[RESOLVED] Fire Wire Card

[Coach17]

I have had a Fire Wire card in my computer for about 4 years. Yesterday I hooked up my camcorder and it did not recognize it. I checked Device Manager and the 1394 Fire Wire Card is not listed. Where did it go? Do I need a driver again? I do not have a disk for that. It is made by SIIG. 1394 3-Port PCI. Modell NN26XX is the only information in the quick installation guide that I have.

I contacted support and they said I need to take the card out and out it in a different slot and Windows XP sp3 would recognize it. Is this true or is there an easier way.

Here is the response they sent.
It is a known problem with the PCI slots.
The solution is to move the card to other slots until Windows can detect and install its built-in driver for the card.

[Train]

"The solution is to move the card to other slots until Windows can detect and install its built-in driver for the card. "

That is the first thing to try. If you do not have any more ports, unplug and plug it back into the same port about 3 times. Tends to clean the contacts.

[SuperSparks]

And gently clean the contacts with a pencil eraser while you have the card out.

If it was just a driver issue, Windows would still show the card with a yellow splat next to it in Device Manager. If there is nothing at all in DM then it means that Windows is not seeing the hardware at all.

[Coach17]

Thanks for the reply. I won't be able to get to it until Monday. I will let you know how I make out.

[Coach17]

Friday June 11. I took out the Firewire card this morning and cleaned the contacts with a pencil eraser and re-inserted the card again. After booting up the machine again the Firewire card was recognized in Device Manager gain. I did put it back in the same slot since I had no other one to insert it into.

Thanks for your help, I appreciate it. I am good to go again.

Just wondering why after about 2 years of being in my machine that it suddenly was not detected?

[Steve R Jones]

"Stuff" Happens.

[SuperSparks]

A little bit of oxidation on one of those contacts is all it can take sometimes - when you are only dealing with a couple of volts it doesn't need much resistance to stop the current flowing. That is one of the downsides of having upgradable PCs, those slots are a bit of an Achilles heel

I'm glad you got it sorted out

[Coach17]

A little bit of oxidation on one of those contacts is all it can take sometimes - when you are only dealing with a couple of volts it doesn't need much resistance to stop the current flowing. That is one of the downsides of having upgradable PCs, those slots are a bit of an Achilles heel

I'm glad you got it sorted out

Thanks for the explanation.