Firewire 400 to USB-C

Manike · February 22, 2019, 2:31pm

I was watching a video on youtube with someone showing how to connect old firewire devices to usb-c.

I remember when using firewire 400/800 that you weren’t supposed to hot swap them because you could blow the firewire buss. Is there any danger in hot swapping when using a firewire 400 through connector with usb-c?

Thanks!

shanabit · February 23, 2019, 7:19pm

Id like to see this connector.

Manike · February 24, 2019, 9:49pm

Here’s the video:

shanabit · February 25, 2019, 4:10pm

I see, so its really going from T bolt 2 to FW at the end. Guys have been doing that for a while

Manike · February 25, 2019, 6:46pm

Any clue about the hot-swapping?

shanabit · February 25, 2019, 7:57pm

If you get a Kernel Panic that should tell ya its a bad idea. Im guessing it would be OK since its not going FW to FW off the MacPro so you are actually not even using the FW port on the Mac

Manike · February 26, 2019, 1:17pm

I do love a good Kernel panic every so often

shanabit · February 26, 2019, 4:14pm