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3. Power

on TX1.

4. The Sources drive counter will increment by one to let you know your IDE drive is

connected. Tap the Sources tab to view IDE drive details.

5.3 PCIe FireWire adapter (TDA7–9)

The PCIe FireWire adapter (TDA7-9) enables the acquisition of FireWire drives via the

TX1’s PCIe source port. The PCIe FireWire adapter kit (sold as an add-on to the TX1 kit)

includes 9-pin and 6-pin FireWire adapter cables which are used to connect the FireWire

media to the adapter. The PCIe cable used to connect the adapter to TX1 is included with

the TX1 kit.

Note that this adapter was originally created to replace the T9 Forensic FireWire bridge.

TX1 has a native FireWire port which makes this particular PCIe adapter only useful in

cases where many FireWire drives need to be acquired.

Note: There is a 9-pin 1394b port and a 6-pin 1394a port on TDA7-9. If media are

attached to both FireWire ports of the adapter, both will show as available drives in the

TX1 user interface, which will allow for both to be used simultaneously for any available

drive actions (imaging, hashing, etc.).

5.4 Apple Target Disk Mode acquisition

adapters

TX1 is designed to acquire Apple computers that support Target Disk Mode. This can be

done via three different Apple computer connection interfaces: USB-C, FireWire, and

Thunderbolt 2. Depending on the Apple computer interface connection, different adapters

and/or cables are required to allow for connection to the source side of TX1.