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It was a snug fit on the Mini end, but that is good and prevents the cable from falling out easily. Go to Start Menu-->Contol Panel-->Device Manager.
If it does not, double click on the entry and click the Driver tab. Expand the IEEE 1394 Bus Host Controllers and check to see that it says (Legacy).
The Phoenix Gold FireWire Cable is a great cable for any amount of money. One thing to note when using a FireWire device on a computer that has been upgraded to Windows 7 or a device that was manufactured before Windows 7 (and hasn't explicitly upgraded its drivers to Windows 7 yet).
Click "Update Driver." and "Browse My computer for Driver Software." Then click "Let me pick from a list of devices on my computer." Select the driver that ends with (Legacy)and click next to install the driver.Failure to install the Legacy driver with older equipment will cause all sorts of trouble (including hard Blue Screen Crashes) that will have nothing to do with the FireWire Cable regardless of what you might otherwise be led to believe by your very frustrating experience.Again, this is a great cable and worth more than many cables that cost much more. It has gold connectors as described.
The cable has a good woven shielding that you can easily see through the clear plastic, and it also has a ferrite bead to further increase it's signal quality.
I just leave one plugged into my desktop and the other I carry with my macbook (has its own pcmcia firewire card). These cables have not had any issues. Not a bad price either (for less than a buck each). makes life convenient all the way around. the 2 meter length seems a little long, that is until you try having the firewire plug on the back of a desktop machine on the floor and your firewire device on the desk on the opposite side from the computer. Also, my cam uses the 4 port end and the card in my machine is 6 port, so these cables work out very nicely.
The item still functions well. I bought this item after reading some of the other reviews saying that it wasn't the gold wire as pictured.
Do Not Purchase. Firewire cannot be converted to USB or at least this cable does not carry the technology to allow this conversion to work. False product.
I initially checked out the local stores and they wanted to charge quite a bit for the same cable. Great price. Bought this to connect my panasonic camcorder to my mac. Works great.
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