Installing Your LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card
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LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card
User’s Manual
2. Installing Your LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card
2.1 Minimum System Requirements
The LaCie FireWire PCI Card is compliant with the Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) and the Enhanced Host Controller
Interface (EHCI).
Important Note:
The format of this card is not compatible with laptops or notebook computers, and therefore cannot
be installed on these types of systems. Please contact your computer supply specialist for another FireWire option for
these kinds of systems.
Warning!
Before handling and installing your LaCie FireWire PCI Card, ensure that you have properly grounded
yourself. Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can quickly and easily damage or destroy your component or your computer.
Please read the following information to properly ground yourself.
Hardware Requirements for FireWire 400:
• Mac: G3 or greater,
• PC: Pentium II or higher -compatible processor,
• 64MB RAM or greater
• PCI slot that complies with PCI Specification Rev.2.0 or
above
System Requirements for FireWire 400:
• Mac OS 9.x (Apple FireWire support 2.3.3 and greater)
and 10.x
• Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP
Hardware Requirements for FireWire 800:
• Mac: G4
• PC: Pentium III or higher compatible processor
• 128MB RAM or higher
• PCI slot that complies with PCI Specification Rev.2.0 or
above
System Requirements for FireWire 800:
• Mac OS 10.2.4 or higher
• Windows 2000 and Windows XP
