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I am connecting the external harddrive through the i.Link
port on my Sony Laptop (I have also used a cardbus to link
it through a Firewire port). I am powering the drive via
a converter that plugs into the mouse port of my laptop -
the drive is powered as indicated by a green light at the
front of the device.
I tried out your advice to unistall the Host Controller
but it still didnt work!
I have scanned the net for drivers with no luck and the
manufacturers are radio silent! It looks like I may have
to give up and flog the damn thing on eBay!
Thanks for your help - much appreciated.
Cheers,
James
>-----Original Message-----
>So as not to have any misunderstandings, how are you
connecting the firewire
>drive to your machine with a six pin or a 4 pin
connector? As you are
>connecting to your laptop I assume it is a four pin
connector, that is a
>small connector not the same as the connector to the
drive which will be a
>six pin connector. If it is, as I think probable a four
pin connector how
>are you supplying power to the drive? Are you using a
USB port for power or
>do you have and external power supply? The pont is are
you sure the drive
>is powered up and the indicator light on the drive is
on? (I think all
>drive enclosures have a power indicator).
>
>Assuming the drive is powered, go to Device Manager
(Start->Control
>Panel->System->Device Manager) and locate IEEE 1394 Bus
Host Controller
>click that and delete Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant
IEEE1394 Host
>Controller and reboot. The controller will reload and
with luck your drive
>will be recognised under Disk Management.
>
>Clearly if the device is not powered then this is the
first thing you must
>rectify. I power my drive from a USB port but some
enclosures do come with
>their own power bricks.
>
>Hope it works for you.
>
>
>"James Wilson" <wilsey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:2c7b01c47e2b$b7ab5910$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for the advice.
>>
>> I had a look under Disk Mgmt. but the external drive was
>> not found.
>>
>> Looks like I do have a driver problem. How do I address
>> this i.e. what driver am I looking for (the external
hard
>> drive isn't supposed to need one according to the
>> manufacturer!)? Any ideas?
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I suggest you go to Start->Control Panel-.Admin Tools->
>> Computer
>> >Mngmnt->Disk Mngmnt and make sure the drive is
identified
>> there. If it
>> >isn't you likely have a driver problem but from your
post
>> the likelyhood is
>> >it will show there. If it is showing now go
to 'Action -
>> > All Tasks' and
>> >format the drive and allocate a drive letter then
>> reboot. That should do
>> >it.
>> >
>> >
>> >"James Wilson" <wilsey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:27fd01c47e1a$80cb40b0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I recently purchased a FireTrek Ruggedized Portable
Hard
>> >> Disk Drive 20Gb which use Firewire to connect to my
>> laptop.
>> >>
>> >> However, I am having difficulty in getting it to
work.
>> >>
>> >> I cannot see the device in "My Computer" (i.e. as a
>> >> seperate drive) and therefore cannot transfer data to
>> it.
>> >>
>> >> However, my computer does seem to pick up the device
as
>> a
>> >> Disk Drive (I can find the device by right clicking
on
>> the
>> >> a:drive and looking at Properties/Hardware ).
>> >>
>> >> There seems to be some kind of hardware conflict
between
>> >> my disk drive and the new hard drive?
>> >>
>> >> What should I do to resolve this problem?
>> >>
>> >> Many thanks,
>> >>
>> >> James Wilson
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
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