JVC Camcorder/Computer

I have a firewire cord that hooks into both my computer and the camcorder. Every time I push the button to upload the video to my computer, my computer shuts down saying something like "You may want to disable the BIOS memory/cache..."

All I want to do is upload the video to my computer. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm not sure what to do.

Have you tried with USB rather than Firewire?

Yes, I have tried the USB connection. My computer does not even recognize this connection.