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Old December 2nd 03, 01:55 AM
Bernard Mataigne
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Hi Mark,

I know the people who use the computer for their transfert. I spoke with
that person (he is a friend of mine, head of the computer department of a
school district). They use Windows systems (XP) with DV Cam (Sony) and they
transfert regularly video.

So I suppose that if my DV Cam don't transfert, it will be my cam that is
broken. I bring my firewire cable too... By the way, my cam is working OK
except for the transfert. So, as you say, it seems to be only the firewire
aspect that is broken.

There is something else apart from the fact that I got the message "...
device is not ready" or "there is another device...", that I forgot to say.
Now, when I plug my DV cam on the Asus firewire, my cam flash "DV in" (cam
is in VCR mode), as if the cam was receiving a signal from the card!
Strange. Never saw that before.

So, I will know wednesday if the cam is fried or not...

Bye

Bernard


"Mark" wrote in message
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Bernard,
How do you know the pc you intend to use to test your cam is OK and
has the correct drivers installed? When I first bought a DV I had
many headaches trying to get it to communicate with the pc (running
W98se with added pci firewire card). The manual for the cam (JVC) was
no help at all. I finally worked it out by just continually chipping
away at the problem til it worked.

In any case I'd sure check those links & using the wiring diagrams
insure that the port is correctly wired--before trying to hook up any
more devices to it. Your cam probably has a tiny chip inside that is
only for firewire connectivity. If the port is miswired & it fries
that chip, the cam may work perfectly fine in every other way EXCEPT
firewire transfer. And I bet the cost to repair would exceed the cost
to replace.

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 07:35:08 -0500, "Bernard Mataigne"
wrote:

Hi,

I have kind of same problem. Here is what I have done so far.

Connect my DV cam (Sony) to FireWire port to capture some video. No

results.
Try the other port. no result either. I always got a message: no device
detect or an other device is using....

Send a message to ASUS about what seems to be a problem (I am still

waiting
for an answer 2 weeks later...).

Post a message here 2 weeks ago. No answer...

Bought a FireWire cars (PCI) on the suggestion of members of the Ulead

MSP
newsgroup. Install it. Try to transfert. No results.

So, I take back my old computer (gave it to my girlfriend). I am sure it
was working OK. And it was not used at here place. Connect my DV to it:

same
thing happended. Got a message that another device was using the port or
that there is no device.

To my, there is only one explanation: the ASUS board fried something in

my
DV cam.

I will test that this week on a computer that is working for the

transfert
of video by a FireWire card to see if I'm right.

What do you think?

Thanks

Bernard

"Mark" wrote in message
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Some might find these helpful:
http://www.networktechinc.com/technote.html
http://www.frontx.com/cpx105_2.html

I've heard several complaints of miswired front panel connectors.

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 01:02:47 GMT, "Z Man" wrote:

Here's my story, you draw your own conclusion. I just installed this
motherboard about a week ago. One of its selling points was onboard
Firewire. I have more Firewire peripherals than most PC users,

including
an
80GB hard drive, DVDRAM/-R, Canon ZR10 mini-DV cam, and Apple 30GB

Ipod.
All
these peripherals are external, and I use them on a variety of

computers
in
my home and office. After installing my new motherboard, I could not

get
these peripherals working correctly. The DVD-RAM never worked with

this
mb.
the Canon worked all the time. The external 80GB hard drive worked for
several days, then stopped working. The Ipod worked for a day or two,

then
stopped working.

Here's what I did: I took my Ipod to a local Apple store, and they

confirmed
that it was dead. They replaced it under the warranty. The external

hard
drive is in a Firewire/USB2 case. It now works with USB2. The DVD-RAM

case
is Firewire only, so I will have to discard it (since the problem, I

have
tried it on two other computers, both of which previously used this
peripheral without issues). I have since disabled onboard Firewire and
installed a Firewire card (with Lucent chipset, I have lots of

computers
and
spare parts). My new Ipod now appears to work correctly, and my mini

DV
cam
works, as it did before. I am theorizing that the camcorder never

suffered
because it does probably does NOT get its power from the port;

instead,
it
gets plugged into an a/c outlet. If that assumption is correct, it is

the
only peripheral that was never at risk. The DVDRAM and hard drive also

use
external power, but their six pin Firewire cables carry power, as

well.

So, what do you think? Could it be that the power output from the

onboard
Firewire port is too high, and ruined my equipment? Any other theories

or
ideas would be welcomed. Post them right here so we can all join in.

As
the
saying goes, 'a word to the wise is sufficient'.