D-Link 3-Port IEEE 1394 Firewire Adapter Card

by D-Link

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4 inches ; 12.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004XRD3
• Item model number: DFW-500
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #87 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > I/O Port Cards > FireWire Port Cards
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 26, 2000

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The D-Link three-port FireWire adapter is an IEEE 1394-compliant high-performance serial bus adapter card with a PCI 2.2 interface that provides three external ports for easily connecting peripherals to your PC. Supplying power to any attached IEEE 1394 peripheral, device, or hub, this adapter allows bus-powered devices to operate without the need of an external power adapter. With serial bus data transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps, the adapter ensures flexible, high-speed support for scanners, hard drives, printers, and multimedia devices such as IEEE 1394-compatible TVs, VCRs, DVD players, and digital camcorders. Bundled with digital video-editing software, the adapter provides an out-of-the-box solution for home video editing. Simply upload digital information from a camcorder to your PC, edit it, and then download it to an IEEE 1394-enabled VCR.

With convenient plug-and-play installation, automatic driver location, and automatic device configuration, this adapter card is easy to use and comes with a one-year warranty.

Product Description

3 Port FIREWIRE IEEE 1394 PCI CARD

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Won't work with iPod, March 8, 2002

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Marcin K. Porwit (Bellevue, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D-Link 3-Port IEEE 1394 Firewire Adapter Card (Personal Computers)

The card installs quickly right out of the box and Windows 2000
recognized it without loading any other drivers.
Unfortunately, the TI chipset used in these cards seems to have
some issues identifying the iPod player. The exact error message
is that the device failed to start and I get a Code 10 error.
So, even though this may be a great card, I'm sending mine back

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Perfectly Under XP, January 17, 2002

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Daniel J. Russell (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: D-Link 3-Port IEEE 1394 Firewire Adapter Card (Personal Computers)

Plugged the card in and XP did the rest. I connect a Canon ZR25 camcorder to the firewire and works perfectly. The card is definitely OHCI compliant which is required for video editing software.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to set-up and use., February 4, 2002

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S. Wieck - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D-Link 3-Port IEEE 1394 Firewire Adapter Card (Personal Computers)

I was saving video to my hard drive and editing it 45 minutes after popping open the box on this card.

The card comes with a 6 to 4 pin Firewire cable, so no need to purchase one seperately (like I did not knowing that).

Manual is fine. Installation was easy (I have installed cards before though - not sure how easy the installation would be for someone who has never opened their computer's case before).

Software that comes with it did not work on Windows ME for me (even though the software's site says no problems are reported), but I'm using Windows Movie Maker and that's working fine for now.