Firewire Port Not Working

[Guest]

Our firewire port seems to not be working. The firewire cable i bought works
on another computer, but when i plug it in to my computer, no "new hardware"
pops up. How can I fix this, someone please help.

 

[peter]

Did it ever work??
Is the Computer case connection plugged into the Firewire header on the
motherboard??
If you right click MyComputer/properties/hardware/device manager......is
there a IEEE1394 listing?? are there any errors in the listing??
peter

 

[paulmd]

Our firewire port seems to not be working. The firewire cable i bought works
on another computer, but when i plug it in to my computer, no "new hardware"
pops up. How can I fix this, someone please help.

Are you sure ti's the firewire port and not the firewire device on the
other end? If it's the port, ti's just a matter of getting a firewire
pci card and putting it in.