1394 IEEE camcorder not found in XP

Hi All, I'm losing my mind....For approx 1 year ago my Sony DCR-PC109
worked flawless via firewire and Premiere 1.5...since then I've had a
brake of video editing...and I was since a few weeks back trying to
start again..and..when I was connecting the camera nothing happened, XP
did not find my camera (now XP SP3)...I started to check possible
reasons and searched internet for several days and have now tried all
kind of things, I have bought several 1394 cables, I even bought a new
camera (Samsung) and borrowed my friends camera (Panasonic)...nothing
helped...(ok, my friend has never tried the IEEE on his camera, his not
interested to edit through PC...he's not interested in PC's at all
;-)..I have 3 computers at home, I completely formatted one of them and
re-installed XP without any SP..and worked from SP1, SP2 and SP3....and
still nothing...I tried my work computer (a HP laptop) without any
luck...In the computers at home, 2 of them has built-in IEEE in
motherboard (ASUS) and I have also a separate IEEE card (which I've
tried in each PC). I formatted the computer that does not have an
in-built IEEE, so I could only try with the IEEE PCI card..all the other
computers has SP2/SP3 and in-built IEEE....maybe the IEEE PCI card is
broken and the other computers with SP2/SP3 just don't work with IEEE
camcorders...?

I have checked everything regarding any possibilities that any kind of
firewall might have blocked the IEEE port as well. (and BIOS settings)

I just don't know what to do anymore...to buy new things seems now just
like throwing the money in the drain.

Can it be so, that I'm the most un-lucky guy that have 3 different
cameras that don't work and all the IEEE ports I've tried is
broken?...Am I cursed?

Anyone with similar problems and with any "bullet proof" suggestion of
what I shall buy to make everything work again, a new IEEE card?
Thanx!/Marky


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