To the sound of much cheering, the new card turned up today and
detected the camera straight away!

So the moral of the story is - Device Manager lies.

Thanks so much to everyone who inputed over the last few days.

Jon


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