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Firewire Scanner to USB converter?
I have an old Umax Astra 6400 Firewire scanner that is/was super fast but, for some reason, not many of the new mobos accept, come with firewire ports or are compatible with firewire... The Umax did bring a dedicated PCi firewire port card but I have not tried it on my mobo for fear of nuking something there
I have an ASrock Z87 Extreme 6 mobo and according to the specs, it does not bring and/or is not compatible with Firewire ports. The Umax on the other hand only supports firewire and not USB.
Well, I am wondering with today's new technology if there is a way to convert firewire to usb so I can use the scanner with my new rig.
Yes, the easy solution would be to buy a new scanner but that is exactly what I am trying to avoid
So, is there any way I can accomplish this with my Mobo and W7 Ultimate 64 bit? Google did not come up with any solution at all.
If push come to shove, I can make a virtual XP on my W7 so I can install the drivers as I remember having a hellacious time installing even on XP so I doubt it will want to install on W7 64 bit but, if I can't find a solution for the firewire issue, I won't even bother with installation.