AFW-4300A 400 MBPS Firewire Host Bus Adapter User’s Reference R
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In this Guide Introduction 1 System Requirements 2 About DV Technology 4 About 1394 Technology 5 Troubleshooting 6 Introduction The Adaptec AFW-4300A Host Adapter (or AFW-4300A) is a PCI interface board that can enable your Personal Computer with IEEE-1394 functions. With the AFW-4300A, you can connect Digital Video (DV) camcorders or other devices with a 1394 digital interface to any PC compatible or Power Macintosh® computer with PCI expansion slots.
System Requirements System Requirements The minimum system requirements for the AFW-4300A are: PC Compatible ■ IBM-compatible PC, Pentium II-266 MHz Processor or above ■ Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000®, Windows Me® , or Windows XP® ■ CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive ■ Available PCI slot with bus-mastering enabled Note: Refer to your system or motherboard documentation for information on enabling bus-mastering. For Macintosh ■ Mac OS 8.
System Requirements Additional Requirements for DV Software ■ DV camcorder equipped with FireWire/1394/i LINK interface Note: DV requires approximately 2.1 GB of hard drive space for 10 minutes of captured video. For Windows ■ 350 MHz system or faster (800 MHz recommended for video capturing) ■ 64 MB RAM (128 MB or more recommended) ■ DV camcorder equipped with FireWire/1394/i.
About DV Technology About DV Technology DV technology is a standard digital file and compression format for recording video and audio data onto a digital tape. DV uses compression to reduce the enormous size of the uncompressed video data (much like processing 30 full-screen bitmap images every second) to file sizes manageable by desktop computers.
About 1394 Technology About 1394 Technology 1394 (also known as FireWire or i.LINK) is an international standard data transfer protocol created by Apple Computer, Inc. and ratified by the International Standards Organization as IEEE 1394. Like other data I/O protocols such as SCSI, Fibre Channel, and IDE, 1394 itself knows nothing about video, compression, or editing. It is a series of standardized commands for moving data from one device to another.
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting The following tips are general troubleshooting procedures: ■ Check that the card is seated evenly all the way into the PCI slot. ■ Check motherboard system documentation to ensure that bus mastering support is provided and enabled for the slot containing the AFW-4300A. ■ Check if the card is not detected by the operating system and/or the driver fails to load, try moving the card to a different PCI slot.
Troubleshooting 3 In the window that appears, scroll down to the PCI area and click the arrow next to each PCI slot to reveal the PCI card information. If the AFW-4300A is installed properly, you will see the following information listed under one of the slots: Card type: Not available Card name: pci104c,8010 Card model: Not available Card ROM #: Not available Card revision: 0 Card vendor ID: 104C 4 If the card is not seen, verify the Apple FireWire 2.
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