A firewire card is required for connecting devices such as digital camcorders and some external hard drives require a firewire connection.

Standards Compliant	IEEE 1394-1995, P1394a(rev1.1) and OHCI
Data transfer speed	100/200/400Mbs
Features	Hot plugging, dynamic reconfiguring of up to 63 nodes on the bus. No need to turn off system while adding or removing 1394 devices. PTC reset fuses for reliable over current protection.