I have been trying to figure out if i can buy a firewire port and i need to know if my computer is able to take it in. And where it goes into my computer...I have a Dell Dimension 4600 and i need to know where my port goes and if i am able to buy one for my computer that will be compatible. please please please help thanks alot

Provided this is a desktop PC, you need to purchase a PCI firewire card (aka
IEEE1394) and it will simply fit in a PCI slot on your motherboard (usually
colored white). Restarting the PC after the hardware installation and XP
will detect the new card and automatically install the drivers.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"croftp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have been trying to figure out if i can buy a firewire port and i need to
>know if my computer is able to take it in. And where it goes into my
>computer...I have a Dell Dimension 4600 and i need to know where my port
>goes and if i am able to buy one for my computer that will be compatible.
>please please please help thanks alot

Is my motherboard on the back of my tower??

It's INSIDE the tower.

You might want to take the tower unit to somewhere like Best Buy, Frys
Electronics or CompUSA when you buy the firewire card, and pay them to do
the installation for you.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"croftp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is my motherboard on the back of my tower??

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:45:59 -0800, "Cari \(MS-MVP\)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>It's INSIDE the tower.
>
>You might want to take the tower unit to somewhere like Best Buy, Frys
>Electronics or CompUSA when you buy the firewire card, and pay them to do
>the installation for you.
>
>Cari
>www.coribright.com

Or if you have a friend who can give you a hand with the installation.
Not a difficult job at all and if you look in the Dell manual that
came with you pc it will tell you exactly how to do it.
Good luck,
MR