Using Firewire to USB mini-B on a PSP.

numchuckskills · Post by **numchuckskills** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:06 pm

Will it work?

Danj · Post by **Danj** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:18 pm

No.

Why would you want to do this? The PSP is USB 2.0 which is just as fast as Firewire anyway, and if you have a computer with Firewire on, the chances are good that you already have USB 2.0 ports.

numchuckskills · Post by **numchuckskills** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:32 pm

Just being a newb who thought that Firewire was faster than USB 2.0.

Thanks for your infinite clarity...

ggerm · Post by **ggerm** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:37 pm

numchuckskills wrote:Just being a newb who thought that Firewire was faster than USB 2.0.

Thanks for your infinite clarity...

For most data transfer situations it is faster than USB2, but I think his point was why waste money on an adapter when you can just use a simple $3 cable.

numchuckskills · Post by **numchuckskills** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:41 pm

The thing was that I paid 10 bucks for the stinkin' cable that was at EB Games made "especially for the PSP." But at Best Buy today I saw a Firewire to USB mini-B for about 10 bucks as well. I just wanted to know if it would work, from a technical aspect.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 26, 2005 5:57 pm

For $10, something that translates from Firewire to USB ? I am tempted to say it is impossible for anything less than $100, if something like that even exists.

It sounds like its just a cable, and if it is, are you *sure* it is Firewire on one end and USB on the other ? Is that what it actually says on the package ?

numchuckskills · Post by **numchuckskills** » Thu May 26, 2005 6:06 pm

Alright smite me gentlemen....this is what I thought to be a Firewire to USB...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 1099783754

wulf · Post by **wulf** » Thu May 26, 2005 6:07 pm

Ahh, yes, the ends do look kinda similar.. Myth Busted.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 26, 2005 7:02 pm

That is 4-pin firewire to 6-pin firewire.

The 4-pin is what is often referred to as "iLink".

The difference is that the missing 2 wires carry power that allows one device to snarf from another device.

And moved to off-topic.

Histo · Post by **Histo** » Sat May 28, 2005 7:29 am

My Mini-DV camera uses this cable. I would assume thats what it is mostly for. Firewire > Smaller devices.