Topic: firewire card installation problems

[Billy Mumphrey]

Bought a firewire/usb card from ebay for jb3 transfers. this is the exact card (I did not buy it from compgeeks, some random ebayer)

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=US5FW3

1. I opened my comp, slid the card into a pc slot. booted up, the computer freezes practically right away.

2. I took the card out, rebooted, installed the driver from the disc, then shut off computer/reinserted/rebooted and the exact same problem.

I'm running win xp pro.

Only thing I can think of is they shipped the card in this little ass box that was slightly dented from mailing. this cardboard box was the ONLY thing protecting the card....

[jpschust]

did you try putting it in a different pci slot?

[Billy Mumphrey]

yeah, I was just about to edit my post, I did try a different slot, same result. +t for suggestion

[jpschust]

look at the maker of your mb's site and see if there is a known conflict

[Billy Mumphrey]

I was unable to find any known OS conflicts, but I read some stuff about about firewire cards:

http://www.puremotion.com/resources/gettingstarted/choosingfirewirecard/

anyone wanna buy this card?    I wouldn't be surprised if it's a motherboard conflict, this computer was pieced together by my dad's friend, some of the parts are old.  I'm thinking of getting maybe a 800mb/s capable card for transferring jb3 data, can anyone recommend one?  thanks

ps, thanks again Blake for the help.

[nic]

I was unable to find any known OS conflicts, but I read some stuff about about firewire cards:

http://www.puremotion.com/resources/gettingstarted/choosingfirewirecard/

anyone wanna buy this card?    I wouldn't be surprised if it's a motherboard conflict, this computer was pieced together by my dad's friend, some of the parts are old.  I'm thinking of getting maybe a 800mb/s capable card for transferring jb3 data, can anyone recommend one?  thanks

ps, thanks again Blake for the help.

the firewire port on the JB3 is 1394a which maxes at 400mbs.
the 800 mbs firewire card(1394b) will work but you'll need a special adaptor to go to 1394a and you will still be limited to the speed of 1394a for transfering from the JB3

[jpschust]

i thought that fw800 ports will allow for fw400 devices

[nic]

i thought that fw800 ports will allow for fw400 devices

they do, but you need an adaptor to plug a 1394a cable into the 1394b port.
they are physically different connectors

[Billy Mumphrey]

thanks for the tip, my pops just bought a canon optura 20 so maybe the fw800 will come in handy.