No Firewire in new computer

[Alexandre]

Hey guys,

i have recently bought a new computer, a Toshiba P70 A. Unfortunately, this computer does not have a firewire slot, nor does it have a PCI slot. With my previous computer, which didn´t have a firewire slot either, i used a firewire card which went on the PCI slot, and it worked fine.

What can i do in this situation, how do i connect my FW 1884 to the computer?

Also, i see that there is no windows 8 driver for the FW 1884, and though i know that windows 8 allows us to use earlier versions of drivers, i haven´t been able to install the windows 7 driver for a Edirol UA 5, and i fear it will be the same with the windows 7 driver for the FW 1884. Any tips?

Cheers

 

[Gravity Jim]

If there is no Firewire ports and no PCI slots, does it have only USB ports or does it feature Thunderbolt?

 

[Alexandre]

Apparently it doesn´t, though i had to look up what thunderbolt was. Even then i don´t know how it looks. According to the specs on the website, it only has usb 3. http://www.toshiba.pt/laptops/satellite/satellite-p70-a/satellite-p70-a-107/

 

[Gravity Jim]

There are lots of FireWire to USB 2 adapters, which will work with USB 3.0 ports. Will it work with the FW 1884, I can't say. It should... I suppose it will depend on the quality of the adapter.

 

[Riojazz]

Alexandre, you stated you do not have a PCI slot in your new machine, which is not surprising. But you probably do have an empty PCIe slot, yes? I found a firewire card for PCIe at NewEgg.com a few months back; it may still be there.

 

[Alexandre]

@Gravity Jim, thanks for your reply, but were i to use a firewire to usb adapter, wouldn´t it be impossible to do multitracking? I´m a drummer and i need a lot of channels.
@Riojazz, i don´t think i have a pcie slot, nor do i know what it is. my computer spec here, http://www.toshiba.pt/laptops/satellite/satellite-p70-a/satellite-p70-a-107/can you check?

 

[Gravity Jim]

We should check to see if the laptop you already bought is going to work with your FireWire interface?

I'm beginning to see the problem here.

 

[Alexandre]

@Gravity Jim , dude, take a chill pill. i don´t know what PCIe is and ask someone to check the specs, if that is such an issue then don´t bother contributing to a forum. the laptop that i already bought , which you so eloquently italicized as a way of enhancing just how above it all you are, was not bought with music production in mind, music only came as an afterthought of someone who doens´t have a studio right now. I just thought "what if..." and decided to ask here

MODERATOR NOTE: Revoved some extreamly inappropriate language.

 

[Gravity Jim]

Wow. Just they kind of eloquence I expected.