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Firewire Cards and Chipsets

Getting Firewire to work with mLAN, or pretty much any serious audio is voodoo. A bit like the old SCSI days.

This page is an attempt to try to document various firewire cards and the Chipsets and ISOC Channels (or R-Tabs) that they have. Please add your card.

Desktop Cards

Card Chipset/Card ID Form ISOC Channels Does it Work
Adaptec AFW4300 AGERE PCI 4? Yes - though other chipsets may not work.
Adaptec AFW4300D NEC PCI 4 Yes
Belkin F5U501-APL AGERE FW323-05 PCI? 8 Unknown
Belkin F5U502 AGERE FW323-05 PCI 8 Yes
D-Link DFW-500 VIA VT6306 PCI? 8 Unknown
IO-DATA 1394-PCI3 VIA VT6306 PCI? 8 Unknown
Logitec LHA-1394V VIA VT6306 PCI? 8 Unknown
MAXTOR 1394PCIAdapterCard AGERE FW323-04 PCI? 8 Unknown
MELCO IFC-ILP4 VIA VT6306 PCI? 8 Unknown
SIIG NN300012 VIA VT6306 PCI? 8 Unknown
TEKRAM TR-1394W AGERE FW323-05 PCI? 8 Unknown
IO-DATA CB1394L VIA VT6306 PCI? 8 Unknown
LSI (Agere) FW 643  ? 8 Unknown, but should work
Unibrain Fireboard Red VIA 6306 rev. 46 PCI 8 Unknown
Unibrain Fireboard 800 LSI PCIe 8? Unknown
Unibrain Fireboard Blue  ? PCI 4 Unknown

Laptop Cards


Card Chipset/Card ID Form ISOC Channels Does it Work
Adaptec AFW1430 Procomps - In Driver Setup
NEC - In Device Manager
PCMCIA 4 Yes
Adaptec AFW1430A TI PCMCIA 4 Unknown
Belkin F5U505 TI XIO2200 Express Card 34 Unknown (probably 4) Unknown
Belkin F5U514 Unknown Express Card 34 Unknown Unknown
SIIG NN-EC2812-S1 Unknown Express Card 54 Unknown Unknown
SIIG NN-EC2012-S1 Unknown Express Card 34 Unknown Unknown
SIIG NN-000042-S1 Unknown Express Card 34 Unknown No - No S400 Port
SYBA SD-EXPC34-2F TI XIO2200 Express Card 34 Unknown (probably 4) Unknown
Xterasys E94A Unknown Express Card 54 Unknown Unknown - potential issues with Core 2 Processors
Startech.com EC13942 Unknown Express Card 34 Unknown Unknown
SIIG NN-EC2822-S1 Unknown Express Card 34 Unknown No - No S400 Port
ATEN PC220 ATEN - in Driver Setup PCMCIA 4 No

Onboard Controllers

Computer Chipset/Card ID Form ISOC Channels Does it Work
NEC Versa P8100 Texas Instruments - In Device Manager
MITAC - In Driver Setup
On board 4 No
NEC Versa M540 VIA - In Device Manager On board 4 No
Fujitsu E8410 Fujitsu - In Driver Setup On board 8 No - regular click about twice a second
Gigabyte K8NF9 Ultra TI 1394b On board 4 Yes
ASUS P5K3 Deluxe Wifi/AP Agere FW322 On board 8 Yes

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