I Don't Have a PCI Slot?

miguel3579 · 02-16-2008, 01:11 PM

I'd bought a Sony Camcorder a couple weeks ago, and I found out everything I needed to know about what I needed to to hook it up to my computer.

I didn't have any firewire ports, so I went out and bought a firewire card, but then I found out I don't have any unused PCI slots to hook that up to. (I'd bought my Windows PC a couple years ago)

I'm wondering if there's any alternative to this or not.

jimkonow · 02-16-2008, 01:13 PM

well, is there a useless 56k modem taking up a spot?

miguel3579 · 02-16-2008, 01:14 PM

yeah, it's using the only pci slot available

jimkonow · 02-16-2008, 01:15 PM

take out the 56k modem (im assuming you have DSL) and put the Firewire card in it. just turn off the pc and all that jazz first

miguel3579 · 02-16-2008, 01:17 PM

ok, thanks. but i'm not that much of a computer person, so just out of curiosity, what's that 56k cable doing there then?

jimkonow · 02-16-2008, 01:19 PM

oh, its there because people used to use DialUp, and thats what you would connect your phone line to to connect to the internet.
just grab a philips screwdriver and take the card out. when youre putting the firewire card in, make sure you apply equal pressure on each side of the card to avoid damaging the card and possibly your motherboard.

miguel3579 · 02-16-2008, 01:20 PM

ok, thanks for your help.

jimkonow · 02-16-2008, 01:20 PM

no problem

post back up when you have it installed, mkay?

dougland · 02-17-2008, 12:10 AM

make sure to ground yourself before touching stuff.

Vizy93 · 02-17-2008, 01:24 AM

how do u properly ground yourself??

02-16-2008, 01:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
miguel3579 New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5	I Don't Have a PCI Slot? I'd bought a Sony Camcorder a couple weeks ago, and I found out everything I needed to know about what I needed to to hook it up to my computer. I didn't have any firewire ports, so I went out and bought a firewire card, but then I found out I don't have any unused PCI slots to hook that up to. (I'd bought my Windows PC a couple years ago) I'm wondering if there's any alternative to this or not.

02-16-2008, 01:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
jimkonow Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chatham, New York Age: 17 Posts: 942	well, is there a useless 56k modem taking up a spot? __________________ E4500 @ 2.2GHz Acer AL2216W @ 1680x1050 Gigabyte P35-DS3L 2048MB OCZ DDR2-800 80GB Excelstor SATA 3.0 MSI HD2600XT (256MB GDDR4) NEC DVD-R-DL

02-16-2008, 01:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
jimkonow Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chatham, New York Age: 17 Posts: 942	take out the 56k modem (im assuming you have DSL) and put the Firewire card in it. just turn off the pc and all that jazz first __________________ E4500 @ 2.2GHz Acer AL2216W @ 1680x1050 Gigabyte P35-DS3L 2048MB OCZ DDR2-800 80GB Excelstor SATA 3.0 MSI HD2600XT (256MB GDDR4) NEC DVD-R-DL

02-16-2008, 01:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
jimkonow Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chatham, New York Age: 17 Posts: 942	oh, its there because people used to use DialUp, and thats what you would connect your phone line to to connect to the internet. just grab a philips screwdriver and take the card out. when youre putting the firewire card in, make sure you apply equal pressure on each side of the card to avoid damaging the card and possibly your motherboard. __________________ E4500 @ 2.2GHz Acer AL2216W @ 1680x1050 Gigabyte P35-DS3L 2048MB OCZ DDR2-800 80GB Excelstor SATA 3.0 MSI HD2600XT (256MB GDDR4) NEC DVD-R-DL

02-16-2008, 01:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
jimkonow Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chatham, New York Age: 17 Posts: 942	no problem post back up when you have it installed, mkay? __________________ E4500 @ 2.2GHz Acer AL2216W @ 1680x1050 Gigabyte P35-DS3L 2048MB OCZ DDR2-800 80GB Excelstor SATA 3.0 MSI HD2600XT (256MB GDDR4) NEC DVD-R-DL

02-16-2008, 01:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
miguel3579 New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5	yeah, it's using the only pci slot available

02-16-2008, 01:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
miguel3579 New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5	ok, thanks. but i'm not that much of a computer person, so just out of curiosity, what's that 56k cable doing there then?

02-16-2008, 01:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
miguel3579 New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5	ok, thanks for your help.

02-17-2008, 12:10 AM	#9 (permalink)
dougland Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 388	make sure to ground yourself before touching stuff.

02-17-2008, 01:24 AM	#10 (permalink)
Vizy93 Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The Angels Age: 15 Posts: 2,636	how do u properly ground yourself?? __________________ http://www.computerforum.com/6663-funniest-joke-world.html "75% of all statistics are made up, including this one. 62.481% of people who read that believe it is true. And if you're one of the 37.519% who don't, copy and paste this into your signature." - tlarkin, Cromewell, and Rambo.

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