firewire header wiring query - help please

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please see http://www.aargent.com.au/postings/
Motherboard is Epox 8RDA3
Case is Task 6600
i can't match the case wires with the header on the board
any help or tips would be greatly appreciated

relloman

 

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rello wrote:
> please see http://www.aargent.com.au/postings/
> Motherboard is Epox 8RDA3
> Case is Task 6600
> i can't match the case wires with the header on the board
> any help or tips would be greatly appreciated
>
> relloman

VP is power (the header marked +12V)
VG is ground (the header marked GND)

Firewire headers provide 4 pins:
data +
data -
power
ground

And snice there is 2 connections on the header, you have 8 pins (the
ninth is technically a ground but is really just there for locating pin 1).

However, it looks like your case is designed so that only one firewire
port will have power. You would be able to use it for an external
drive, but not for powering an iPod (for example).

Just plug the VP into one of the power headers and the VG into one of
the ground, everything should be fine.

 

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On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 02:52:58 GMT, relloman@beasty.com (rello) wrote:

>please see http://www.aargent.com.au/postings/
>Motherboard is Epox 8RDA3
>Case is Task 6600
>i can't match the case wires with the header on the board
>any help or tips would be greatly appreciated
>
>relloman


Maybe I'm missing something here, but why are you attaching "case
wires" to the 1394 ports? Would it not make more sense to attach them
to the mainboard headers? I just now started exploring firewire
myself and find a real shortage on information regarding LANs.


Wad