Firewire IEEE 1394 card not working

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  1. marmak

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    Hi guys. I need your help please! When my PC was built I asked for a Firewire card to be installed. But it's not working - I tried 2 different devices with different Firewire (6-pin) cables and I'm convinced it's the card. How do I checked whether it was installed properly?

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    check in the device manager to see if the card is there & if there is an exclamation mark
     
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    Thanks. I checked and looked for IEEE1394 and there was nothing there! What do I do?
     
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    in control panel, goto & run find new hardware. also try the card in another pci slot
     
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    My system can't find drivers for the device. I'm really at a loss to understand. I'm starting to wonder whether there's a card installed altogether! I've taken some photos of the puter - can you see anything? Are they helpful at all?

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    your board is a p4s800 & does not have built in firewire & you do not have a pci card in the case. the case has firewire on the front & that connector on the top picture is probably for the non-existing firewire so hope you didn't pay for the non-existing firewire
     
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    Thank you so much! That's exactly what I thought - I'll go back to the shop today and sort it out. Cheers!

    marmak

    PS: how easy is it to install a firewire card?
     
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    marmak, Jun 24, 2005
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    basically plug & play if windows xp
     
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    Thanks again! I got it, plugged in, and it all works fine. You've been extremely helpful, thank you.
     
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    no problem, teach & learn
     
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