X220i Express card with Fire Wire 400 adaptor

I'd like to know if there is a suitable Expresscard for the x220i that has a Fire Wire port.  I already bought one but it didn't slot in properly although it does fit an older IBM laptop that I have.  I need to download stuff from a video camera and don't want to buy the wrong thing again.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Hello,
My understanding is that the X220i (like my X220) has an ExpressCard/54 slot, that is, an ExpressCard slot which is 54mm wide.  Any 54mm or 34mm wide ExpressCard should fit in there, but older 16-bit PCMCIA or 32-bit CardBus cards will not, as they have different connectors.
OWC, Rain Computers, SIIG, Sonnet, StarTech and SYBA all make FireWire ExpressCard adapters which should work fine with your X220i. 
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Aryeh Goretsky
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