Firewire

[johnbjohn]

My laptop does not have anything on it to put a firewire, could anyone tell me if it is possible to add firewire to my laptop. There are no spaces on the laptop to install this, i have a IEEE1394 lead but nowhere to put it.
It also has no cardbus slot, i am thinking this is a c..p laptop as it is only a year old and was made by a company called QTech. Is there any other way that i can download data from a camcorder to a laptop.
Thanks

[fo3nix]

Are you sure there's no cardbus slot? I've yet to see a laptop without cardbus.

If there's no cardbus and no firewire, and your camera doesn't support USB2, then there's not much else you can do, except use another computer.

[rojash]

Presumably your laptop has at least one free PCMCIA (also known as PC Card) port?

If so, take a look at the following links:

http://www.midlandcomputers.com/default.asp?ar ea=prodview&prodid=5253

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=3 7818&doy=search

[rojash]

Sorry, should have read the whole question!
As fo3nix says, if there's no cardbus slot, then (a) it's extremely unusual, and (b) there's not a lot you can do about it :-{

[Ethel]

I know I have spoken to you before on this issue, and wasn't able to resolve it. But I find it very hard to believe you do not have firewire or a pc card slot.

Has your laptop got some kind of protective flap hiding them? I am not suggesting you are stupid at all, by the way.

Go to Start/Control Panel/Performance and Maintenance/ System you will find the Device Manager.

Open the device manager and look for the IEEE 1394 controller and PCMCIA.

[johnbjohn]

Thanks for all of your replies, i cannot see any of the answers you hav given me, so i will just have to get a decent laptop that has firewall.
Thanks for all of your help