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    Which firewire chip in Lifebook E8410 and Celsius H250?

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by lachris, Apr 9, 2008.

  1. lachris

    lachris Newbie

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    Hi!

    I am trying to find a laptop to use for music production, and one absolute requirement is that it must have a Texas Instruments based built-in firewire port.

    I have got good offers on the Lifebook E8410 and Celsius H250 models, but nobody can tell me if these laptops have a Texas Instruments chip for firewire or not.

    It is very easy to find out though. Just open device manager, click the "+" beside IEEE1394 devicegroup and have a look at the device name in the list below. If it doesn't say anything about Texas Instruments or TI explicitly, it is not Texas Instruments.

    It would be a great help if someone who owns these models could check this for me...

    Thanks :)
     
    lachris, Apr 9, 2008
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  2. mankmeister

    mankmeister Notebook Enthusiast

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    My E8410 doesn't seem to have a TI controller as it's only listed as 'OHCI Compliant'.

    I also have a 1394b ExpressCard installed which is listed as 'Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant'.
     
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  3. lachris

    lachris Newbie

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    Thanks mankmeister!

    If it is not explicitly stated, it is not based on a TI chip.

    I used to think that I could buy a non-TI laptop and just add an Express Card or PCMCIA card with a TI chip, but I have been told that this is not good enough. I guess that the design of the non-TI base system in some way affects the expansion ports as well...
     
    lachris, Apr 10, 2008
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