Where is the fire wire port?

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"Timothy Miller" <noname@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Good Morning,
>
> When I brought home my Sony Vaio PCG-K13 laptop, I was disappointed to
> find that it doesn'thave a fire wire port. Last night, I happened across a
> description of the machine on Amazon.com. It says it does have a fire wire
> port. Fire Wire is iee 1394 or something like that, isn't it? The
> machine's OS indicates it does have a 1394 port.
>
> I'm more familiar with Macintoshes. Do their firewire ports look
> different? On the Macintosh, the are about the size and shape of a USB
> port, but a little wider, with a kind of triangle shape on each end.
>
> There's an RJ-45 jack. That's what I call an Ethernet jack. Does this do
> double duty as a Fire Wire jack? I don't think my macintosh Fire Wire
> cables would plug into it. Do I need an adaptor or something? It looks
> like the machine has three USB 2.0 ports. Two on the side and one on the
> back. Is there an adaptor that will turn a USB port into a Fire Wire port?
>
> There's a tiny little jack right next to the two USB ports. It looks like
> the mini-USB jack on a digital camera. Is this an alternate type of FIre
> Wire port?
>
> Boy, am I confused.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Tim Miller
>

If the port were up your âss, you'd know where it is!

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There are two different types of fireware ports. The one you described (with
the triangular ends) is for devices with no external power. What your laptop
probably has is the mini jack that is for devices that have their own power.
It should be the one you mentioned, near the USB ports.

HTH, JAX

"Timothy Miller" <noname@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:40DC72E0.9070803@nospam.com...
> Good Morning,
>
> When I brought home my Sony Vaio PCG-K13 laptop, I was disappointed to
> find that it doesn'thave a fire wire port. Last night, I happened across
> a description of the machine on Amazon.com. It says it does have a fire
> wire port. Fire Wire is iee 1394 or something like that, isn't it? The
> machine's OS indicates it does have a 1394 port.
>
> I'm more familiar with Macintoshes. Do their firewire ports look
> different? On the Macintosh, the are about the size and shape of a USB
> port, but a little wider, with a kind of triangle shape on each end.
>
> There's an RJ-45 jack. That's what I call an Ethernet jack. Does this do
> double duty as a Fire Wire jack? I don't think my macintosh Fire Wire
> cables would plug into it. Do I need an adaptor or something? It looks
> like the machine has three USB 2.0 ports. Two on the side and one on the
> back. Is there an adaptor that will turn a USB port into a Fire Wire port?
>
> There's a tiny little jack right next to the two USB ports. It looks
> like the mini-USB jack on a digital camera. Is this an alternate type of
> FIre Wire port?
>
> Boy, am I confused.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Tim Miller
>

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You're welcome Timothy.

JAX

"Timothy Miller" <noname@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> James wrote:
>
> > "Timothy Miller" <noname@nospam.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Good Morning,
>
> --snip--
>
>
> >>I'm more familiar with Macintoshes. Do their firewire ports look
> >>different? On the Macintosh, the are about the size and shape of a USB
> >>port, but a little wider, with a kind of triangle shape on each end.
> >>
> >>There's an RJ-45 jack. That's what I call an Ethernet jack. Does this do
> >>double duty as a Fire Wire jack? I don't think my macintosh Fire Wire
> >>cables would plug into it. Do I need an adaptor or something? It looks
> >>like the machine has three USB 2.0 ports. Two on the side and one on the
> >>back. Is there an adaptor that will turn a USB port into a Fire Wire
port?
>
>
>
> > If the port were up your âss, you'd know where it is!
>
>
> Hey, Beavis! I'm one of your biggest fans. Can I get your autograph,
> dude? Just write it on your screen with a magic marker.
>
> Thanks to Thomas an JAX on this thread. It's obvious now, but it wasn't
> obvious at the time, at least to me.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Tim Miller
>