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Review on πŸ”Œ Blacell USB 2.0 A Male to Firewire IEEE 1394 6P Female Adaptor Converter Connector F/M - Efficient Data Transfer and Compatibility Solution by Jorge Tupou

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Does not work with Firewire adapters

Like many others before me, I can confirm that this product does not work. I had to listen and save my time and money. But no. I had to find out for myself. I was trying to connect an external hard drive that originally worked with the PCMCIA Firewire card slot in my old laptop. Of course, my new laptop and desktop don't have a PCMCIA slot or FireWire ports, so I gave it a try. I'm computer savvy enough to build my own desktop computer from parts and I have multiple degrees in the field. But after hours of trying to find and install a driver that would make this thing work, I was defeated. It shows up in device manager as an unknown device. I tried downloading and installing various IEEE 1394 drivers but nothing worked. Windows 10 doesn't recognize the device and doesn't know how to interact with it. I would definitely do better finding and installing a real FireWire port card in my desktop tower. This thing is absolutely not a plug and play device. False advertising. Get out of trouble. Find another solution. It's not like this. If you insist on buying this item, I'll be happy to sell you mine. I've had it for less than a day and it's in brand new condition!

Pros
  • Material: Plastic. Black color. Weight: 12g
Cons
  • Only available in black