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FireWire port dead? by Exca on 04-30-2007 at 09:32 PM
Hello;
I was using my camcorder to transfer some video to my pc until suddenly my firewire port stopped working. It doesn't recognize the camcorder anymore whatever i try. I plugged it onto my other computer and there it works fine. What happened? Can I test my firewire port somehow?
PS i'm not on a mac 
i'm using a HP DV8000
I contacted tech support of HP and they recommended me to 'update' chipset drivers. I did but the version on their site was older then the one i had... now my aero doesn't work anymore (vista) and my port also still doesnt 
RE: FireWire port dead? by Exca on 04-30-2007 at 09:57 PM
Updated video drivers and my areo is working again...
Anyway I think my firewire port is fried... why can't they make something decent lol 
RE: FireWire port dead? by MeEtc on 04-30-2007 at 10:14 PM
open up the Device manager (WINKEY-Break > Hardware > Device Manager) and see if windows reports an error with the port
RE: FireWire port dead? by Exca on 05-01-2007 at 08:10 AM
Hmz, no errors...