Help please: fitted firewire/USB card and it only part works...

fatgit

Hello All,

I wonder if someone could help me with this?

I recently fitted a firewire/USB card into my PC.

During the installation process, I seem to have messed up somehow as the USB ports are working ok but NOT the firewire ports (and the firwire facility is the reason why i fitted it!)

I think I may have switched off the firewire ports but don't know how to switch them back on.

Could someone help?

Cheers
:beer:

Zagu

Whats it say in Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager?

There should be an entry like "IEEE 1394", or similar.

chilli_dog

I fitted a firewire card recentley and it needed a connection from the power supply to it

f1charlie

Did you have to install a driver for the card? Did you install the correct driver - perhaps you installed a USB only driver?

fatgit

Zagu wrote: »

Whats it say in Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager?

There should be an entry like "IEEE 1394", or similar.

This is what is says...

fatgit

chilli_dog wrote: »

I fitted a firewire card recentley and it needed a connection from the power supply to it

Followed the instructions to the letter and never mentioned anything about a power supply.

fatgit

f1charlie wrote: »

Did you have to install a driver for the card? Did you install the correct driver - perhaps you installed a USB only driver?

Yeah, I installed the driver supplied with the card - I can only assume that they dirver they supply is for both USB and firewire.

I have tried going onto the manufacturer's site to get an updated driver but the site is next to useless. :mad:

superscaper

How do you know the firewire ports aren't working? If it's because you've tried it with a firewire device, are you sure the device's drivers are installed properly?

fatgit

superscaper wrote: »

How do you know the firewire ports aren't working? If it's because you've tried it with a firewire device, are you sure the device's drivers are installed properly?

yeah have tried with firewire device whose drivers are definitely okay

i think i might have switched the firewire ports off but don't know how to switch them on again

espresso

fatgit wrote: »

yeah have tried with firewire device whose drivers are definitely okay

i think i might have switched the firewire ports off but don't know how to switch them on again

Right click, Properties on the 1394 host controller in Device Manager.

fatgit

espresso wrote: »

Right click, Properties on the 1394 host controller in Device Manager.

This is what I get when I follow your steps