4 pin to 6 pin connector for iPod?

[luvmysunshine]

I have a PC laptop that has only a 4 pin firewire port...

I bought a USB 2.0/Firewire card which won't work due to a IRQ conflict which I've been told is unsolvable.

Is there any kind of adapter that can allow the 4 pin port to connect to the 6 pin wire with the iPod?

Also, the 4 pin won't power the iPod right? Is this a problem? If so, is there anyway I can fix that? (I would use my powerbook but I just got it and don't want to put all my tunes on it since I'm using it for work)

Thanks,

Nicole

 

[ChrisFromCanada]

My 3rd generation iPod came with a 4 to 6 pin adapter in the box. And yes those 2 extra pins you lose are power pins so you cant charge it from you laptop.

 

[DougJrS]

Just an idea

I just had a buddy at work buy a FireWire "hub" it was like a USB hub, but it was for (6 pin) FireWire. He has an iMac and ran out of FireWire ports. The hub has a power cord, so I wonder if it "adds" power to the devices. If it does you could use 4 pin from the pc and then the hub would "add" power and send it to your iPod.

CompUSA.com has some, but they don't have much info about the power.

Doug

 

[Mechcozmo]

I do not believe that there are any 4-pin FireWire hubs...

iPods have been coming with 4/6 pin adapters for a while now. The 2G iPods even had 'em. I think that they now come with USB 2.0 cables, so you could sync via FireWire and then charge via USB... or you might as well just use a power adapter at the end of the day...