MAy just be bad luck with the firewire card, has it arrived yet? Thney can
show as fine in device manager but be faulty.

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


<jon.k@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:1130868203.423278.38630@g47g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> Hi Graham,
>
> The sole use of the PC was to play a wmv on a loop all day.
>
> No one at the theatre knew I was bringing the computer, and as far as I
> know they didn't have anything to plug into it. They certainly had no
> reason to. And when I came back at the end of the day, it was still
> running the video.
>
>
> Graham Hughes wrote:
>> What was the pc used for while away? What was being watched, what may
>> have
>> been connected? Along with the damage may have been caused by someone
>> incorecctly plugging something in or out, it may be that a setting has
>> been
>> changed, though system restore should have sorted that.
>>
>> --
>> Graham Hughes
>> MVP Digital Media
>> www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
>> www.dvds2treasure.com
>> www.simplydv.com
>>
>>
>> <jon.k@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>> news:1130799561.574462.132850@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >
>> > Burgy wrote:
>> >> Might try deleting the firewire card entry from device manager,in case
>> >> the
>> >> driver is corrupted, then reboot and let windows reinstall it. If that
>> >> doesn't help, the card itself may be fried. Try reseating it. If no
>> >> joy,
>> >> try
>> >> another card.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> <jon.k@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1130784079.099871.202990@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> > OK, allow me to give you the history of this problem.
>> >> >
>> >> > Everything is working fine on Friday. I can download footage from
>> >> > my
>> >> > JVC camera, through the DV out, into my PC via firewire. Great.
>> >> >
>> >> > No new software is installed.
>> >> >
>> >> > Saturday I take the computer from my home to a theatre, where it is
>> >> > used to play a looping video all day. It is out of my site, but as
>> >> > far
>> >> > as I am aware nothing out of the ordinary happens. Only the screen
>> >> > is
>> >> > accessible to the public.
>> >> >
>> >> > Sunday, I plug everything back up, but now when I switch my camera
>> >> > back
>> >> > on, it is not recognized. XP does not flash up the normal 'what
>> >> > would
>> >> > you like to do box'. Nothing. At all.
>> >> >
>> >> > The Firewire card shows up in Device Manager.
>> >> >
>> >> > The 1394 Connection shows up under Network Connections.
>> >> > I have turned off the firewall for that connection.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have tried uploading from a different (Sony) camera. Nothing.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have tried taking the firewire cable and my JVC camera to another
>> >> > computer, where it is recognised instantly.
>> >> >
>> >> > This appears to be the only problem that has arisen since Friday.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can someone point me in the right direction as to where I should go
>> >> > from here? I have some pretty important footage that needs editing,
>> >> > and I am presently completely stuck.
>> >> >
>> >> > Many thanks for your time,
>> >> >
>> >> > Jon
>> >> >
>> >
>> > Thanks Burgy,
>> >
>> > I've tried that with no success. I've got another card in the post now
>> > though. Weird that it's still recognised and the USB ports on the same
>> > card work.
>> >
>> > As some additional information, I've tried System Restoring back to
>> > Friday with no success.
>> >
>