Dynex Firewire 800 Expresscard Adaptor

by DYNEX

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3.7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B001L1XCMU
• Item model number: DX-ECFW
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 13, 2008

Product Description

DX-ECFW Firewire 800 Express Card Adapter

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Great - Needs Power Cable - Read on to get one cheap!, October 16, 2009

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JOHN KAY (NORTHERN WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dynex Firewire 800 Expresscard Adaptor (Electronics)

I thought I'd let you know that I found a solution to your problem. Stop by Radio Shack and get an AC to DC power adapter, item #273-1774 and also pick up the end that connects to the adapter and fits in the card. That part is also at Radio Shack adaptaplug tip "H", item number 273-340 and make sure you put the tip on the correct way on the adapter because of the polarity issue. Once it's connected correctly, plug your card into the PC, plug the AC adapter with end attached to the card's DC power connection and the card works like a million bucks! Total cost: $23 and some change. It's a shame Dynex should include a power cord but they don't, nor do they have one listed on their website. I was able to transfer 4.6 GB of photos in under 4 minutes. Same batch of photos on the same cord, last night took over 45 minutes on a USB CF card reader. This was a great solution although it took a little leg work and a few extra bucks to get it done! It's well worth the additional investment though.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do Not Buy, April 23, 2010

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Trust the Force (Highland Park, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dynex Firewire 800 Expresscard Adaptor (Electronics)

As noted by other reviewers, this device does not seem to work properly. I have a i5 processor windows 7 64 bit system laptop that is 1 month old, and it did not come with a firewire connection. I bought the Dynex card and tried it. The card is properly recognized by the computer, but when I connected my Song Camcorder through the firewire cable, it did not recognize the camcorder. I took it back to BestBuy (Dynex is a BestBuy house brand so I wonder how this is being sold through Amazon) and tried a 2nd card with the same results. To be sure, I connected the camcorder with the same cord to my desktop, and it was immediately noted and worked fine. So clearly the card has a problem.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Works for me but not as instructed, January 15, 2011

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GLH "art geek" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dynex Firewire 800 Expresscard Adaptor (Electronics)

I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. The laptop does not have a firewire or DVI port but it does have an express card slot. I purchased the Dynex Firewire card with reservations; I've read the reviews/commentary. Being a tinkerer I decided to get one cheap from another site that shall remain nameless. I wanted to share how I got my card to recognize my Sony Handycam DCR-HC26 without the use of an AC adapter (the ac adapter didn't work for my setup) and using the 1394a (400 transfer) slot. I also believe that this card has some technical issues with most Sony camcorders; just my opinion.

Here are my steps:

1. Insert card in express card slot - software/driver will be loaded automatically.
2. Change the installed driver to LEGACY and reboot your system. This may be enough for some people for their device to run. To change to the legacy driver:
a. Go to device manager
b. Find the 1394 controller and right click to update driver
c. Select to browse your computer for driver software
d. Then select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
e. This is where you're given the list that includes the LEGACY driver - select and then reboot your system.
3. After reboot attach your camera to the card using the firewire 1394a slot.
4. Turn on your camera giving the card/computer about 30 seconds to recognize the camcorder. At this point my computer DID NOT
recognize my device.
5. If your camcorder is not recognized, remove the firewire cable from the camcorder leaving the other end in the card slot.
6. Attach a USB cord (if your device has a USB port) to an available USB slot on your computer and then to the USB port on your camcorder.
7. Now, with the USB cable connected to you computer and device, reinsert the firewire/dvi cable to the port on your camcorder (camcorder should be on).
Give the computer time to recognize your device but it should be visible in Windows within a few seconds depending on your system.
This might not work for your setup but it has worked for me consistently. Hope this helps someone else.

After you manage to get this working with your device the card does as it's supposed to do. I would rate it higher IF Dynex provided some sort of support or information regarding functionality.