Understand what you said; since the Sony DVC is recognized by another WinXP
PC when I plug it in I guess I can assume (bad word I know) that the port on
my PC is faulty. Other than to plug in the Sony, I have never used the
Firewire port so I wouldn't have found out that it was faulty.
Thanks
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"LVTravel" <noone@nothere.com> wrote in message
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> If the camera, cable and host controller are all working, the only thing
> that I can think of is that you have a bad physical port on the computer.
> While I have never had a Firewire port go bad I have had USB ports have
> internal connection problems where if I moved the connector just so, a
> connection was made but if I released the connector the connection would
> be lost.
>
> Have you tried any other Firewire device in the port? That is your next
> step to determine cause. Check around for some device that you can insert
> to see if it works. I use Firewire external hard drives for storing my
> video files from my laptops so maybe you can find one to test.
>
>
> "Harry Williams" <dramat@techie.com> wrote in message
> news:OKfbHQP4IHA.3576@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> And the saga continues. I have a new working Firewire cable and I know
>> the Sony DVC is operating as I connected it to another PC and the device
>> was recognized. When I connected the Sony to the IEEE 1394 port on my PC
>> (Dell XPS 210) it was not recognized. The device does not appear under
>> Imaging Devices in Device Manager. Under the heading IEEE 1394 Bus Host
>> Controller is shown Texas Instrument OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host
>> Controller with NO Yellow warning icon. Device Manager says it is working
>> correctly. (I am now running WinXP Media Edition SP3 but same thing
>> occurred under SP2.) Advice, please.
>>
>> --
>> ...A cynic does not read bitter lessons from the past; he is prematurely
>> disappointed in the future...
>> "LVTravel" <noone@nothere.com> wrote in message
>> news:%237zPzXk3IHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Hope you get it working. Let us know what you find out and if you still
>>> can't get it working write back and we will all try to help..
>>>
>>>
>>> "Harry Williams" <dramat@techie.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23iZ97uh3IHA.3624@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Thank you for all the good info and links. I'll check everything out
>>>> and let you know. BTW, I just updated from SP2 to SP3 and the PC still
>>>> doesn't recognize the DV camera.
>>>>
>>>> Interestingly enough, I recently connected my Sony DV camera through an
>>>> IEEE 1394 device on another PC (running SP2) and everything worked very
>>>> well. I'm now 8000 miles away from that PC and the cable I used so I'll
>>>> have to do the whole troubleshooting process. Anyway, thanks again.
>>>>
>>>> Harry
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ...A cynic does not read bitter lessons from the past; he is
>>>> prematurely disappointed in the future...
>>>> "Graham Hughes" <graham.hughes@dvds2treasure.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:eM1jcYc3IHA.5112@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Never trust anything a brand new cable can be faulty as can a 10 year
>>>>> old one which worked yesterday.
>>>>>
>>>>> You must test all the components with ones you can see working in
>>>>> front of your eyes, so beg/steal/borrow a cam/pc and cable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Again, Device manager will tell you if the firewire port is error free
>>>>> in connection etc, but not error free physically.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Probl...notCapture.htm
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Graham Hughes
>>>>> MVP Digital Media
>>>>> www.myvideoproblems.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Harry Williams" <dramat@techie.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:eqWb3VV3IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Yes to all you said. There is no error indicator under the IEEE 1394
>>>>>> Bus host controller. Device manager says device is working properly.
>>>>>> Cable is brand new (Belkin).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -------------------------...A cynic does not read bitter lessons from
>>>>>> the past; he is prematurely disappointed in the future...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "LVTravel" <noone@nothere.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:u2yn3jU3IHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "King Harry" <bitterbrush@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:C95E83CA-032B-4F11-A27F-3B764D5F50D4@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>>> For a reason unknown to me, I am unable to import digital video
>>>>>>>> from my Sony
>>>>>>>> DCR-PC9. I connect to my PC from The camera via a Firewire
>>>>>>>> (IEEE1394), 6 pin
>>>>>>>> to 4 pin. I am using WinXpMedia Edition. Keep getting on-screen
>>>>>>>> message that
>>>>>>>> the input device cannot be found. Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Against stupidity even the Gods themselves battle in vain.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lets look at the obvious first. Camera turned on and in playback
>>>>>>> mode? Absolutely sure the cable is good and plugged in all the way?
>>>>>>> Can you see the Firewire card/adaptor in Device manager under "IEEE
>>>>>>> 1394 Bus host controllers" without any error indication (yellow !)?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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