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Subject:   RE: iSight Drivers? -- offer for help and question
Date:   2003-06-30 14:55:38
From:   anonymous2
Response to: RE: iSight Drivers? -- offer for help and question

Scott, Check out this site - it has the pin outs for the 4 and 6 pin connectors - pins 1 and 2 are power and ground. IIRC, the shield is also tied to ground.


http://www.fwdepot.com/wcable.html


You should be able to mod a cable and put a connector on the wires for pins 1 and 2 and hook up to an external supply. No reason it should not work.


Warren
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  • Connecting iSight to a Dell Laptop -- 'almost' there but still need help(sigh)
    2003-07-03 06:14:20  sbpetrack [Reply | View]

    The adapter from firewire 4-pin-no-power to firewire 6-pin-with-power just arrived in the mail. Looks beautiful. The power supply is ... 9v/1.1A . Not 12v as Warren said iSight needs. I hooked it up, and the PC recognized it as "Apple Computer_Inc. iSight", found no driver and so loaded a "Generic 1394 Desktop Video Camera".

    Unfortunately, when I use it with the Audio/Video Tuning wizard I get a completely white picture and if I put my hand in front of it I get a rather brownish-blackish useless set of horizontal lines. I'd be happy to post a picture here or send it to anyone interested.

    Is the problem likely to be that I really need 12v, or is there something worse going on?

    I can't think of anything to do but go and buy a 12v power supply. (Unless someone tells me that a different driver is needed)

    All help sorely appreciated.
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