

if it doesn’t work I can get it refunded.

[Bitter]

It's probably OK, I've used some generic boards like that without issue to add ports to older computers.

[The Torrent]

2 hours ago, Bitter said:

It's still the same network just a different connector. All USB is packet based. It's like trying to drive a boat down the M5, it can't work. Boats go in water. Firewire goes on Firewire.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Firewire-IEEE-1394-6-Pin-Female-to-USB-Type-A-Male-Extension-Adapter-Connector/382889891385?hash=item5926041639:g:fdYAAOSwy2Ncqql3
 

what is this? Will this not work then?

 

whats that product actually for if it won’t work?

[TomvanWijnen]

Perhaps this would work?

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32821932267.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000014.16.7d567f3bWTR94C&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.13338.128125.0&scm_id=1007.13338.128125.0&scm-url=1007.13338.128125.0&pvid=6f005423-f873-401e-ab06-98391c45e8de

[Dabombinable]

2 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

probably, but i dont trust cheap no name electronics too much

I'm currently using an as cheap IDE/SATA RAID controller without any problems. As long as as the chips on it are actually branded (my IDE card uses the same chips found on one of my old Asus motherboards).

11 minutes ago, TomvanWijnen said:

Perhaps this would work?

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32821932267.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000014.16.7d567f3bWTR94C&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.13338.128125.0&scm_id=1007.13338.128125.0&scm-url=1007.13338.128125.0&pvid=6f005423-f873-401e-ab06-98391c45e8de

 

22 minutes ago, The Torrent said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Firewire-IEEE-1394-6-Pin-Female-to-USB-Type-A-Male-Extension-Adapter-Connector/382889891385?hash=item5926041639:g:fdYAAOSwy2Ncqql3
 

what is this? Will this not work then?

 

whats that product actually for if it won’t work?

Those are port to port adapters so no. And they exist because some devices use non standard connectors for USB or Firewire.