FireWire PCI card for G4

messiahmessiah
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
We've managed to kill the FireWire ports on one of our Quicksilver G4s, and I'm currently trying to find a suitable PCI based FireWire card.



I saw a Belkin PCI card, and it mentions compatability with PCs. There's no mention of compatibility with Macs.



Will I need drivers for Mac OS X, or can I simply plug the card in?

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  • Reply 1 of 2
    gsfmarkgsfmark Posts: 210member
    I was recently helping a friend of mine install a wireless pci card in his PC, and I noticed he had a firewire pci card. I asked him if he used it much, and he said he had never even noticed it and thought he'd never use it. I asked him if I could use it for a while, and give it back if he ever needed it, and he said sure.



    I installed it in my Quicksilver (SP 867) which incidentally has also blown a firewire port, and it works fine. No drivers or anything. It charges/syncs my ipod, and my iFire (my pro speaker jack is dead too)



    so yeah, i don't even know what brand mine is, but it worked fine with no drivers.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    messiahmessiah Posts: 1,689member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by gsfmark

    I was recently helping a friend of mine install a wireless pci card in his PC, and I noticed he had a firewire pci card. I asked him if he used it much, and he said he had never even noticed it and thought he'd never use it. I asked him if I could use it for a while, and give it back if he ever needed it, and he said sure.



    I installed it in my Quicksilver (SP 867) which incidentally has also blown a firewire port, and it works fine. No drivers or anything. It charges/syncs my ipod, and my iFire (my pro speaker jack is dead too)



    so yeah, i don't even know what brand mine is, but it worked fine with no drivers.



    Cool!



    That's good news.



    Thanks for that...
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