I will try that, but the cable is brand new. The same camera works with USB
so unfortunately, i think you are right that it is the IEEE card which sucks
because I just bought it brand new. Uh well, thanks for the help.

"Wojo" wrote:

> Ok, I doubt the microscope has anything to do with it then.
> You said you can plug the camera into other computers and it works.
> Is this with the same firewire cable or a different one?
> I ask that because the two most likely problems are either a bad firewire
> cable or a bad IEEE port.
> Try using your cable on a different computer and also try using a different
> camera on your computer. This will/should tell you where the problem is.
> -Wojo
>
> "AliEnX7587" <AliEnX7587@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4598C45C-BD59-4222-88F1-CBE1B9987A8E@microsoft.com...
> > The Microscope is USB sorry for not posting that. The only thing plugged
> > into
> > the firewire PCI card is the DV camera. The only reason I even menchioned
> > the
> > microscope is because the computer seems to recognize it as a camera.
> > Thanks
> > for the reply.
> >
> > "Wojo" wrote:
> >
> >> One question. You said even when you unplug the microscope it doesn't
> >> recognize the camera.
> >> That makes it sound as though you have two firewire cables, so did you
> >> try
> >> using the other cable on your camera?
> >>
> >> "AliEnX7587" <AliEnX7587@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:7699DDE7-F9F2-47B1-9A11-D34930594C6C@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hello, I just put my Sony Handycam using iLink and firewire to my
> >> > computer,
> >> > Iam running XP Pro and using MM2. It doesn's seem to discover the
> >> > camera
> >> > but
> >> > it does seem to discover my Intel QX3 Microscope. I don't understand
> >> > this
> >> > at
> >> > all. Even when I unplug the microscope it still does not recognize that
> >> > the
> >> > DV camera is plugged in. The Firewire ports are discoverable in the
> >> > Device
> >> > Manager and I have used the camera on other computers. This doesn't
> >> > make
> >> > me
> >> > feel any more confident in Microsoft seeing how I can just plug any
> >> > camera
> >> > into my mac and turn on iMovie and start editing with no problems at
> >> > all!
> >> > Well, please help me figure this out!
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance!
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>