Re: [Thinkpad] Anyone using an IEEE-1394/Firewire PCMCIA card withT41?

Both problems seem to be fairly common with laptops. Microsoft mentions the disappearing device, but the possible causes it lists
don't sound like yours.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314873&Product=winxp

I did see some reports of people who said this patch http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329256&Product=winxp
cured the disappearance problem even though their circumstances didn't really sound like the symptoms described.

Also the possibility of IRQ competition or other resource problems, though most sound like they're caused either by multiple
firewire devices or a multifunction one (tripping all over itself?)

BTW, Microsoft says NOT to allow it to bring the system out of sleep, because under XP, the 1394 controller does not support the
wait/wake function and checking it can cause the system to become unstable.

> The cards show up using the NEC OHCI drivers and XP reports it as fine. No
> options for power management on either the card driver or on the enclosures
> (aside from allowed it to come out of sleep for the card driver).
>

Deanna
dberman@4dv.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Starfire CT" <starfirect@hotmail.com>
To: <dberman@4dv.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 19:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Anyone using an IEEE-1394/Firewire PCMCIA card withT41?

> Hey, I'll answer any questions people throw at me - I just refuse to answer
> Bruce's because he's all about "the recovery CD's" which have caused me
> crashes in the past - he just ignores that fact when he responds to me.
>
> The cards are STLab and Best Connectivity. The drive enclosures are generic
> - the HDs have been the TravelStar 40GB and a Seagate 6GB - but they all
> work on the desktop. I've also plugged in an iPod (gen 1 and gen 3) but it
> doesn't matter b/c it still has issues.
>
> The cards show up using the NEC OHCI drivers and XP reports it as fine. No
> options for power management on either the card driver or on the enclosures
> (aside from allowed it to come out of sleep for the card driver).
>
> Same results on all 5 ports and with different cables... I was hopeful. The
> cards were cheap but I'm just wondering if there might be something wrong
> with the machine over all...
>
>
> >From: "Deanna Berman" <dberman@4dv.net>
> >To: "Starfire CT" <starfirect@hotmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Anyone using an IEEE-1394/Firewire PCMCIA card
> >withT41?
> >Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 19:15:55 -0700
> >
> >What kind of 1394 card? Known to be OpenHCI? What kind of external drive?
> >Any other devices on the Firewire? Problems exist on all
> >ports of each card? Does the drive have any power management features?
> >
> >Yeah, I'm fishing... But occasionally an old shoe that I dredge up actually
> >fits!
> >
> >Deanna
> >dberman@4dv.net
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Starfire CT" <starfirect@hotmail.com>
> >To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> >Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 19:08 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Anyone using an IEEE-1394/Firewire PCMCIA card
> >withT41?
> >
> >
> > > @Deanna - Yes, XP on all the machines I've tried it on. The Sony's have
> > > 4pin 1394 build in and my Asus has it on the motherboard, but XP simply
> > > supports it. I did some searches for drivers an ALL of the sites I've
> >seen
> > > says the same thing: no drive required. I would plug in a card into a
> > > desktop but I don't have PCMCIA reader there and this is the only
> >notebook I
> > > have at the moment.
> >
>
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