Re: 1394 PCI Card Driver

Pitstop wrote:
Thank you for your help.

I followed the link you provided and will download the update if you think it will work. However the performance of the card has not decreased...its only when I try to shut down my computer that the problem occurs. I am also a little worried about altering the Registry!

I gave as much info about the card as I could find in my reply to the previous post. If you still think I should download the update and alter the registry I will.

BTW My version of XP if fully up to date with SP2 & SP3 and Updates automatically turned on.

The card looks similar to some variants of F5U502 cards from Belkin.
It looks like a VIA Firewire chip on the card, of which there are a
number. (The pictures aren't really that clear, and this is just a
guess.)

http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/peripherals/1394/

In Device Manager, you might see drivers like 1394bus.sys and ohci1394.sys.
Searching on the driver names, brought this old KB article up.

"1394 Host Controller Power Management Capabilities Are Incorrectly Reported"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328538

I doubt it is the solution, but it is something to check. That tick box
probably disappeared long ago.

Paul



"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

"Pitstop" <Pitstop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:05B64AA1-F44B-4C52-87D5-FA3FB2DBBACC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
When I install the above card in XP it finds the '1394 Adapter' driver .

The driver works OK but I am unable to shut down my computer because it
hangs when closing down, going into standby or hibernation.

I found this link
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/nostandby.mspx but I did not expect a problem with MS drivers.

I do not have my original CD Rom for the card but I see it is also call PCI
OHCI IEEE 1394 Host Controller .Are there any reputable sites to download the
correct driver as the one I tried also tried to scan my computer!
1394 ports are also commonly referred to as "FireWire" ports. Extra drivers should not be needed, though there are some updates.

There was a patch to fix some problems with XP SP1 and SP2 FireWire support, but XP has never been great with FireWire. Maybe because Apple was heavily involved, who knows?

There certainly were problems with MS's FireWire drivers; MS tried to fix some of them by forcing the transfer speed down to a fraction of the limit (in some cases to 12%), and had to re-patch since that was discovered to be unacceptable.

In any case, the place to get the driver is Microsoft. Try this one.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885222

Finally, the 1394 chip type/maker of the FireWire card is important - they aren't all the same quality.

HTH
-pk



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