All,

I just installed Vista 64 on my brand new Alienware PC and everything is
working except for 1394. Vista detects devices that I attach to the 1394
ports, but it keeps prompting me to load drivers and I can't access the
devices. I have tried a 3 external hard drives, IPOD, and s Sony HD
camcorder. They all have the problem.

I also searched the web and have not noticed this problem.

Help?



My system config:

Nvidia 680i SLI motherboard
geforce 8800 GT graphics card
4 gigs of RAM
Blu-ray writer
DVD writer
2 SATA HD

Thanks for your help.



--SV

The firewire port itself has a driver. Try removing it in Device Manager to
let Windows find it again (action menu, 'uninstall' and 'search for new
hardware')

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"Sov" <Sov@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> All,
>
> I just installed Vista 64 on my brand new Alienware PC and everything is
> working except for 1394. Vista detects devices that I attach to the 1394
> ports, but it keeps prompting me to load drivers and I can't access the
> devices. I have tried a 3 external hard drives, IPOD, and s Sony HD
> camcorder. They all have the problem.
>
> I also searched the web and have not noticed this problem.
>
> Help?
>
> My system config:
>
> Nvidia 680i SLI motherboard
> geforce 8800 GT graphics card
> 4 gigs of RAM
> Blu-ray writer
> DVD writer
> 2 SATA HD
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
>
> --SV

Mark,

Thanks for responding.

To be more clear, when I connect a 1394 device, it shows up under SBP2 IEEE.

Which one do I uninstall? The SBP2 IEEE or the controller (Texas Instrument)?

Thanks,


Sov

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> The firewire port itself has a driver. Try removing it in Device Manager to
> let Windows find it again (action menu, 'uninstall' and 'search for new
> hardware')
>
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> Mark L. Ferguson
>
> .
> "Sov" <Sov@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9DC26FFC-E359-4AAA-A9CA-D67D88E47F5F@xxxxxx

> > All,
> >
> > I just installed Vista 64 on my brand new Alienware PC and everything is
> > working except for 1394. Vista detects devices that I attach to the 1394
> > ports, but it keeps prompting me to load drivers and I can't access the
> > devices. I have tried a 3 external hard drives, IPOD, and s Sony HD
> > camcorder. They all have the problem.
> >
> > I also searched the web and have not noticed this problem.
> >
> > Help?
> >
> > My system config:
> >
> > Nvidia 680i SLI motherboard
> > geforce 8800 GT graphics card
> > 4 gigs of RAM
> > Blu-ray writer
> > DVD writer
> > 2 SATA HD
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> >
> >
> > --SV

>

Since it happens for all devices using firewire, you need to try
reinstalling the firewire device driver.

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"Sov" <Sov@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mark,
>
> Thanks for responding.
>
> To be more clear, when I connect a 1394 device, it shows up under SBP2
> IEEE.
>
> Which one do I uninstall? The SBP2 IEEE or the controller (Texas
> Instrument)?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Sov
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>

>> The firewire port itself has a driver. Try removing it in Device Manager
>> to
>> let Windows find it again (action menu, 'uninstall' and 'search for new
>> hardware')
>>
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>> Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the
>> web
>> interface.
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>>
>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>
>> .
>> "Sov" <Sov@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:9DC26FFC-E359-4AAA-A9CA-D67D88E47F5F@xxxxxx

>> > All,
>> >
>> > I just installed Vista 64 on my brand new Alienware PC and everything
>> > is
>> > working except for 1394. Vista detects devices that I attach to the
>> > 1394
>> > ports, but it keeps prompting me to load drivers and I can't access the
>> > devices. I have tried a 3 external hard drives, IPOD, and s Sony HD
>> > camcorder. They all have the problem.
>> >
>> > I also searched the web and have not noticed this problem.
>> >
>> > Help?
>> >
>> > My system config:
>> >
>> > Nvidia 680i SLI motherboard
>> > geforce 8800 GT graphics card
>> > 4 gigs of RAM
>> > Blu-ray writer
>> > DVD writer
>> > 2 SATA HD
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --SV

>>