Machine? BIOS version? Brand/model of card? Camera?

Post #321,677 by Another Scott 2/18/10 1:39:05 PM Reply	Machine? BIOS version? Brand/model of card? Camera? I'm not sure I understand the problem. Is the card recognized by the system? Or does the driver for the card only get loaded when a FW peripheral is attached to it? Firewire's pretty old, so I would think a 2004 machine wouldn't have any trouble with a Firewire add-on card. I doubt it's the BIOS, myself, but I've not experienced this problem. It seems that some newer PCs don't supply the 5V that some Firewire cards require. http://www.techsuppo...t-recognised.html Sometimes trying a different slot seems to help (if that's an option) - http://www.techsuppo...tect-install.html HTH a little. Good luck. Cheers, Scott.
Post #321,682 by beepster 2/18/10 2:37:55 PM Reply	Camera driver? I have an add in firewire card on an older machine than that...works fine. My vid camera has a driver that needs to be loaded for it to work. Most older DV cameras will likely have a driver that will need to be loaded. (mine is a panasonic) I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #321,685 by drook 2/18/10 2:49:46 PM Reply	Nope, doesn't need one, doesn't have one -- Drew
Post #321,684 by drook 2/18/10 2:49:29 PM Reply	Specs Camera: JVC GR-DA30U PC: HP Compaq dc7100 USDT BIOS: 786C1 v01.59 MOBO: 0980h FireWire add-in card: Agere Systems FW322/323 (rev 61) I'll try moving the card, there's another slot available. -- Drew
Post #321,687 by beepster 2/18/10 3:03:41 PM Reply	Capture software? Nero, Adobe, Roxio? I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #321,688 by drook 2/18/10 3:16:16 PM Reply	Kino, Cinellera, dvgrab None of them even find a device. -- Drew
Post #321,691 by Another Scott 2/18/10 3:42:37 PM Reply	Looks like the FW card can work with 5V and 3.3V At least the chip supports it. http://www.lsi.com/n...ducts/fw_322_323/ The HP page doesn't give much info on the PCI slots - http://h18000.www1.h...%20Specifications The peripherals are PCI 2.2 and PCI 2.3 compliant. PCI 2.2 requires 3.3V rails. http://en.wikipedia..../Conventional_PCI Presumably there are no 5V rails in the PCI connectors, but the card should work (unless something else on it requires 5V and that seems unlikely). Unfortunately, since it's an HP/Compaq, it can be hard to find troubleshooting information. I haven't been able to find much of anything else useful, except for scattered reports of others having trouble with the same card. Good luck. Cheers, Scott.
Post #321,693 by drook 2/18/10 4:07:06 PM Reply	Maybe I shouldn't have gone so cheap on the card I thought Firewire was a pretty well debugged technology, so we were at the point of commodity hardware. Maybe not. -- Drew

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