firewire problem

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In news:Andrei <aberdich@hotmail.com> typed:
> Hi, I have a minidv dcr-pc7 digital video camera, and a dell inspiron
> with firewire with windows xp profesional.
>
> The problem is that the dell doesnt recongnice the video camera. I
> dont know wich driver do I have to download to make the dell recognize
> the camera. A firewire driver? a camera driver?. I only found a new
> usb camera driver for the dcr-pc7 but I think that is only usb not
> firewire.
>
> I try to add a new camera in camera option in control panel of windows
> xp, but with which driver or other option?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Andrei

No special drivers needed, that's the advantage of firewire over usb. It
truly is "plug and play". I've had to diagnose a few of the problem you
mentionned (I'm up to 6 so far), and all of them were traced to a bad
firewire chip, so a simple card swapp and all was better. Of course, on
a laptop nothing is ever so simple as a card swapp, but maybe you could
try a PCMCIA firewire adapter on it and if it works, send the laptop
back to Dell.

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"Andrei" <aberdich@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I have a minidv dcr-pc7 digital video camera, and a dell inspiron
> with firewire with windows xp profesional.
>
> The problem is that the dell doesnt recongnice the video camera. I
> dont know wich driver do I have to download to make the dell recognize
> the camera. A firewire driver? a camera driver?. I only found a new
> usb camera driver for the dcr-pc7 but I think that is only usb not
> firewire.
>
> I try to add a new camera in camera option in control panel of windows
> xp, but with which driver or other option?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Andrei

You may have a defective camera.
Read http://www.camcorderinfo.com/conte [...] review.htm