How to connect case IEEE1394?

[Pandamonium]

Is there a way to connect front IEEE1394 ports to a standalone firewire card with an internal port?

 

[fredtam]

If you have connectors from the case connect them to the pins on the FW card. What card.

 

[Pandamonium]

Well the card's internal FW port would be a 6-pin powered port- identical to those ports on the bracket. The FW headers from the case, however, would be more suited towards motherboard headers. (I have an Antec P160 en route and was hoping there are ways to connect those headers to firewire cards.) Is there any way?

 

[fredtam]

Your p160 will be the same just hook the six cables up to there matching pins on the card and you will be fine.

 

[Pandamonium]

The firewire card looks as if the internal ports are of this type: http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=15-104-305-01.JPG/15-104-305-02.JPG/15-104-305-03.JPG

The physical card in consideration is: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=15-102-009&depa=1

Is there a dongle of some sort that I could use to connect the six wire leads from my case to this internal port? (I just don't see how the leads can be physically fitted to the port. In at least the Antec Sonata, the leads are very similar to case jumpers in physical size and shape.)

 

[fredtam]

I can't see the connectors on the card.
You can't push them on to the individual pins?

From P-160 manual

Connecting the IEEE 1394 (FireWire, i.Link) Ports
There are six wires with connectors attached to the front-mounted IEEE 1394
port of the P160. They consist of 2 sets of twisted pair cables: TPA (Twisted
Pair A) and TPB (Twisted Pair B,) a power cable (VP,) and a ground cable (VG)
1. Locate and identify the pin-out of the IEEE 1394 port on your motherboard.
Note: DO NOT connect the IEEE 1394 connectors to your motherboard's
USB header. This could cause permanent damage to your motherboard.
2. Connect the VP connector to the Power pin.
3. Connect the VG connector to the Ground pin.
4. There are two sets of data pins. Each set consists of a plus and a minus
pin. They are usually marked as TPA+ and TPA-, TPB+ and TPB-.
a. Connect the TPA+ connector to the TPA+ data pin and TPA- connector
to the TPA- data pin.
b. Connect the TPB+ connector to the TPB+ data pin and TPB- connector
to the TPB- data pin.

Same as the Sonata.

 

[Pandamonium]

AFAIK, firewire ports don't have pins. Firewire ports are slotted - similar to USB ports. The Sonata's front firewire wiring goes into motherboard firewire headers, which are pin-like. I don't have my P160 on-hand (it's in my university's mailroom, I'm on break), but it seems that the connectors are identical to those found in the Sonata, which aren't compatible with most any firewire cards that I've seen. I'm hoping for information about how to convert a firewire signal from port to header-style.

 

[fredtam]

So your saying that your firewire card has an internal port and not headers?

 

[Pandamonium]

Exactly.

 

[Pandamonium]

*bump*

 

[Pandamonium]

Any ideas? Are there any dongles/etc that make this possible?