The Vantec 2+1 FireWire 800/400 PCIe Combo Host Card is the easiest way to update any computer with FireWire ports. Once installed, this host card will add two FireWire 800 ports and one FireWire 400 port (6-pin) allowing support of various types of FireWire products such as external hard drives, DV camcorder, digital cameras and much more. Plug and play; no drivers are required! Make the right choice and update your computer with the new Vantec 2+1 FireWire 800/400 PCIe Combo Host Card.
Model: UGT-FW210
Bus Interface: PCIe
Chipset: Texas Instruments XIO2213
Connectors: 2 External FireWire 800 Port
1 External FireWire 400 Port (6-Pin)
Dimensions: 120mm x 93mm x 22mm
OS Support: Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10 (32/64 bit) Mac OS X 10.4+
System Requirements:
Computer With Available PCIe Slot
Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10 (32/64 bit) Mac OS X 10.4+
What's included:
Vantec 2+1 FireWire 800/400 PCIe Combo Host Card, 4 pin molex to SATA power cable, User's Manual
UPC: 844767010656
Just to give you some background on Firewire drivers and the driver issue.
Microsoft is the only developer of the Firewire drivers.
Microsoft used to include Firewire drivers native in the OS (XP,7).
Beginning with Windows 8/10/11, Microsoft decided to remove them claiming it is a legacy product, but many users still needed them.
They then put the drivers as a separate download on their website but later totally removed them.
Some computer manufacturers with prebuilt systems + OS do include the legacy Firewire drivers in the system, but some do not.
If your system manufacturer did include them, you just need to install the Firewire card and it will automatically see the card and driver.
If the system manufacturer did not include them for you or if this was your DYI build of the Windows 11 system, it will not have the drivers.
You can get the Microsoft legacy drivers that will work with Windows 11 from our website here but there is a known issue:
https://www.vantecusa.com/CKEdit/images/files/1394_OHCI_LegacyDriver_20200106.zip
Download, unzip to a folder, and run the MSI exe file.
If you are using the earlier version of Windows 11, it will be fine, but later or updated Windows 11 OS may encounter issues with security.
You will get the message that the driver cannot load on this device:
When you click on the “Learn more" button to read about the issue, it references the problem with the Memory Integrity feature.
According to the message, it is best to ask the manufacturer, if there is an updated version of the driver that will be compatible with the Memory Integrity feature. If there is not an updated driver, the only option is to turn off the memory integrity feature. We do not have any updated Firewire driver because the only Firewire driver was developed by Microsoft and only Microsoft can update them.
There is no workaround at this time. This applies to any manufacturer's Firewire card using any Firewire chipset until Microsoft comes out with a fix or workaround. The original drivers are all from Microsoft. No one else does have an alternate Firewire driver. We are also looking forward to Microsoft for an updated driver.
About Windows 7 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Some Firewire device may have a problem talking to the Firewire Host card due to the Microsoft Firewire drivers issue.
A simple correction is to use the Legacy drivers. See below for help.
Below is the step by step instructions on how to install the Legacy driver so you won‘t have any problems either:
Click Start
Then click on Control Panel
Click on Device Manager
Note: If you don’t see Device Manager listed, click on View By Category on the top right side of the
Control Panel Window.
Then Click on Large Icons
You should now have a list of items in the Control Panel and click on Device Manager.
Under the Device Manager, look down the list for IEEE 1394 Bus Host Controllers and Double Click on it.
It should display something like - 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
Note: If it has the word (Legacy) behind it, you are already setup and you can just exit out.
Next, double-click on the 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
A window will popup saying 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller Properties
Click on the Driver Tab
Then look down in the window and click on Update Driver
Then select - Browse my computer for driver software
Next select - Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
It will bring up a list of drivers.
Click on 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy)
NOTE: It is important that you select the one with (Legacy) after it, just like shown above.
Then click next
once it installs the 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy),
it will say Windows has successfully updated your driver software.
Click on the Close button and exit out of all of the other windows.
Then Reboot your computer.
You will now be able to import video via the Firewire port on your computer.
NOTE: We have noticed that when Microsoft has issued certain updates, it can cause Windows 7 to switch back to use the original 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller driver. If you notice the Firewire device is not working again just repeat the above steps and reinstall the Legacy driver.
The design of any Firewire PCIe card can support different types of devices. Some devices require a lot more power from the Firewire port, like a Firewire Storage device that is bus-powered.
According to the Firewire specs, the Firewire port requires 8 to 30 volts under IEEE 1394 specs, but the most common are 12 volts. The majority of the devices MAY be self-powered and do not require the Firewire port power to drive it.
We provide the cable just in case your PCIe x1 slot is not providing enough power for your ports.
This cable is designed to supplement power via the system power supply to the card for your firewire ports.
Depending on your system power supply provided power connectors, some may provide LP4 power connectors or SATA power connectors.
If your power supply provides an LP4 connector (#1 below), you can connect directly to the card. If your power supply provides a SATA power connector (#2 below), use the cable as shown.
