Firewire has never worked (only tried 6 months ago)

[dseaver]

I have my custom rig thats just about 4 years old, and i have never had my firewire work. It has one on the mobo, and when i connect it to another computer or my firewire equipped external case, it doesn't do anything. I'll look up my Mobo info, but in the meantime, any ideas?

 

[JimInKS]

I'm assuming that you are running Win XP.

Check in device manager to see if the firewire port shows up.
I think it will show up as a network device.

If you can't find it there look for disabled devices. If you find it as a disabled device you will probably just need to get a driver for it. If you have the driver cd for your motherboard I would start there.

If you can't find any trace of it in device manager, check that it has not been disabled in the BIOS.

 

[dseaver]

It shows up as a network device, and it says its connected, even though there is nothing hooked up to it. And yes, tis xp, forgot to state that

 

[Sympology]

Have you tried the latest drivers and firmware for the MoBo. I had the same issue with USB2 a few years back...

Only the truly stupid believe they know everything.
Stu.. 2004

 

[wahnula]

There is an expansion-slot dongle that usually comes with the mainboard and needs to be plugged in correctly to the appropriate mainboard header for Firewire to work. Likewise, the case's front-panel Firewire port needs to be properly connected. Try using the mainboard dongle instead of the front panel port, there may be some wiring discrepancies.

Tony

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[dseaver]

Switched to the expansion slot and it still didnt work. There are no drivers on the website. The Mobo is an ASUS p4p800-e Deluxe