Padarsey PCIe Firewire Card for Windows 10, IEEE 1394 PCI Express Controller 4 Ports(3 x 6 Pin and 1 x 4 Pin), 1394a Firewire 800 Adapter for Windows 7/8/Mac OS with Low Profile Bracket and Cable

Worked great without drivers!!

Firewire is an outdated technology but nothing is better at transferring miniDV tapes from an old camcorder. Unfortunately, most Firewire cards don't work on modern versions of Windows. Read the reviews of other cards and you'll see frustration with driver issues, computer lockups, and less-than-perfect transfers. I gave this card a shot because it specifically said: "for Windows 10" in the description. This card has a Molex power port and I wonder if that might be part of the reason it works so well. My PC still has Molex cables but a SATA to Molex adapter should work. I was able to digitize all my tapes using the included Firewire cable and free WinDV software.

I have a windows 10 computer. Unfortunately, nothing I've done- and I have spent weeks on the problem, tweaking settings both in windows and bios side, resetting mobo jumpers, you name it- will stop it from telling my PC to start. So, if I shut the computer off, it will start up automatically. I have to turn the power supply off to prevent the issue. I cannot shut my PC off with it installed. Apparently this is a problem with some Firewire interfaces/cards/what have you on PC. The only solution I've reliably read from users is to find another card.Functionality, it worked with my firewire hardware well. Zero issues in that department. Used it with a MOTU audio interface no problem.

I used this to connect my old camcorder to some mini DV software. It works OK. I am not sure if it is the fault of the controller (probably not) or some other issue, but often the camcorder will disconnect and I'll have to turn it off / plug it in again to get it to work again.Anyway if you have an old camcorder, this card is what you need.

After some trouble shooting and reading, I got mine to work great! As one of the other helpful reviews mentioned, I connected the molex power and closed the fold out display on my Cannon GL1 and voila! I gotYou capture! I'm very impressed with the quality as well! My capture PC is running windows 10.

This broke my pc right after i plugged it in. I now cannot use any usb ports and effectively cannot use my keyboard and mouse to do anything. I need compensation to replace my motherboard.

I was able to backup my old Sony Hi8 tapes without any loss of quality. I used an old free app called WinDV with this.

I tried to make this card work for hours during 2 days and could not find the problem. I was ready to return it and it occurred to me to try a different firewire cable instead of the one that came with. Finally! It worked with a very old IEEE 1394 firewire that I bought back in the 80's Also don't forget to connect a power cable to the card from the PSU