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Old February 17th, 2004, 11:40 AM
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Help - I've run out of PCI slots & need firewire
Hi there,

I've just bought an iPod and need to connect it to my PC. I've only got 2 PCI slots (currently sound card & ethernet card) and one Coms port (unused).

I know i can buy a usb cable for the iPod but its going to be about 2 weeks to get one and i'm impatient.

Does anyone have a solution on how to get firewire.

Does anyone know if a 5 1/2" drive that connects to IDE exists, because that would be the ideal solution.

Cheers

(PS I know that the best solution would be to get a decent Motherboard with more that 2 PCI slots, but i was hoping for a less dramatic answer)
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Old February 26th, 2004, 01:39 AM
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why don't u check out a usb 2.0 and firewire combo card

you can find one on ebay for under $45 US
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Old February 26th, 2004, 03:16 AM
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but i still have no spare PCI slots, where does it plug in?
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You'll need to order and wait for the USB cable. If you want Firewire, you'll have to remove an existing card. Other option is to buy a computer with more PCI slots and a Firewire card. Course, as long as this post has been here, the USB cable might have arrived by now.


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