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More info?)
I believe it's an SP2 issue. Seen several posts with P4C800DLX having same
issue. I'm told only workaround is buy a firewire card or revert to SP1.
Darn it microsoft! I really like the other features of SP2.
"Z Man" <z1z@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Bubba" <bubbafunke@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>>>> P4C800 DLX Mobo. XP SP2 device manager no longer offers option to
>>>> remove hardware drivers. Is there another way. Also can't seem to
>>>> find a firewire driver. Must be an inherent windows thing.
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>>> You might want to try a Firewire card. I am running SP2 with the same
>>> motherboard and use Firewire all the time, particularly on my Ipod (I
>>> also use a digital camcorder). If you check prior posts in this
>>> newsgroup, you will find a lot of problems with the onboard Fireware. I
>>> myself had at least one peripheral damaged by the onboard port. A
>>> Firewire card is only about $20 and will solve the problems.
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>>> There is no specific driver for Firewire. It is built into the operating
>>> system.
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>> Yes there is, each manufacturer has their own, choose, update driver,
>> manually choose the OHCI 1394 driver or the Via 1394 driver, either will
>> work. SP2 should let you choose which one to use, you can also uninstall
>> it, if those options are not available then your installation is broken
>> and I suggest that you seriously think about a clean install.
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> I've done easily a dozen or more XP installations with various Firewire
> cards, and in NO case was a driver required, other than what is on the XP
> installation CD.
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