1394 ports dying?

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filmguy123

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Has anyone’s 1394 port ever died, or is this a known problem? If so, why does this happen? My port died on my old Sony handicam a couple years ago and I was just wondering what may have caused this and/or how to avoid it (when I connect it to the computer it is no longer recognixed).
 
You probably fried the port using static electricity or an incorrectly oriented 6-pin connector. The IEEE 1394 bus can provide up to 30V of DC current -- if you plug the cable in backwards (it is possible) or have a defective cable, you can damage the DV port or other electronics in the camera.

Also, 4-pin connectors are not a sturdy as they could be. It doesn't take much of a knock on a cable sticking out of the camera to bend the socket. That's one more reason for using a cable with a right-angle connector on the camera.
 
hmm that explains it. One of my friends camera stopped transferring via firewire. I lent him mine... and after that it never worked again. He borrowed two others peoples and now none of those cameras stream anymore!!

Is there a way to repair this?
 
filmguy123 said:
Is there a way to repair this?
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Finding a new friend would be a good place to start. Anybody who borrows three different cameras and fries them all deserves slow, painful torture. Or at least a bill for the damages.
 
filmguy123 said:
hmm that explains it.

I lent him mine... and after that it never worked again. He borrowed two others peoples and now none of those cameras stream anymore!!

Is there a way to repair this?
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Repair the friend?

Seriously, FW ports are delicate and exposed.

If a "friend" has fried three cams, he or she needs to learn what he or she is doing.
 
I'm all for moving on after being burned. But a jackarse like that needs to get a few bills from his "friends".
 
THoff said:
You probably fried the port using static electricity or an incorrectly oriented 6-pin connector. The IEEE 1394 bus can provide up to 30V of DC current -- if you plug the cable in backwards (it is possible) or have a defective cable, you can damage the DV port or other electronics in the camera.

Also, 4-pin connectors are not a sturdy as they could be. It doesn't take much of a knock on a cable sticking out of the camera to bend the socket. That's one more reason for using a cable with a right-angle connector on the camera.
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Have you got any links as to where you can buy right angle 4 pin connectors? I've been googling for 30 minutes now and can't find any sturdy looking ones anywhere.
 
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