When I looked on the Dell site for the model specified, it didn't show that
there was two ports, one front and one rear, only specified one on the
front, or I would have suggested to check both. Glad to find the problem
but sorry you found out it was a bad connection at the port. Hope you get
it fixed by jiggling but it is probably damaged contacts within the port
itself..
Bye!
"Harry Williams" <dramat@techie.com> wrote in message
news:OPTa8mo4IHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> OK, just discovered that the rear IEEE 1394 port on my PC is
> working...front port is not. Presume bad Firewire connection on front card
> as the 2 USB ports on that card are both working well. I'll open the case
> and jiggle/re-seat card and see what happens. Thanks for your patience and
> responses. Cheers.
>
> --
> ...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:eBRW%23Jg4IHA.4920@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I am not absolutely sure that is your problem but I would try to plug in a
>>different known working device.
>>
>> In looking over your post I see the machine is probably a relatively new
>> one. Does this machine have Vista on it and is it still under warranty
>> by Dell (1 year appears to be standard on their web site for this
>> machine)?
>>
>> If still under warranty I would now call Dell and see what they suggest.
>>
>>
>> "Harry Williams" <dramat@techie.com> wrote in message
>> news:u0jnDFa4IHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> 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
>>>
>>> --
>>> "LVTravel" <noone@nothere.com> wrote in message
>>> news:urNCZRR4IHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> 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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>>>>>
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