USB 3.0 via Firewire

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I saw a usb to firewire cable (http://www.amazon.com/Firewire-Ieee-Ilink-Adapter-Cable/product-reviews/B0049DJ0JG/ref=cm_cr_pr_btm_link_4?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=recent&reviewerType=all_reviews&filterByStar=all_stars&pageNumber=4) and I was wondering if I can hookup my USB 3.0 flash disk to firewire port on PC. What drivers would be involved? Any benchmarking info much appreciated.

Thanks.

Gregg

Posted 2015-06-03T23:22:15.533

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Question was closed 2015-06-04T17:15:17.877

see also http://superuser.com/questions/540482/is-there-any-usb-3-0-to-firewire-800-1394b-adapter?rq=1 and http://superuser.com/questions/306437/converting-firewire-to-usb-3-is-it-theoretically-possible?rq=1

– Journeyman Geek – 2015-06-03T23:29:09.103

Did you read the reviews on the Amazon link? – AFH – 2015-06-04T12:54:53.177

Answers

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The reviews suggest no, you can't do that, and its just a way to charge a firewire device over USB.

Practically speaking, even if they have the same number of pins, the electrical and data protocols are distinct enough that you'd need some flavour of active device to do it.

Benchmarking info would be simple. Assuming you don't accidentally blow anything up, 0.

Journeyman Geek

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