Where oh where is Firewire ieee 1394 problem?

[fasthands]

Hello group.

I have a really peculiar lack of firewire support in XP home edition and I
have done everything I can but reload or give up on using firewire. I run
win xp home edition, all drivers current and updates on a regular basis. I
have used home XP for a few years and have had only a few glitches, but I'll
be damned if I can figure this one out. My Mother board ( P4 titan 553,
GA-81EX series, intel 845E chipset ) has 3 firewire inputs on board and six
USB 2.0 all are enabled in the system BIOS.

All the USB ports work fine. About a year ago my Sony Camcorder was
recognized as 1394 device, but when it was active it removed my cable modem
( via USB) from the network connections and replace it with the camcorder.
It gave the camcorder an IP address. I had to keep doing a system restore
to a previous time when I had the cable modem running, and then it would not
recognize the camcorder.

Now it will not recognize any Firewire device. I have an external HD, and
an external DVD burner ( both can use USB 2.0 or firewire). My system
recognizes both fine as USB, not as Firewire

Device Mgr says VIA OHCI IEEE 1394 host controller is enabled and working
properly, as well as all USB devices. No yellow question marks or alerts
anywhere in Device Mgr. It says all devices working properly. But I can't
get it to recognize ANY firewire device.

I purchased an EXTERNAL wired hub that connects by USB 2.0 port. It has four
USB 2.0 ports and three firewires. Win XP recognizes the HUB and all USB 2.0
devices attached. It will not recognize the firewire inputs. External
hardrive and External DVD burner do fine through Hubs USB ports but not
firewire. Sony Camcorder has yet to be recognized.

I recently installed an INTERNAL PCI firewire card, with one 1394 and two
USB 2.0 ports. System recognizes the card and the USB ports - not the
firewire. ahh!

OK. what is it going to take to get this thing to recognize firewire? I
have removed all USB and firewire devices from device mgr, reinstalled,
added and removed hardware - at least 4, 5 times. NO dice. I have three
different pieces of hardware that have firewire inputs, and my system say
each device is working properly. ?? Is there a secret firewire refusal
gremlin that strikes certain systems? XP help sites say there is NO
independent drivers needed for firewire. XP is supposed to be compatible.
I suspect it is a registry or network problem but me and the cable modem guy
can't figure it out and they won't come and look anymore. Any suggestions
about where to look, what to tweak etc, will be appreciated.

Alan

 

[TT]

Hello group.

I have a really peculiar lack of firewire support in XP home edition and I
have done everything I can but reload or give up on using firewire. I run
win xp home edition, all drivers current and updates on a regular basis. I
have used home XP for a few years and have had only a few glitches, but I'll
be damned if I can figure this one out. My Mother board ( P4 titan 553,
GA-81EX series, intel 845E chipset ) has 3 firewire inputs on board and six
USB 2.0 all are enabled in the system BIOS.

All the USB ports work fine. About a year ago my Sony Camcorder was
recognized as 1394 device, but when it was active it removed my cable modem
( via USB) from the network connections and replace it with the camcorder.
It gave the camcorder an IP address. I had to keep doing a system restore
to a previous time when I had the cable modem running, and then it would not
recognize the camcorder.

Now it will not recognize any Firewire device. I have an external HD, and
an external DVD burner ( both can use USB 2.0 or firewire). My system
recognizes both fine as USB, not as Firewire

Device Mgr says VIA OHCI IEEE 1394 host controller is enabled and working
properly, as well as all USB devices. No yellow question marks or alerts
anywhere in Device Mgr. It says all devices working properly. But I can't
get it to recognize ANY firewire device.

I purchased an EXTERNAL wired hub that connects by USB 2.0 port. It has four
USB 2.0 ports and three firewires. Win XP recognizes the HUB and all USB 2.0
devices attached. It will not recognize the firewire inputs. External
hardrive and External DVD burner do fine through Hubs USB ports but not
firewire. Sony Camcorder has yet to be recognized.

I recently installed an INTERNAL PCI firewire card, with one 1394 and two
USB 2.0 ports. System recognizes the card and the USB ports - not the
firewire. ahh!

OK. what is it going to take to get this thing to recognize firewire? I
have removed all USB and firewire devices from device mgr, reinstalled,
added and removed hardware - at least 4, 5 times. NO dice. I have three
different pieces of hardware that have firewire inputs, and my system say
each device is working properly. ?? Is there a secret firewire refusal
gremlin that strikes certain systems? XP help sites say there is NO
independent drivers needed for firewire. XP is supposed to be compatible.
I suspect it is a registry or network problem but me and the cable modem guy
can't figure it out and they won't come and look anymore. Any suggestions
about where to look, what to tweak etc, will be appreciated.

Alan

This will sound stupid-but you've switched cables right?

 

[fasthands]

This will sound stupid-but you've switched cables right?

Yes, I have tried new cables that have come with each device. Still no joy.
(sigh)

 

[Esbern]

Hello group.

I have a really peculiar lack of firewire support in XP home edition
and I
have done everything I can but reload or give up on using firewire. I
run
win xp home edition, all drivers current and updates on a regular
basis. I
have used home XP for a few years and have had only a few glitches, but
I'll
be damned if I can figure this one out. My Mother board ( P4 titan
553,
GA-81EX series, intel 845E chipset ) has 3 firewire inputs on board and
six
USB 2.0 all are enabled in the system BIOS.

All the USB ports work fine. About a year ago my Sony Camcorder was
recognized as 1394 device, but when it was active it removed my cable
modem
( via USB) from the network connections and replace it with the
camcorder.
It gave the camcorder an IP address. I had to keep doing a system
restore
to a previous time when I had the cable modem running, and then it
would not
recognize the camcorder.

Now it will not recognize any Firewire device. I have an external HD,
and
an external DVD burner ( both can use USB 2.0 or firewire). My system
recognizes both fine as USB, not as Firewire

Device Mgr says VIA OHCI IEEE 1394 host controller is enabled and
working
properly, as well as all USB devices. No yellow question marks or
alerts
anywhere in Device Mgr. It says all devices working properly. But I
can't
get it to recognize ANY firewire device.

I purchased an EXTERNAL wired hub that connects by USB 2.0 port. It has
four
USB 2.0 ports and three firewires. Win XP recognizes the HUB and all
USB 2.0
devices attached. It will not recognize the firewire inputs. External
hardrive and External DVD burner do fine through Hubs USB ports but
not
firewire. Sony Camcorder has yet to be recognized.

I recently installed an INTERNAL PCI firewire card, with one 1394 and
two
USB 2.0 ports. System recognizes the card and the USB ports - not the
firewire. ahh!

OK. what is it going to take to get this thing to recognize firewire?
I
have removed all USB and firewire devices from device mgr,
reinstalled,
added and removed hardware - at least 4, 5 times. NO dice. I have
three
different pieces of hardware that have firewire inputs, and my system
say
each device is working properly. ?? Is there a secret firewire
refusal
gremlin that strikes certain systems? XP help sites say there is NO
independent drivers needed for firewire. XP is supposed to be
compatible.
I suspect it is a registry or network problem but me and the cable
modem guy
can't figure it out and they won't come and look anymore. Any
suggestions
about where to look, what to tweak etc, will be appreciated.

Alan

Alan,

You probably dont even use the same computer now, or if you have fixed
it or given up. I was searching the internet because I had a similar
one that you had. Well I didnt find anything, so ofcourse I just kept
playing around.

I have a GA-8IEXP gigabyte board, and I just had flashed the bios to F9
version for my board. I found that the problem was that version of the
board that was causing the problem. Try downloading the newest bios
from www.gigabyte.com.tw, and if you have the latest version try and
older one to see if that helps. You can reach me at (e-mail address removed)

Regards,
Nate