IEEE 1394b FireWire 800 PCI Host Adapter
3
(J5)
6-pin to 4-pin
7.
Up to 63 devices can be connected to the 1394b host adapter.
No termination problem has to be care about. Simply connect
the IEEE1394 devices to the host adapter using above 1394
cables.
8.
Put the chassis cover back on the computer.
9.
Turn ON the power of your computer and peripherals.
The following table lists the current OS support of the IEEE 1394b PCI
Express Host Adapter. Since Windows bundled the IEEE 1394a drivers
and Mac OS X bundled the 1394b FireWire 800 drivers, it does not
need any additional driver to make it work (except the Win98SE and
Mac OS 8.6 may need some updates from their web site):
OS
Driver Supports (Kernel)
Win98SE (Second Edition)
Yes (need a patch file, Note:1)
Win ME
Yes (Note:2)
Win 2000
Yes (Note:2)
Win XP
Yes ( for SP2)
Mac OS 8.6
Yes (need to update the FireWire
Support, Note: 3)
Mac OS 9.x
Yes (Note:2)
Mac OS 10.x
Yes
Note:
1.
Win98SE: Go to the following place to download the Win98SE patch file (or
perform the Windows Update) from Microsoft Web site before installing any
IEEE1394 Devices ( you need to choose your own language before
downloading the file, wrong language selection may cause problems in
your win98SE):
3. Software Installations
