Windows reboots when I plug DV through Firewire

Am trying to capture video from my Canon Optura 60 DV camera. I have an HP
Pavilion 754n, Pentium 4 PC with 1Gb ram. I have a AGP Radeon 700 video card
and am using an external audio card, a M-Audio Firewire Audiophile. I
recently replaced my hard drive with a 250 Gb Maxtor drive. I therefore had
to reinstall everything. I am using Windows XP Home edition, SP 2, fully up
to date. My Bios is the latest version, my drivers as well. Every time I
plug in my DV through the Firewire drive, it gets detected, XP asks what I
want to do, then Windows shuts down. I tried disabling my on-board audio
controller in the BIOS, enabling it. Had some success when I closed the
external audio card, but the result is still unstable and doesn't work all
the time. What can I do to reliably use my PC and Radeon card and external
audio card?

Nat C. wrote:
Am trying to capture video from my Canon Optura 60 DV
camera. I have an HP Pavilion 754n, Pentium 4 PC with
1Gb ram. I have a AGP Radeon 700 video card and am using
an external audio card, a M-Audio Firewire Audiophile. I
recently replaced my hard drive with a 250 Gb Maxtor
drive. I therefore had to reinstall everything. I am
using Windows XP Home edition, SP 2, fully up to date.
My Bios is the latest version, my drivers as well. Every
time I plug in my DV through the Firewire drive, it gets
detected, XP asks what I want to do, then Windows shuts
down. I tried disabling my on-board audio controller in
the BIOS, enabling it. Had some success when I closed
the external audio card, but the result is still unstable
and doesn't work all the time. What can I do to reliably
use my PC and Radeon card and external audio card?
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I guess you updated your video drivers?

I wonder if the following article would offer any ideas:

(885222) Performance of 1394 devices may
decrease after you install Windows XP Service
Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=885222

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Nat C. wrote:
Am trying to capture video from my Canon Optura 60 DV
camera. I have an HP Pavilion 754n, Pentium 4 PC with
1Gb ram. I have a AGP Radeon 700 video card and am using
an external audio card, a M-Audio Firewire Audiophile. I
recently replaced my hard drive with a 250 Gb Maxtor
drive. I therefore had to reinstall everything. I am
using Windows XP Home edition, SP 2, fully up to date. My Bios is the
latest version, my drivers as well. Every
time I plug in my DV through the Firewire drive, it gets
detected, XP asks what I want to do, then Windows shuts
down. I tried disabling my on-board audio controller in
the BIOS, enabling it. Had some success when I closed
the external audio card, but the result is still unstable
and doesn't work all the time. What can I do to reliably
use my PC and Radeon card and external audio card?
==================================
I guess you updated your video drivers?

I wonder if the following article would offer any ideas:

(885222) Performance of 1394 devices may decrease after you install
Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=885222

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

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We are simply volunteers who attempt to assist
folks who are having problems. What works for
us may not work for anyone else...

Good luck in solving your problem.

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Otherwise I wonder if it isn't a problem with the firewire card.
Try using your cable and camera on another PC (either a friend or the
computer store)
-Wojo