techy help needed

[Dr.Filth]

I need to buy a firewire cable for my new camcorder but I dont know whether my PC has a 6 pin or a 4 pin connection. Anyone know wherabout it's usually located?

[JangoSolo]

If you look at the port on your pc, it should have a number by it e.g 1334

 

That should be what you look for when buying your cable, they are usually 4 pin though

[Stu Monty]

*Considers forcing a "Reboot" joke*

 

 

*closes thread quickly to stop temptation*

[bri]

Have you tried RE BOOTING.

 

sorry couldnt resist.

[DJLJ]

I need to buy a firewire cable for my new camcorder but I dont know whether my PC has a 6 pin or a 4 pin connection. Anyone know wherabout it's usually located?

a Camcorder always has a 4 pin connection, whereas a PC either has a 4 or a 6 pin firewire connection. Now the easy part is if you have a Mac, then you always have a 6 pin connection on the PC. If you don't have a Mac, then you can have both a 4 and/or a 6 pin connector. The difference being a 4 pin connector isn't powered, whereas a 6 pin is powered.

Link for Firewire connector

The formal name for this protocol is IEEE-1394, Sony calls it i-link and Apple calls it Firewire

[SharQ]

6-pin FW is shaped like a D, the 4-pin is small and square.

[Dr.Filth]

Thanks for the help lads. Unfortunately it looks like I'll have to use the USB cable as my PC hasn't got a firewire connection, even though it supports IEEE1394. How stupid is that?