Does the Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter work on windows?

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Does the Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter work on windows?

I'm planning on buying an Asus G55VW-DH71 gaming laptop, which has a thunderbolt port. I would like to be able to control my PreSonus digital audio mixer with it, and unfortunately, it only has a firewire for connecting to it. So, I would want to connect Apple's Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter into the laptop and the mixer's firewire cable.

Does the adapter work on windows 7/8?

Also - getting a macbook is out of the question.

Thunderbolt to Firewire Converter-OTHER, Windows 7

Posted on Dec 5, 2012 7:49 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 26, 2013 1:50 PM in response to mokazon

I have pretty much the same need as you and purchased a HP laptop with Thunderbolt port and Windows 8. I also picked up the Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter. I have been unable to get Windows to detect the Firewire side of the adapter. Windows 8 seems to pick up the Thunderbolt controller correctly and shows it as an extension of the PCI express bus.

I have found no set of drivers that I can add that will get the Firewire side to be recognized by Win8. Win 8 should have 1394b drivers native, so I don't know what the problem is. I wish I could get this to work, because I just don't have the option of getting a MacBook for the things I need to do.

Right now the only other Thunderbolt to Firewire option on the horizon seems to be the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock, but that has 2 problems.... 1, it is still in pre-order and 2, it is ~$300.

Mike

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Feb 27, 2013 3:05 PM in response to purvis358

I thought I saw an enclosure for an external PCI card that connected to your ThunderBolt Port. Ahh, here it is, it is for PCIe cards:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt/PCIe_Chassis/Mercury_Helios/

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