[conspire] questions re firewire pci card and firewire enclosure for 30GB hard drive

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:40:28 -0800, Darlene Wallach wrote:

> Thank you - I will make sure I purchase a card that only has
> firewire. Daniel, are you suggesting I do NOT purchase a
> firewire card with a VIA chipset so the card will not have
> weird behavior? or are you saying a VIA chipset is okay and
> occasionally leads to weird behavior.

The latter, with the word "but" substituted for the word "and." However,
YMMV.