I've found out the hardway that my firewire connection on one of my
PC's is faulty.
It has managed to blow the iLink connection on four different
camcorders. : (

I only discovered this as a result of trial and error and pulling my
hair out trying to figure out why my camcorders would not connect to
PC's.

The thing is... I have two PC's.
I don't know which is faulty.
The firewire conection works fin with other hardware like external hard
drives.

The only way I can see of finding which has the faulty firewire
connection is by connecting another good camcorder!

Is there another way? : )

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.


OM

"OM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've found out the hardway that my firewire connection on one of my
> PC's is faulty.
> It has managed to blow the iLink connection on four different
> camcorders. : (
>
> I only discovered this as a result of trial and error and pulling my
> hair out trying to figure out why my camcorders would not connect to
> PC's.
>
> The thing is... I have two PC's.
> I don't know which is faulty.
> The firewire conection works fin with other hardware like external hard
> drives.
>
> The only way I can see of finding which has the faulty firewire
> connection is by connecting another good camcorder!


That's how I would do it (-:


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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

Lookup IEEE1394 pinout header on Google. Then use a DVM and
a Firewire cable to check that voltages are correct (color
code).


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm



"Richard Urban [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
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|
| "OM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
|
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| > I've found out the hardway that my firewire connection
on one of my
| > PC's is faulty.
| > It has managed to blow the iLink connection on four
different
| > camcorders. : (
| >
| > I only discovered this as a result of trial and error
and pulling my
| > hair out trying to figure out why my camcorders would
not connect to
| > PC's.
| >
| > The thing is... I have two PC's.
| > I don't know which is faulty.
| > The firewire conection works fin with other hardware
like external hard
| > drives.
| >
| > The only way I can see of finding which has the faulty
firewire
| > connection is by connecting another good camcorder!
|
|
| That's how I would do it (-:
|
|
| --
| Regards,
|
| Richard Urban
| Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
|
| Quote from: George Ankner
| "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
| You would realize that you don't know what you thought you
knew!"
|
|

Thanks Jim. I will have a look there.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Lookup IEEE1394 pinout header on Google. Then use a DVM and
> a Firewire cable to check that voltages are correct (color
> code).
>
>
> --
> The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
> some support
> http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
>
>
>
> "Richard Urban [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> |
> | "OM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> |
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> | > I've found out the hardway that my firewire connection
> on one of my
> | > PC's is faulty.
> | > It has managed to blow the iLink connection on four
> different
> | > camcorders. : (
> | >
> | > I only discovered this as a result of trial and error
> and pulling my
> | > hair out trying to figure out why my camcorders would
> not connect to
> | > PC's.
> | >
> | > The thing is... I have two PC's.
> | > I don't know which is faulty.
> | > The firewire conection works fin with other hardware
> like external hard
> | > drives.
> | >
> | > The only way I can see of finding which has the faulty
> firewire
> | > connection is by connecting another good camcorder!
> |
> |
> | That's how I would do it (-:
> |
> |
> | --
> | Regards,
> |
> | Richard Urban
> | Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> |
> | Quote from: George Ankner
> | "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> | You would realize that you don't know what you thought you
> knew!"
> |
> |
>
>