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Andrew J Hall · March 14th, 2005, 02:51 PM

I'm in the middle of building an editing system for HD and have hit a problem in that the motherboard we had been looking at using seems to have changed its spec without warning ie no firewire connection even though the specs indicate it is there.

GIGABYTE GA-8I915P Duo Pro 1.2

Does having the firewire separate from the motherboard have any performance implications - I would guess not given that is what all the capture cards do anyway but I thought I would ask. I am not intending to purchase a Canopus board or any such specialised hardware but obviously I do need a firewire connector.

Andrew

Graham Hickling · March 14th, 2005, 06:05 PM

IMHO, the only implication worth consideration would be if you needed all your PCI slots free for other cards.

Steven Gotz · March 14th, 2005, 06:16 PM

Take a good luck at all of your peripherals. For example, my firewire port is actually on my Creative Labs audio card (Audigy II) - make sure you don't waste money duplicating efforts.

Andrew J Hall · March 15th, 2005, 03:22 AM

Thanks a lot for the replies - there are so many issues to resolve in getting set up.

Turns out with this one that the supplier of the motherboard 'mistakenly' sent the standard rather than Pro version of the motherboard - fortunately because of the lack of the firewire I spotted it otherwise I could have spent quite a long time trying to work out why my system seemed to be running below spec.

Next I have to send back the new monitor since it has an ugly green color cast across the right side of the screen.

Appreciate the help

Andrew

Kyle Ringin · March 15th, 2005, 06:08 PM

Make sure you try a couple of degausses before you send the monitor back (if it's a CRT). It might fix it.

Cheers

March 14th, 2005, 02:51 PM	#1
Andrew J Hall Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 80	firewire on motherboard or separate I'm in the middle of building an editing system for HD and have hit a problem in that the motherboard we had been looking at using seems to have changed its spec without warning ie no firewire connection even though the specs indicate it is there. GIGABYTE GA-8I915P Duo Pro 1.2 Does having the firewire separate from the motherboard have any performance implications - I would guess not given that is what all the capture cards do anyway but I thought I would ask. I am not intending to purchase a Canopus board or any such specialised hardware but obviously I do need a firewire connector. Andrew __________________ http://www.ps-scripts.com/ Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 2x 2Gb Ram, ATI Radeon HD 3850

March 14th, 2005, 06:16 PM	#3
Steven Gotz Trustee Join Date: May 2002 Location: Clermont, FL Posts: 1,520	Take a good luck at all of your peripherals. For example, my firewire port is actually on my Creative Labs audio card (Audigy II) - make sure you don't waste money duplicating efforts. __________________ Steven Gotz http://www.stevengotz.com

March 15th, 2005, 03:22 AM	#4
Andrew J Hall Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 80	Thanks a lot for the replies - there are so many issues to resolve in getting set up. Turns out with this one that the supplier of the motherboard 'mistakenly' sent the standard rather than Pro version of the motherboard - fortunately because of the lack of the firewire I spotted it otherwise I could have spent quite a long time trying to work out why my system seemed to be running below spec. Next I have to send back the new monitor since it has an ugly green color cast across the right side of the screen. Appreciate the help Andrew __________________ http://www.ps-scripts.com/ Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 2x 2Gb Ram, ATI Radeon HD 3850

March 14th, 2005, 06:05 PM	#2
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	IMHO, the only implication worth consideration would be if you needed all your PCI slots free for other cards.

March 15th, 2005, 06:08 PM	#5
Kyle Ringin Major Player Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 241	Make sure you try a couple of degausses before you send the monitor back (if it's a CRT). It might fix it. Cheers