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Re: [LUG] First post - need harware test

 

Alexis wrote:
> Hello lovely people :-)
> My first ever post on the DCLUG list!

Welcome!

> 
> I wonder if there is anyone in the Truro area that can help test a piece
> of hardware - it is a Belkin ieee1394 expresscard.  I have a Dell laptop
> which has an expresscard slot and no ieee1394, and I have no other means
> of testing the card.  It goes through all the motions of working (with
> Ubuntu, this is) and its usb slot works, but trying to access an
> external ieee1394 drive I get an I/O error - so I need to try it in a
> different (non-Dell) laptop and maybe with a different device (the ext
> drive has cheapo Prolific chip).  I have read on one forum that there
> may be latency issues with Dell and ieee1394 expresscards, hence my
> request.

Do you have a cardbus card that gives you an express slot or are you
testing a ieee1394 card that goes in an express slot?

I'm near by and I could test a cardbus for you but don't have anything
that takes express slot stuff.

Robin




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