USB to Firewire adaptors

I've seen cables advertised as USB to Firewire adaptors. Can these be used to connect USB devices to a Firewire port? One of my USB ports is dead and the other can be flaky at times.
Thanks
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Hi Tar,
I'm afraid there are no such converters available that work in the required direction.
There is one I'm aware of which will run from a FW device to a USB2 ported computer, but associated software is for Windows only, as I understand it - see http://www.pixela-1.com/captycable/
It won't work in the reverse direction (which is what you would need), and, as I understand it, can only be used for connecting a video camera's FW port to a USB2 computer (by reporocessing the FW signal into video , and then sending this to the USB port) , not for other purposes such as general firewire devices like drives, burners, etc etc. So its not for you. Even to achieve only this it costs $120US.
There have been some "dual" firewire /USB hubs on the market but they all require you to have a cable to your computer's FW port and another cable to your computer's USB port to provide both forms of connection.
Your answers , I'm afraid, are to get the existing USB ports sorted out or to see if you can find FW peripherals to replace the USB ones.
Cheers
Rod

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