Firewire device not recognized & weird Avid is

[DC]

Ok, I hope someone can help me out with this. I'm sooooooo frustrated.

Problem 1: I have two firewire buses (one IBM 1394 PCM card and one 1394 port on the back of the machine) on my computer (Toshiba Satellite 5105-5607). When I connect my DVX100A to either port, I get a message that the device is unrecognized. I have no idea what to do! I also have a Sony D-8 that connects with no problems.

Problem 2 (this is more of an Avid problem): I had Xpress DV 3.5 running fine. I upgraded to Xpress Pro and it barely works. It won't create any new projects and the old project I have on there won't budge because it says it is missing a Bin file. I have XP Home running but I think I might need XP Pro. Would the upgrade package be fine?

Anyway, I am sooooooo frustrated. I thought maybe someone could help. I'm in Los Angeles.

Thanks,

-DC-

 

[DC]

Re: Firewire device not recognized & weird Avi

Re: Firewire device not recognized & weird Avi

Ok, I posted in the Avid forum too. Thanks for replying.

I did a complete uninstall and reinstall of Avid.

-DC-

 

[DC]

Re: Firewire device not recognized & weird Avi

Re: Firewire device not recognized & weird Avi

Ok, most of my problems have been solved. The camera is now recognized by my computer. I upgraded from Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP Professional. That seemed to solve it. Also, I installed Service Pack 1 which really helped the computer become more stable.

And Avid now recognizes the camera and can import footage. The problem now is that I can only create one project after a new installation. Everytime I try to create a new project, I get an error message saying that the project cannot be found. It is soooooo frustrating. I'm hoping Michael P or somebody can shed some light.

Thanks,

-DC-
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WARNING: If you are using Avid, I strongly recommend NOT installing the Microsoft Hot Fix KB824141. This usually causes some severe unstability, at least with Avid Xpress Pro.