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    I miss the FireWire port :-( any way to claim it back in my VPC-SA ?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by m.susc, Mar 14, 2012.

  1. m.susc

    m.susc Notebook Guru

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    I'm just moving everything from my old VAIO (VGN-CS290) to the new one (VPC-SA390). I love the new machine, but I know I'm gonna miss badly that 1394 port for transferring and editing DV (digital video). :(

    Does anyone know if there's any magic that permits a FireWire in the VPC-SA models? Looks like it doesn't have any expansion option, am I correct?
    I've been researching and there're USB 2 firewire cables but according to reviewers they just don't work, only serve for secondary tasks like charging devices and such.

    Thanks for any advice!
     
    m.susc, Mar 14, 2012
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    trieudoahong Notebook Consultant

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    why don't you try express card to firewire?
    edit: my bad, it's seem that no express card slot available :).
     
    trieudoahong, Mar 15, 2012
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