Firewire connector source

[K6JEK]

The computer I'm trying to use to set up remote radio operation has a damaged Firewire connector.  I need this port to connect to the external sound "board."   After disassembling the laptop (what a pain that was) I've been stuck trying to find a replacement connector.

Can anyone think of sources of connectors besides DigiKey, Mouser and Newark?  It's a 4 pin 1394 made by Suyin.

Fallback plan is to just solder a cable to the motherboard and poke it out the case. 

[w1vtp]

Does your notebook have a PCMCIA slot in the side?  If so this would work

http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-SBT-F2A-Firewire-IEEE1394-CARDBUS/dp/B000A234UQ/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1255433321&sr=8-19

That's what I use for my Flex-5000 and it works fine. You'd have to go the the 6 wire connector version but it should work

Al

[WQ9E]

Try Allied Electronics:  http://www.alliedelec.com/Search/SearchResults.aspx?N=0&Ntk=Primary&Ntt=firewire+connector

[K6JEK]

Thanks for the replies.

The PC has a "Type 1" PC-MCIA slot, 16 bit, not 32 bit and slow.  I will look for an old PC-MCIA card that will work in this old set up.  That is a good fallback.

Thanks for the tip on Allied.  None of those connectors is right but at least they have some.

Jon

[WA1GFZ]

How about a used computer store and get one off a dead unit.

[K6JEK]

How about a used computer store and get one off a dead unit.

I'll give that another try.  At the swap meets I usually grumble about all computer crap.  At last weekend's swap meet, the last "De Anza" of the year,  I spent my time digging through junk laptops. That should teach me to be more tolerant.  But I came up empty handed.

I think Firewire had a brief period of glory.  Except for Apple, laptops didn't have it for a long time then dropped it when USB 2.0 showed up.  Four-wire "mini Firewire" had an even shorter lifetime.

Today, I'll follow your advice and head to "Weirdstuff" the local computer wrecking yard.

[WQ9E]

The firewire is kind of a pain.  My Canon EOS 1Dm2 digital camera uses Firewire and I have it plugged into a firewire port on my external DVD writer which interfaces with the computer via USB.  Hopefully my soon upgrade to the current EOS 1DM series will get me away from Firewire and into a wireless connection.

The other option is to simply choose your own set of matching connectors that will fit on the motherboard and on your interface cable as long as you don't need to be able to plug other firewire "appliances" into your computer.

Rodger WQ9E

[WA1GFZ]

1394 alive and well in mil land

[N2DTS]

My old work provided dell laptop has a firewire port, also known as s400, or 1394.
My newer sony laptop also has the s400 firewire port, with the good TI chipset, and runs the flex 5000 fine.

There are 4 wire (no power) and 6 wire (power) versions, both are interchangeable.

Flex says the firewire ports are MUCH faster for multi process fast real time throughput than anything else around, even the latest usb stuff....

Brett