You might take a closer look at your Pinnacle documentation. I know for a fact that if you install the Pinnacle processing card, the directions call for you to disable all other firewire ports on your machine. One of my computers has the above mentioned card and a total of three ports. Works fine. I don't even know how to disable the extra ports, and I have never plugged my video camera into the card, since one of the other ports is on the front of the tower.
However, using two such ports at the same time? I have never heard of a port manager for firewire. If such exists, you obviously need it. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Mozer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCWorks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 8:16 AM Subject: PCWorks: Firewire Problems > I installed a PCI Firewire card in my Dell about a year ago to capture > video from my Cannon DV video camera. Worked fine. No problems. > > > > Recently I added to my external drive collection (which I use for > backing up my video and other large files) by purchasing an ION Drive > 160 gig USB2.0/Firewire connected drive. It worked fine. Until... > > > > I had not taken a video in a while, but did so over Thanksgiving and > yesterday (I did a video walk through of my new work site). When I went > to capture the video I ran into all kinds of problems (well, actually > one: it would not capture). Pinnacle Studio 8 (with the newest beta > files installed) locked the system up so bad that I had to pull the > power plug. Premiere 6.5 and Sonic MyDVD just gave errors. After > unsuccessfully trying to blame the software, the camera, the firewire > cable, etc. I finally realized it was the fact that the camera and the > ION drive were both plugged in. Not only did I need to have the drive > powered off (which actually made no difference) I had to pull the > firewire cable from the drive! After I finally figure this out, I was > able to capture my video without a problem! > > > > Has anyone heard of firewire problem in Windows XP Pro like mine > above??? It is not a big deal, and if I want to use both at the same > time I can always use the USB2.0 connection on the drive. But I thought > you could use Firewire devices at the same time, like you can USB!!?? ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
