No firewire physical ports

[Jonny]

Getting a motherboard with onboard firewire. Only has pinouts at two
locations on the motherboard for firewire. One location is the standard 5X2
block. This gives me one physical port. The other is a 8X2 block, which
will provide two physical ports.

Found the stand 5X2 at frontx.com By the time I add the two USB ports, and
the one firewire; I will have a very expensive front panel for such.

The internal firewire connections do not use the commonly available external
firewire cable connections at 6 or 4 type connector.

I cannot find the 8X2 connector at all. I can't find a two port firewire
panel with this connector. Rear type would be okay too for the firewire two
port.

I did find front panels with external type cable connector for connecting to
rear out ports. I don't want to butcher cables to fit the internal
connectors.

Gimme some sites I might not have checked.
.............
Jonny

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Getting a motherboard with onboard firewire. Only has pinouts at two
locations on the motherboard for firewire. One location is the standard 5X2
block. This gives me one physical port. The other is a 8X2 block, which
will provide two physical ports.

Found the stand 5X2 at frontx.com By the time I add the two USB ports, and
the one firewire; I will have a very expensive front panel for such.

The internal firewire connections do not use the commonly available external
firewire cable connections at 6 or 4 type connector.

I cannot find the 8X2 connector at all. I can't find a two port firewire
panel with this connector. Rear type would be okay too for the firewire two
port.

I did find front panels with external type cable connector for connecting to
rear out ports. I don't want to butcher cables to fit the internal
connectors.

Gimme some sites I might not have checked.
.............
Jonny

Check with the motherboard manufacturer first. They may already have a 2 port
Firewire rear bracket.

 

[Jonny]

Check with the motherboard manufacturer first. They may already have a 2 port
Firewire rear bracket.

Site I purchased this motherboard from said was refurbished, motherboard
only. However, when I received it was in original box with all the other
stuff including the manual. Did include one bracket for rear dual firewire
and dual usb ports, both with cables to attach to motherboard. So, my
concerns were unfounded. Thanks for your input.