ok, so I went cheap (not really) and bought the M-Audio 410 interface, however, I realized I don't have a single 1394 port on my motherboard to hook it up to.

Will I need to buy a PCMCIA firewire card, install it in my motherboard, THEN hook the 410 up to it? If so, what brand do you guys recommend? Does it have to be one with a tranfser rate of 800mb/s and up?

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If not, what other way, without risking a fried motherboard, could I hook up the 410 to my PC? I dont have any monitors yet but will be getting them soon. I am mostly concerned about possible latency, although I'm running a quad core w/16 gigs of RAM.

Fail!

buy a pci to firewire card

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Originally posted by Zild Fail! buy a pci to firewire card

a what?
pics? link?

die.

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Originally posted by Zild Fail! buy a pci to firewire card

I'm pretty sure he's using a PCMCIA card since he's using a laptop. And, Carlos, you seem to have the right idea.

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Originally posted by djdust I'm pretty sure he's using a PCMCIA card since he's using a laptop. And, Carlos, you seem to have the right idea.

No no I am not using Ableton 7 on my shitty laptop

long story short, I built a pc piece by piece, except the fact that I never thought about the God forsaken 1394 port. I just wanna hook up the 410 to the PC to be able to use my keyboards without any latency problems...if any occur.

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Originally posted by djdust I'm pretty sure he's using a PCMCIA card since he's using a laptop. And, Carlos, you seem to have the right idea.

No he is retarded and said PCMCIA but he meant PCI to 1394

google it clos

also depending on your mobo and case you bought you might have firewire built into that with port on the case, but you need to connect the wires from the mobo to the case properly.

If not get a pci to 1394 card and stick it in any free PCI slot.

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Originally posted by Zild No he is retarded and said PCMCIA but he meant PCI to 1394 google it clos also depending on your mobo and case you bought you might have firewire built into that with port on the case, but you need to connect the wires from the mobo to the case properly. If not get a pci to 1394 card and stick it in any free PCI slot.

no firewire on mobo, but I do have a firewire port on the case. It looks like one of those precut things where you just pop out the lil' plastic and voala!

ok, so the link I provided is what I need then. But, do I go with something cheap that produces UP TO 400 mb/s, or do I go 800mb/s? I've googled that and i dont see any discussion from anyone on that matter.

Also, I'm hoping that my only available slot can fit the card. My video is so fckn huge, it looks like the titanic parked itself inside of it. I'll take pictures of everything if you guys would like so that I can get some detailed input without fucking up my equipment.

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Originally posted by Carlos Pereira no firewire on mobo, but I do have a firewire port on the case. It looks like one of those precut things where you just pop out the lil' plastic and voala! ok, so the link I provided is what I need then. But, do I go with something cheap that produces UP TO 400 mb/s, or do I go 800mb/s? I've googled that and i dont see any discussion from anyone on that matter. Also, I'm hoping that my only available slot can fit the card. My video is so fckn huge, it looks like the titanic parked itself inside of it. I'll take pictures of everything if you guys would like so that I can get some detailed input without fucking up my equipment.

i actually think i've got a firewire card laying around the house. if i remember correctly, it's got 4 ports. idk what the whole 400 vs. 800 is, but if you want you can come check it out.