IEEE 1394 adaptor card. Driver will not load

[John KIELY]

I have fitted an PCI to Firewire IEEE 1394 host adaptor
card to system. When started message appears "New
hardware found" however driver will not load. Device
manager indicates error "Device not configured correctly
Code 1" Have read K.B. Article 125174 which indicates
problem is with loading driver, however have followed
instructions but will not load. Have tried three
different brands of card yet all experience the same
problem. Manufactures advise that it is problem with
system loading driver. Has anyone experienced the same
problem which I understand is fairly common.

 

[Nathan McNulty]

You said you tried three different cards and you installed the software
for all of them? Also, what build of Windows are you using (Service
Pack 2)? Have you checked with your motherboard manufacturer to see if
there are any BIOS updates or if this is a common problem? Seems odd
that three different brands would not work.

Nathan McNulty

 

[Guest]

Using XP Home edition.
Updated all BIOS etc. Installed all SP updates ect.
Intel list problem and advise that Microsoft installed
patch to SP 1 to overcome the problem. Nothing seems to
work. Any more suggestions?

John KIELY

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Are you running Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2? As of right now,
FireWire has issues with Service Pack 2 which will be fixed once it is
officially released.

Nathan McNulty

 

[Nathan McNulty]

I ran across this link on another thread:

A problem installing adapter cards in a Windows XP system

Problem

You have purchased a new motherboard and installed it in your Windows XP
system; successfully for the most part, but whenever you try to install
a sound card or network card, and then boot the system you get the
message, "An error has occurred during the installation of this device.
The data is invalid." For some reason, you have not been able to install
an AGP video card, but you have been able to install a PCI video card,
You have also tried unsuccessfully to install two different makes of
network and sound card. The other measures you have taken to rectify the
problem are: - reflashed the BIOS with the latest update, and tried
replacing Windows XP with its forerunner, Windows 2000. Because the same
error occurs with both versions of Windows, you suspect that the problem
has to be hardware-related.

A possible solution

The usual cause of this problem in Windows 2000/XP systems is Registry
keys that are set as read-only.

From the Start menu, click Run and enter RegEdit to run the Registry
Editor. Open the following - Keys => HKey_Local_machine => System =>
CurrentControlSet => Enum => PCI.

You will see several keys in this form - Ven_xxxx - where xxxx
represents a string such as - 1102&Dev_004&Subsys_00011103&Rev_04.

In each of these folders there is another folder that has a long
numerical name. Open each of these folders, and look for the DeviceDesc
entry that matches the type of hardware that you are trying
unsuccessfully to install. Use the right mouse button to click on the
Ven_xxxx entry for that device, and click Permissions. If it is set to
read-only, then that is the cause of the problem. To rectify it, change
it to Allow Full Control.

http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/Tips.htm#probleminst

Could try that. I will look for some more info when I get a chance

Nathan McNulty

 

[John KIELY]

Nathan,
Ran this and the problem has been resolved. Device
successfully installed and the "device manager" indicates
that it is working correctly. Will use it now but I
don't anticipate any further problems. Thanks for all
your help. It may have taken me months to locate the
issue. Thanks again

John KIELY

 

[Nathan McNulty]

So it was the registry settings? That is good to know it is working now

Nathan McNulty