Firewire 1394 autodetect not working

[Dan]

Hi,
I hope someone can help with this. I recently did a fresh
install of WinXP Pro (w/ all service packs/fixes as of
7/24/03) And when I plug in a firewire device (Sony TRV-17
DV cam) I don't get any response from WinXP. I've tried 3
different cables and 3 different ports on my mobo (Abit
IS7). The camcorder showed up a few days ago so I think
the firewire controller is ok (Texas Instr.) but now I
can't get WinXP to recognize that a 1394 device is plugged
in. I've tried turning the cam on/off and plugging/un-
plugging the port several times and it's of no help. On
my old WinXP machine I would have to turn on the camcorder
and then plug/un-plug the cable to get WinXP to recognize
it. Which is what makes me believe this is a windows
issue.

One of the main reasons I built a new PC was for faster
video-editing.. so this is something I really need to get
working.

Thanks,
Dan

[Edward W. Thompson]

I have found that detection of a firewire drive is somewhat "flaky" and it
often takes multiple attempts before WINXP or the machine recognizes that
the drive has been connected. It maybe a connector "problem" I suppose but
plugging in and unplugging until the drive is recognized eventually works
for me. It seems as if you may have a similar problem.


"Dan" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I hope someone can help with this. I recently did a fresh
> install of WinXP Pro (w/ all service packs/fixes as of
> 7/24/03) And when I plug in a firewire device (Sony TRV-17
> DV cam) I don't get any response from WinXP. I've tried 3
> different cables and 3 different ports on my mobo (Abit
> IS7). The camcorder showed up a few days ago so I think
> the firewire controller is ok (Texas Instr.) but now I
> can't get WinXP to recognize that a 1394 device is plugged
> in. I've tried turning the cam on/off and plugging/un-
> plugging the port several times and it's of no help. On
> my old WinXP machine I would have to turn on the camcorder
> and then plug/un-plug the cable to get WinXP to recognize
> it. Which is what makes me believe this is a windows
> issue.
>
> One of the main reasons I built a new PC was for faster
> video-editing.. so this is something I really need to get
> working.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan