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The chip on that card has been supported for a long while, I'd have thought you'd have no problem. I don't have any firewire hardware to check against though. On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 16:08, Sebastian <seabass@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I have an audio interface that connects to my PC via Firewire. It makes > an incredible difference to the audio quality of my microphone (reducing > almost all perceivable noise), and so I'd like to use it whenever > possible. > > I had bought a PCI multi-voltage card, but then realised that my > computer did not have a spare PCI slot - only PCIe. Then, I bought a > PCIe-x16 card that works well with Linux on this PC, but I have since > acquired a new PC which has PCIe-x1 slots - thus I'm looking for a card > to go in that PC. I made a bit of a gamble with the last one; the > manufacturer did not guarantee Linux support. Luckily that gamble paid > off! > > Despite having something of a Firewire revival here, I'm not looking to > expand my 'collection' with cards I cannot use! So, for the reasons > above I do need to buy a PCIe-x1 Firewire card. This one (sold by many > sellers on eBay), is unbranded and representative of a whole range of > cards that appear to be identical. > > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PCI-Express-x1-PCI-E-FireWire-1394a-IEEE1394-Controller-Card-3-Port-For-Y2T4/392931207311 > > Since these cards are the only reasonably priced ones on eBay, can > anyone verify that they work with Linux? If anyone has other suggestions > - ideally under £15 (I'm also fine with second-hand ones) and one with > good Linux compatibility - then they'd be much appreciated. > > > > Best wishes, Sebastian > Freenode: 'seabass' > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq