Firewire 800

Principal · May 25th, 2005, 10:42 PM

I can't seem to locate a 15 ft. (or longer) FW800 cable anywhere, nor a PCI card (combo FW/USB2) for the new dual 2.0gig G5's... any body else have any luck?

Bighead · May 25th, 2005, 11:02 PM

http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_...roducts_id/370

RicktheChemist · May 26th, 2005, 01:07 AM

15 feet.. ain't that the theoretical limit of Firewire 800.. you would have to add a repeater to get more distance...

RtC

Principal · May 26th, 2005, 06:14 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by RicktheChemist
	15 feet.. ain't that the theoretical limit of Firewire 800.. you would have to add a repeater to get more distance... RtC

I think FW400 has a limit of about 15 ft., but FW800 is around 100 ft. yes?

RicktheChemist · May 26th, 2005, 09:47 AM

I don't think so.. I thought Firewire 400 was something like 30 feet and Firewire 800 15 feet... or vice versa...

Cheers,

RtC

May 26th, 2005, 03:22 PM

the max distance for fw800 is less than fw400 for sure. Repeaters are super expensive (fwdepot.com has some listed on there).

Chookaboom · May 26th, 2005, 03:32 PM

I thought is was 4.7 meters (15ft) for both...

matt@carbonation.com · May 26th, 2005, 08:15 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Principal
	I can't seem to locate a 15 ft. (or longer) FW800 cable anywhere, nor a PCI card (combo FW/USB2) for the new dual 2.0gig G5's... any body else have any luck?

We have 15ft FW800 cables available in stock - $49.95

As for the Combo FW/USB2 card, I have yet to see combo FW800/USB2 cards, but FW400/USB2 cards are readily available - $64.95 for a Lacie.

Depending how fast you need your data transfer speed to be, we also carry FW400 extender cables with active repeaters. - $69.95 in stock