Easily use firewire 400 devices in a firewire 800 port. My old camcorder only has an output of firewire 400, but my macbook pro only takes a firewire 800. Plug and play existing digital devices such as scanners, printers, memory card readers, digital cameras, and ipods quickly and economically. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Sonnet fw800 to fw400 firewire adapter office depot. Product title premium firewire 800400 adapter cable ieee 94 9p. Sonnet firewire 800 pro expresscard 34 tested against other major brands firewire 800 expresscard 34 adapters, using 4gb transfers between a macbook pro running mac os x version 10.
My now antiquated macbook pro is not booting but boots into utilities. I dont think you can make an adapter to plug in a firewire 800 device into a 400 port. Firewire 80094b to firewire 40094b connector adapter. They dont even look remotely alike, which can lead to some confusion. They were first called firewire 400 but have since been updated to firewire 800.
I purchased an apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter, an elago firewire 400 to 800 adapter, and a tripp lite firewire ieee 94 cable 6pin6pin 6ft. Get the best deals on firewire 400 to 800 adapter and find everything youll need to improve your home office setup at. Firewire supports daisy chaining for up to six devices. I believe firewire 800 has at least 1 additional set of pins which would make if possible to make an adapter to plug a 400 device into an 800 port but not the other way around. Apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter the thunderbolt to firewire adapter simply brings a firewire 800 port into a thunderbolt mac. For complete specs on a particular system, click on the name of the mac left column. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like hard drives and audio devices. Intelbased mac systems with firewire 800 have been tested inhouse. Does anyone know if you can a firewire 400 connector to 2. Can i target disk mode from my pro firewire 800 to my old macbook firewire 400. The problem originally developed by apple in 1999 the firewire 800 ports are available in nonretina macbook pro, mac mini, and mac pro.
Firewire 800 to 400 and firewire 400 to 800 adapters. Using this adapter, you wont have to purchase additional cables. Mac pro 2019 mac pro late 20 mac mini 2018 and later. A wide variety of firewire 400 to 800 adapter options are available to you, such as pcb. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Firewire 400 to 800 adapter 1pcs, elago firewire 400 to 800 firewire adapter provides a simple way to connect firewire 400 devices to the latest mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac and all other computers with a firewire 800 port. Sonnets firewire 400to800 adapter makes it easy to connect your firewire 400 94a peripherals to the latest mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac, or any other computer with firewire 800 94b ports, without the trouble of purchasing yet another cable. Syba simpe30018 firewire 800 ieee94b 2 port and 400 ieee94 1 port to mpcie mini pcie controller card. Moshis 800 to 400 firewire adapter provides a simple way to connect firewire 400 devices to the latest mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac and all other computers with a firewire 800 port. Antaira fwb68300 firewire 40094a80094b 4 port pci express controller card.
I want to connect my old camera with a firewire 400 connector to my newish mac mini. Older intelbased macs with firewire 400 only those without firewire 800 have not been fully tested with apollo but we are not currently aware of any compatibility issues with those models exception. This firewire cable allows to connect firewire 800 9pin equipped devices like videocameras, external enclosures, etc. July 15, 2011 i needed an adapter to use with my firewire 400 products with my newer mac mini and macbook pro that only comes with firewire 800 port. Plugged in the adapter and started importing video immediately. What is a firewire cable, and do you really need it. Firewire 800 ieee94b 2 port and 400 ieee94 1 port internal ports.
The top countries of supplier is china, from which the percentage of firewire 400 to. Small and compact, it connects to the thunderbolt port on your mac computer, giving you a firewire 800 port that supplies up to 7w for buspowered peripherals like. Macbook pro 3,1 15inch midlate 2007 is not compatible. Firewire 800 to 400 adapter convertor 9 to 4 pin 1m cable. Dual sata hard drive docking station direct high speed sata port on docking station to esata port on notebook or desktop pc connects two sata ports on docking station to two esata ports on computer supports up to 2 hard.
Shop firewire adapters designed for macbook, mac mini and imac. Firewire also has an advantage of charging the device it is connected to while the transfer is still ongoing. Bizlander firewire high speed premium dv to firewire cable 800 94b 800 400 ieee 9 pin male to 4 pin male cable 6ft for mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac pc,digital cameras, slr. Firewire adapters free delivery possible on eligible purchases. On my previous imac, i used a firewire 400 to 800 adaptor to connect it. Firewire 400 to 800 adapter designed for mac elago. Thunderbolt 3 to firewire if you need to connect a firewire 800 or firewire 400 device to a new mac using the thunderbolt 3 port, youre in for a kludge of adapters. Youll be able to enjoy plugandplay connectivity with digital devices like scanners, printers. At the moment, theres no direct thunderbolt 3 to firewire adapter available, and we doubt one will ever be made. The older standard, firewire 400, is a flatter connector with one rounded side, and the faster 800 version resembles a fat usb connector. I have an external device that has a firewire 400 output. Sonnets firewire 400to800 adapter makes it easy to connect your firewire 400 94a peripherals to any mac or pc computer with firewire 800 94b ports, without the trouble of purchasing yet another cable. The usb and firewire capabilities of each recent g3 and later mac are listed below.
Find great deals on ebay for firewire 400 to 800 and firewire 800 to 400 adapter. Design for mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac and all other computers. If not, can i get a firewire to a thunderbolt adapter. I thought that by the time i added all that together there was little hope that the camera would interface with the computer. Sonnet allegro firewire 800 pcie tested against onboard firewire 800 port and an older firewire 800 adapter card, using 4gb transfers between a quad 2. How to connect macbook pro with firewire toms guide forum.
Extremely easy to plugin and doesnt take away from the mac hardware functionality and look. The firewire 800400 adapter from newer technology allows you to use your existing firewire 400 devices with the latest mac mini, imac and macbook pro 17 models, which come equipped only with firewire 800 and usb 2. I want to use target disk mode to retrieve critical files. Newertech firewire 9pin fw800 to 6pin fw400 adapter. High quality, tripleshielded premium cable from belkin. If you are a mac user, you will never have to worry about firewire compatibility issues again. Product title elago firewire 400 to 800 adapter for mac. So then i needed an adapter to get me between firewire 400 and 800. This item will ship to united states, but the seller has not specified shipping options.
From our speed tests, its safe to say that apple made the right choice switching to firewire 800 from firewire 400 on many mac models. Buy elago firewire 400 to 800 adapter white for mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac and all other computers. Sonnets firewire 400to800 adapter makes it easy to connect your firewire 400 94a peripherals to the latest mac pro, macbook pro, mac mini, imac, or any other computer with firewire 800 94b ports, without the. For the power macintosh g5 dual core and quad core, mac pro systems.
Computer cables white firewire yoton 94 ieee94 6pin female to 94b 9pin male firewire 400 to 800 adapter cable 10cm 0. The cable is 6 feet long, though there is also a 10 foot variant if you need a longer cable. Easily connect your thunderboltequipped mac to a firewire device with the apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter. Firewire 800 ieee94b 2 port and 400 ieee94a 1 port to mini pcie controller card simpe30018. Top 10 best firewire cable 400 to usb c for 2020 sideror. Is it possible to get firewire 400 devices to work with. This future computer will most likely be a current mac of some kind, so itll feature thunderbolt 3 connectivity for sure. F005006 all together, hoping to connect my old kerosenepowered lacie external hard drive firewire 400, 6pin to my 15 macbook pro thunderbolt input. There are 23 suppliers who sells firewire 400 to 800 adapter on, mainly located in asia.
When i received this adapter, i discovered that the firewire connection was firewire 800. Back in the day firewire 800 was a totally useable port for firewire 400 devices via a simple 400 800 cable, then came thunderbolt and the versions that followed which brings us up to thunderbolt 3 usbc. Buy firewire 800 to 400 and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Although firewire 400 is faster at most tasks than usb 2. Mini pcie to firewire 800 and 400 external 94 ports.
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