FireWire Problems

[moooo]

I got another firewire card last night, and install this morning. When boot up i get an msg that is something like "2 pci slots are on same irq, press f1 to continue" so i press f1, and i try to install but its no working with plug and play. anyone know of a generic driver out there for firewire cards (its a 4pin card).


-Moooo-

 

[GoNz0]

you need to change location of the card to overcome the irq conflict.

 

[Zedric]

That's odd. Two slots on the same IRQ shouldn't be a problem... But since it complains...

What hardware are you running?

 

[moooo]

crappy box

origional 1.1athlon with 512 ram, windows xp
well now it works i think , just no driver so i went and got a 6-4pin wire and hooked it up to other firewire card and it works fine just $35more than i wanted to pay

 

[LeeJend]

You said "I got another" did you delete the first firewire card before installing the new one or are you trying to run 2 firewire cards. A yes to either question could cause a problem with interryupt conflicts.

 

[moooo]

i deleted the other one and installed different one, the other was only a 4pin, the new one is 6pins so its a little better (can hook up ipod to it, not just camcords)

 

[Taurus]

Originally posted by moooo
i deleted the other one and installed different one, the other was only a 4pin, the new one is 6pins so its a little better (can hook up ipod to it, not just camcords)

should be able to hook up an ipod up to the 4-pin port. the extra two pins are only for power for devices that use the firewire port to power them and not an external plug or batteries.