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@discussions.microsoft.com> 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