1394 cable not working

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  1. **chris**

    **chris** Regular member

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    i have a windows pc home edition SP2 and i have a device that has a 1394 cable for it but when i connect the two ends of the cables the computer cannot find the device. is there something wrong ???
     
    **chris**, Sep 17, 2005
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    is the firewire if built into the motherboard, enabled in the bios & is seen in the device manager??
     
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    i dont know what happened but when i plugged in my mp3 player in the back usb ports and pressed play to begin tranfering songs the computer found the harware. strange but i dont know if its in the motherboard but i have one in the front and i have one in the back and im plugged in the front one
     
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    firewire & usb use different type of connectors so can't put 1 into wrong connector. so are you using firewire or usb than??
     
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    no i am usgin a firewire but when i pluged it in it reconize my device
     
    **chris**, Sep 19, 2005
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