Re: FireWire STILL Does not work in XP SP2!



Matt,
just double check to make sure your 1394 adapter is enabled in the DEVICE
MANAGER. Also, I am not an expert but I believe that if you install card
adapter over the onboard adapter you are only asking for trouble. I'd make
sure you only have one adapter active. I have a notebook XP - sp2 and I am
capturing video with a firewire capture device with no problems. Hope you
solve your problem.
Happy New Year.


"mvanec" <mvanec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> This is going in Video because that's the likeliest forum to get a
> response
> on FireWire issues, but this is affecting more than my camcorder.
>
> As I look at My Computer, my camcorder is under "Scanners and Cameras",
> and
> my external drive is nowhere to be seen. My camcorder is turned OFF, and
> my
> external drive is ON. Shouldn't I be seeing my drive, and NOT seeing my
> camcorder?
>
> Here's the note I *attempted* to send via the online chat, which was
> possibly submitted, but I never got a chat window, so I've probably been
> charged for a chat without getting one. :( Yes I've installed the KB88522
> fix, and bunches of others...but MS is greedily hanging on to some that
> might
> actually help.
>
> ***************BEGIN POST********************************
> FireWire is not working, and it just caused Explorer to freeze.
>
> I'm trying to use external Firewire drives, and my video camera. I have
> removed extra drives so that I just have 1 drive and my camera. When I
> restart Windows with both devices turned on, Windows occasionally
> acknowledges that the devices are connected. When I turn the camera off,
> Firewire ceases to work. Windows fails to detect that the Firewire drive
> is
> disconnected. Additionally, the drive becomes inaccessible. Please note
> that Windows does not actually disconnect the devices--the devices are
> still
> visible in My Computer. Attempting to access the devices causes an error
> message (for the camera), or explorer hangs (for the hard drive).
>
> Things I've tried:
> 1. Scoured the Internet and installed every MS "HotFix" I could find,
> except
> those that require a call to your customer service.
> 2. Upgraded/downgraded my motherboard BIOS to every available revision.
> Currently I'm at the most recent revision.
> 3. Tried a variety of different cables.
> 4.******PAY ATTENTION HERE: I've tested the devices on my wife's Dell
> laptop, and the devices (and cables) work beautifully there. There is not
> a
> problem with my drives and camera.
> 5. The motherboard has onboard 1394. So I purchased a Dynex 1394 card,
> thinking the motherboard is at fault. I installed the card, and have
> exactly
> the same problems. I also tried disabling the on-board 1394 to no avail.
> 6. I disabled the 1394 network adapters and rebooted.
> 7. I've tried removing various hardware components (SCSI units, CD Burner)
> in various combinations and rebooting.
> 8. I've uninstalled Norton and Nero
>
> My next step is to reformat my hard-drive and re-install, and turn off
> Windows Update, unless you can give me an update that will fix this
> problem.
> Everything had been working fine until I got some automatic updates from
> MS
> within the last week or so.
>
> System Information:
>
> Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI
> Athlon 64 X2 4200/2.2GHz
> 2G Corsair memory
> Toshiba DVD Burner
> Sony CD Burner
> Two IDE Drives
> 1 SATA Drive
> Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI Adapter
> 1 ZIP Drive (SCSI)
> Sony DDS Tape drive (SCSI)
>
> Software of note:
> Windows XP SP2, updated the crap out of
> MS Office 2003
> Adobe Collection 2.5 (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Encore, Audition)
> Nero 6 (updated via Nero's Website)
> Norton SystemWorks
> Gigabyte motherboard drivers.
> *****************END POST********************************
>
> I'm at my wits' end. My next step is to attempt an XP Repair
> install--probably won't work. After that I'll try reformatting and
> re-installing, unless someone can provide me a link to all those nice hot
> fixes that are only available through a customer service call (how chintzy
> is
> that?!?!? just give me the damn hot fix and tell me it's not
> supported--all I
> want is to have my Firewire working!!!!!!!)
>
> Please help,
> Matt


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Relevant Pages

  • Re: hot fix available?
    ... Some Devices Are Not Recognized When You Use Multiple IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Devices ... FireWire 800 under Windows XP SP2 ... As you can see, there is an issue with getting full speed out of a firewire device, but nothing I've found says that SP2 completely breaks firewire drives. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • FireWire STILL Does not work in XP SP2!
    ... but this is affecting more than my camcorder. ... FireWire is not working, and it just caused Explorer to freeze. ... I'm trying to use external Firewire drives, ... restart Windows with both devices turned on, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.video)
  • Re: I guess this is an old question, what is faster to transfer files, USB2 or Fire wire???
    ... This is an age-old argument stemming from when firewire was mostly Mac and ... I use both types of external drives. ... If your pc has an external SATA connector, ... Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
  • Microsoft, please fix XPs firewire/USB handling
    ... - lack of hard drive recognition when used in conjunction with firewire/USB enclosures (half the time drives aren't seen, you have to turn them off and on or reboot finally they are recognized) ... A serious problem that I've seen since Windows 2000. ... Mac's are great in this regard, many Final Cut Pro workshops give you your own firewire drive that you plug in/out as needed. ... It's great, but Microsoft has to review their entire implementation of firewire when it comes to storage, in particular in the up coming Vista. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Maxtor "OneTouch" External HardDrive
    ... and has a boutton that (in Windows and Mac OS X) ... I've got several Maxtor drives running (with firewire). ...
    (comp.os.linux)

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