Operating System Support - AVT Pike Technical Manual

FireWire
Operating system
Linux
Apple Mac OS X
Windows XP
Windows Vista

Operating system support

1394a
Full support
Full support
With service pack 2 the default speed for 1394b is S100 (100 Mbit/s).
A download and registry modification is available from Microsoft to
restore performance to either S400 or S800.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885222
Alternatively use the drivers of SP1 instead.
We strongly recommend to install AVT FirePackage, which replaces
the Microsoft driver. (See AVT FirePackage User Guide for details.)
Full support from beginning
Table 9: FireWire and operating systems
1394b
Full support
Full support
Vista incl. SP1 supports 1394b
only with S400.
Contact Microsoft for further
information when S800 will be
supported.
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