Introduction
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LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card
User’s Manual
1. Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card. Now when you connect your FireWire devices
through your LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card, you will be able to achieve the impressive transfer rates that FireWire makes
possible. The LaCie FireWire PCI Card has three high-speed FireWire ports, giving you a convenient solution to connect more
FireWire peripheral devices to your computer, such as high-speed hard drives, digital cameras, scanners and most popular
D8 camcorders.
Some of the key features include the following:
• Compliant to IEEE 1394-1995 and P1394a standards.
• Provides Bus master function with OHCI interface specification.
• Compliant with the latest PCI 2.2 data bus specification.
• Supports 100, 200, 400 and 800 Mb/s data transfer rates.
This manual will help you to:
• Install your new card properly
• Get it up and running
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Precautions
Always follow the basic precautions to use your LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card safely and correctly. Respecting these
guidelines will help to avoid the possibility of personal injury to yourself or others, as well as to prevent damage to your
device and other computer equipment. For a complete list of precautions, please see the
Health and Safety Precautions
of this
manual.
Warranty
LaCie and its suppliers accept no liability for any loss of data during the use of this device, or for any of the problems caused
as a result.
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new device.
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