What application do you need this for?  Recording?  Camera interface?

I have a recording studio and have used a Sybia 1394 card with success but its been on home built systems.  However, if you can get power then this card should work OK.  It has the T.I chipset that most recording interfaces require.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006DQ0KD2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks for your reply fireberd. Application is to transfer video data from miniDV (Canon Elura 80 camera) to my PC via firewire.

I have tried a StarTech pcie firewire card in all 3 pciex1 slots in my Dell Inspiron 660 PC with no luck. The card is not detected by the PC and no 1394 device shows up in Device Manager.

I really want an Inspiron 660 owner who has a working pcie firewire card to tell me which card they are using, instead of trial and error purchases/installs looking for one that works.

The 660 is an older system but the card you linked should work.  

Sometimes, when new hardware is installed, and not detected doing a CMOS memory (BIOS) reset will get it recognized.

CMOS memory reset.  Power off PC, disconnect the AC power cable then hold the power button on for 30 sec to drain any remaining power.  Open the case and locate the CR2032 coin cell battery on the motherboard.  Remove the battery for at least 10 minutes.  Reinstall battery and reconnect AC power and try.  In your case, considering the age, if that battery has never been replaced now is a perfect time to do it.  

Too bad, the CMOS reset helps in many cases such as this.

You may not have much luck finding someone on here with this model and a working firewire card.  Not many 660 models around anymore.  

If that camera also has the separate video and audio outputs, that may be a better way to go.  Get an interface for that to the PC.  HERE is one from  Amazon.

I tried transferring and making DVD's with a PC and video camera years ago and decided the time required and PC time tied up was a hassle.  I had a DVD recorder and just used that with the video camera.  Didn't keep the PC tied up and easier to create and finalize the DVD's.

Yes, I will likely have to go the RCA output route, but am still holding out hope someone out there has a firewire solution for the Inspiron 660. I appreciate your suggestions and support.

Nothing shows up when viewing hidden devices in Device Manager.

winver is 1809

@egrb 

Device Manager ---> View ---> Show hidden devices

Does anything show up there?

Which version of Windows 10 are you running?  v1909? v1803? something else?   winver in Command Prompt window.

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@egrb 

see if https://www.dell.com/community/Desktops-General-Read-Only/Firewire-card-support-on-Inspiron-660/td-p/4524929  is any help

If you can locate the Window 7 drivers, install them in Windows 10 in Compatibility mode

the Startech as the TSB82AA2 chipset

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Installing the Windows 7 driver will do me no good. The StarTech 1394 card is not recognized by my Inspiron 660 PC (the card does not show up in Device Manager). Once I determine a 1394 card that can be recognized by the Insprion 660, then I can work out any driver-related issues.

The Legacy firewire driver is gone.  There is only one firewire driver.  Its plug and play.

It used to be that the Legacy driver had to be used with many firewire cards.  I had to use it back in the Vista/Win 7 days.  When I installed Win 8 I forgot to install my firewire card with the Legacy driver and my firewire card worked OK and from that point on, including Win 10 I used the Windows default driver.  As it turns out now, as previously noted, the Legacy driver is gone.

@egrb 

You are going to be waiting a long time.

No one I know now even uses Firewire.

I never used a PC for video capture. I bought a standalone JVC DVD recorder. Transferred the video from the camcorder to a DVD-R and then took the DVD-R to my PC to edit the video. I may have multiple DVD-Rs with video on them and concatenate everything together.

Maybe try to find a working PC with Windows 7.

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Firewire is still used in many recording studio interfaces.  Its becoming less and less but there are still many new devices with a firewire interface.  May be the last bastion for firewire.

Thanks for the feedback and you got lucky with a compatible card.