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Change old fireWire 400 LaCie d2 DVD burner to USB

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GustavPicora

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Jan 22, 2010
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Hello.

A few years back, 2005, I bought a LaCie d2 dvd burner, its only a firewire400 version, now that macs have no firewire 400, I wonder if tis possible to change the interface card to someone that has a usb port. Or is it better to get a FireWire 400 to FireWire 800 cable?


Thanks
 
There is no way to use Firewire peripherals via a USB port: there have been at least 2 threads on here that have confirmed that and done the issue to death.

Get a Firewire 400<->800 cable.
 
GustavPicora said:
Hello.

A few years back, 2005, I bought a LaCie d2 dvd burner, its only a firewire400 version, now that macs have no firewire 400, I wonder if tis possible to change the interface card to someone that has a usb port. Or is it better to get a FireWire 400 to FireWire 800 cable?


Thanks
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Better use a Firewire 800 (9-pin) to Firewire 400 (6-pin) cable, they normally cost less than 10€ and it will be easier than replacing Firewire with USB, which is not that easy.

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GustavPicora said:
Oh I see. I tough you could change the interface as its is an IDE device.
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You could take the drive out of the Firewire enclosure and stick it in a USB one with an IDE interface. But once it's Firewire the IDE bit has absolutely no effect on what you can do. Firewire is Firewire.
 
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