1394 and network XP config

[Rob]

I am looking for understanding and solutions for my
problem in XP. I have recently upgraded to XP, and have
devoted a great amount of time trying to recognize and
configure my hardware and support issues with XP. One of
my challenging issues is this:

XP recognizes my firewire card as a NIC card, and sets up
a network connection for it. the card hence is useless
and wont work. I have done the basics (another driver by
diff manufac., take out and reinstall, remove, configure
in network, device manager, etc.) The card is a generic
card that came with the sytem that HP uses. The
motherboard is a AM37 by Mainboard with integrated ac97
sound, nic, and video. The proc is AMD athlon 2400+ 2g,
p4 platform. The firewire or ieee 1394 card is made by
Smart Modular Technologies, and subbed at times to
selectron company in CA. finding the actual driver for
that card is hell. The card is a 2+1 port. XP thinks it
has a signiature driver that, although the root is
defined as a OHCI IEEE 1394, it sets up the device under
network cards.

If anyone can help with this i would love it. XP wont
let me keep it uninstalled to change it anyway, it
reinstalls it automatically, i never put a driver in for
it.

Thanks
Rob

[Pavel A.]

"Rob" > wrote in message
...
> I am looking for understanding and solutions for my
> problem in XP. I have recently upgraded to XP, and have
> devoted a great amount of time trying to recognize and
> configure my hardware and support issues with XP. One of
> my challenging issues is this:
>
> XP recognizes my firewire card as a NIC card, and sets up
> a network connection for it.

This is normal. (You could miss this out when you learned XP - there is a
lot of reading...)

> the card hence is useless
> and wont work.

What exactly does not work? What external device is connected to your
firewire card?


--PA

[Carl]

In my case I connect a Panasonic DV camera. Used to work
perfectly with no fuss, now it's as though the cable
itself wasn't functioning at all. (It is, replaced &
tested.) eg MovieMaker can't find anything plugged in &
won't capture video any more.

CN
>-----Original Message-----
>"Rob" > wrote in message
...
>> I am looking for understanding and solutions for my
>> problem in XP. I have recently upgraded to XP, and have
>> devoted a great amount of time trying to recognize and
>> configure my hardware and support issues with XP. One
of
>> my challenging issues is this:
>>
>> XP recognizes my firewire card as a NIC card, and sets
up
>> a network connection for it.
>
>This is normal. (You could miss this out when you
learned XP - there is a
>lot of reading...)
>
>> the card hence is useless
>> and wont work.
>
>What exactly does not work? What external device is
connected to your
>firewire card?
>
>
>--PA
>
>
>.
>

[Rob]

I have a 1394 IEEE external hard drive kit at the other
end. It was just find, now it doesnt exist. Any ideas?
ive ordered another one from ADS, so that (i hope) will
solve the identification. but I would still like to
know. It appears that this problem is a little common.

Rob

>-----Original Message-----
>"Rob" > wrote in message
...
>> I am looking for understanding and solutions for my
>> problem in XP. I have recently upgraded to XP, and
have
>> devoted a great amount of time trying to recognize and
>> configure my hardware and support issues with XP. One
of
>> my challenging issues is this:
>>
>> XP recognizes my firewire card as a NIC card, and sets
up
>> a network connection for it.
>
>This is normal. (You could miss this out when you
learned XP - there is a
>lot of reading...)
>
>> the card hence is useless
>> and wont work.
>
>What exactly does not work? What external device is
connected to your
>firewire card?
>
>
>--PA
>
>
>.
>

[Pavel A.]

That's strange.... anyway this should't be just because of the "NIC card"
thing.
Maybe, power? does the drive work with external power supply?

"Rob" > wrote in message
...
> I have a 1394 IEEE external hard drive kit at the other
> end. It was just find, now it doesnt exist. Any ideas?
> ive ordered another one from ADS, so that (i hope) will
> solve the identification. but I would still like to
> know. It appears that this problem is a little common.
>
> Rob
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"Rob" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I am looking for understanding and solutions for my
> >> problem in XP. I have recently upgraded to XP, and
> have
> >> devoted a great amount of time trying to recognize and
> >> configure my hardware and support issues with XP. One
> of
> >> my challenging issues is this:
> >>
> >> XP recognizes my firewire card as a NIC card, and sets
> up
> >> a network connection for it.
> >
> >This is normal. (You could miss this out when you
> learned XP - there is a
> >lot of reading...)
> >
> >> the card hence is useless
> >> and wont work.
> >
> >What exactly does not work? What external device is
> connected to your
> >firewire card?
> >
> >
> >--PA
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Donald Link]

Assume you all are talking about PCI cards? I installed a simple one bought
off ebay and it has worked perfectly and is reconized thru native xp setup.
Has anyone tried making sure the card is properly reset. I think I would
pull the cards, remove all references to it in system under control panel
reboot and see if all references in device manager is gone. Shut down and
insert the card and see if xp will detect it. worth a try at least.
Strangly enough when I look under network in device manager it willl list a
1394 net adapter also.





"Carl" > wrote in message
...
> In my case I connect a Panasonic DV camera. Used to work
> perfectly with no fuss, now it's as though the cable
> itself wasn't functioning at all. (It is, replaced &
> tested.) eg MovieMaker can't find anything plugged in &
> won't capture video any more.
>
> CN
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"Rob" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I am looking for understanding and solutions for my
> >> problem in XP. I have recently upgraded to XP, and have
> >> devoted a great amount of time trying to recognize and
> >> configure my hardware and support issues with XP. One
> of
> >> my challenging issues is this:
> >>
> >> XP recognizes my firewire card as a NIC card, and sets
> up
> >> a network connection for it.
> >
> >This is normal. (You could miss this out when you
> learned XP - there is a
> >lot of reading...)
> >
> >> the card hence is useless
> >> and wont work.
> >
> >What exactly does not work? What external device is
> connected to your
> >firewire card?
> >
> >
> >--PA
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[CN]

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware:143366

Tried this with no change unfortunately. I couldn't remove the registry
entries without changing permissions.

CN

Donald Link wrote:
> Assume you all are talking about PCI cards? I installed a simple one bought
> off ebay and it has worked perfectly and is reconized thru native xp setup.
> Has anyone tried making sure the card is properly reset. I think I would
> pull the cards, remove all references to it in system under control panel
> reboot and see if all references in device manager is gone. Shut down and
> insert the card and see if xp will detect it. worth a try at least.
> Strangly enough when I look under network in device manager it willl list a
> 1394 net adapter also.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Carl" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>In my case I connect a Panasonic DV camera. Used to work
>>perfectly with no fuss, now it's as though the cable
>>itself wasn't functioning at all. (It is, replaced &
>>tested.) eg MovieMaker can't find anything plugged in &
>>won't capture video any more.
>>
>>CN
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>"Rob" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>>I am looking for understanding and solutions for my
>>>>problem in XP. I have recently upgraded to XP, and have
>>>>devoted a great amount of time trying to recognize and
>>>>configure my hardware and support issues with XP. One
>>>
>>of
>>
>>>>my challenging issues is this:
>>>>
>>>>XP recognizes my firewire card as a NIC card, and sets
>>>
>>up
>>
>>>>a network connection for it.
>>>
>>>This is normal. (You could miss this out when you
>>
>>learned XP - there is a
>>
>>>lot of reading...)
>>>
>>>
>>>> the card hence is useless
>>>>and wont work.
>>>
>>>What exactly does not work? What external device is
>>
>>connected to your
>>
>>>firewire card?
>>>
>>>
>>>--PA
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>
>
>

[Paul]

This does not have anything to do with the network adapter listing for the 1394.
I am having the same problem. The drive showed up once. I formatted it and
then the next time I turned on the computer it was gone. I found this link on
MSKB:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329909

I have been trying to find out a way to get this latest sbp2port.sys file, but
it looks like it is not going to be given out be MS until SP2???.

Anyone else have this latest driver?

BTW...the drive does show properly when using Ghost boot floppy and works okay
when moved out of external IEEE1394 enclosure to a USB2.0 enclosure.


Paul

"CN" > wrote in message ...
> Tried this with no change unfortunately. I couldn't remove the registry
> entries without changing permissions.
>
> CN
>
> Donald Link wrote:
> > Assume you all are talking about PCI cards? I installed a simple one bought
> > off ebay and it has worked perfectly and is reconized thru native xp setup.
> > Has anyone tried making sure the card is properly reset. I think I would
> > pull the cards, remove all references to it in system under control panel
> > reboot and see if all references in device manager is gone. Shut down and
> > insert the card and see if xp will detect it. worth a try at least.
> > Strangly enough when I look under network in device manager it willl list a
> > 1394 net adapter also.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Carl" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>In my case I connect a Panasonic DV camera. Used to work
> >>perfectly with no fuss, now it's as though the cable
> >>itself wasn't functioning at all. (It is, replaced &
> >>tested.) eg MovieMaker can't find anything plugged in &
> >>won't capture video any more.
> >>
> >>CN
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>"Rob" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>>
> >>>>I am looking for understanding and solutions for my
> >>>>problem in XP. I have recently upgraded to XP, and have
> >>>>devoted a great amount of time trying to recognize and
> >>>>configure my hardware and support issues with XP. One
> >>>
> >>of
> >>
> >>>>my challenging issues is this:
> >>>>
> >>>>XP recognizes my firewire card as a NIC card, and sets
> >>>
> >>up
> >>
> >>>>a network connection for it.
> >>>
> >>>This is normal. (You could miss this out when you
> >>
> >>learned XP - there is a
> >>
> >>>lot of reading...)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> the card hence is useless
> >>>>and wont work.
> >>>
> >>>What exactly does not work? What external device is
> >>
> >>connected to your
> >>
> >>>firewire card?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>--PA
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>.
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
>