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Firewire PCI card - Can't get my head around it.

  • 26-08-2008 1:30pm
    #1
    That_Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi all. I don't know really where I should post this but anyway.

    I just bought a Firewire PCI Card. I bought it to connect my mini DV camcorder so that I can edit videos on my laptop.

    I've got a Dell Inspiron 1525 and I asked the man serving me in the shop if this would definitely work with my laptop and he said yes. I made sure to tell him exactly what type of computer I had.

    I've been trying to get my head around this for the past half an hour or so and I'm starting to think that it's not working and isn't compatible with laptops.

    Could anybody shed some light if I'm doing anything wrong or should I just return it?

    All help is much appreciated.


Comments

  • #2
    towel401
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭towel401


    that's right PCI cards don't work in laptop. at least i never seen a laptop that has a *real* PCI slot


  • #3
    That_Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    I was thinking that myself. I'll just take it back. Cheers anyway mate.


  • #4
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    That_Guy wrote: »
    I was thinking that myself. I'll just take it back. Cheers anyway mate.

    You are looking for a PC card (formerly known as PCMCIA), not a PCI card. It's flat, slightly larger than a credit card, with loads of holes on one end (that goes into the laptop) and the actual firewire port on the other.

    Actually, check what type of cards the laptop takes. It may in fact be one of these ExpressCard slots. In that case, a PC card is no good to you.


  • #5
    BobJones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭BobJones


    The Inspiron 1525 has a ExpressCard/54 expansion slot.

    Expresscards come in 34mm and 54mm formats and you can fit a 34mm one into a 54mm slot. Just search for "expresscard firewire" on ebay.

    You should get one for about 15 - 20 Euro inc postage to Ireland.


  • #6
    Myxomatosis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 429 ✭✭Myxomatosis


    That_Guy wrote: »
    I've got a Dell Inspiron 1525 and I asked the man serving me in the shop if this would definitely work with my laptop and he said yes.

    What shop did you go to?

    That kind of service is brutal.


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  • #7
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Myxomatosis wrote: »
    What shop did you go to?

    That kind of service is brutal.


    Thats always the was in pc shops in general.


  • #8
    That_Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Myxomatosis wrote: »
    What shop did you go to?

    That kind of service is brutal.

    It was in Click.


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