Acer aspire 5050,firewire

[lanwanchan]

Does anyone know if this laptop has firewire built into it, i dont no what the port will look like or where it is on the laptop, so can someone find out for me, and also, if it doesnt have firewire built into it, were can i buy the firewire card from to put into it? thanks in advance

[Ethel]

Try:

Start - my computer

Click 'View System Information' in the left hand pane

Hardware tab - device manager

A long list will appear. Scroll down until you see

IEEE 1394 bus host controllers - click on this. If you have the firewire it will show up there.

My Acer is a different model, but the firewire port is on the right hand side as I look at the screen.

If you do not have a firewire port but do have a PCMICA card slot (a credit card sized slot) you could buy something like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Firewire-PCMCIA-Cardbu s-Videostudio-RYOTECH/dp/B000MS96X2/ref=pd_bbs _sr_1/202-5232245-3977438?ie=UTF8&s=electronic s&qid=1182178870&sr=8-1


All Acer laptops have an Acer Guide on the hard drive, which should show you where your ports are and what they do.

[vehelpfulguy]

Why do you need firewire?

There was a time when firewire was quicker for downloading video from your camcorder than the other option, USB.

But with USB 2.0 I believe it is quicker than firewire so you can use USB instead of firewire.

Or do you need it for another reason.

[Fitzer]

It doesn't appear to have Firewire according to the specs I can find, you could add it via a cardbus card but you might be better off getting a laptop with Firewire built in if it is important to you.

VHG, actually Firewire is still faster for transferring video and a lot less prone to seizing up your 'puter whilst doing so. I know that dumping from my camcorder to my laptop was a nightmare via USB until I bought a Firewire cable and then it worked like a dream.