I just got my dvx100b, still under a 90day warrenty. I was able to use the firewire port on the camera just fine to capture video and dv tapes, but now i cant get it regonized by any computer....weather its from windows xp or mac, it wont show up. I also changed the cable and it still wont show. I tried turning everything off and on in different ways but nothing seems to work. what should I do?
firewire failure on dvx100b ?
- Thread starter deacea1
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davidreimers
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u seem to have blown your firewire port, it is kind of common with the DVXs, I heard. u should get a cheap mini dv camcorder to use as a deck for capturing. fixing this, if I remember, is about a 100 bucks. hope this helps.
smpproductions
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cameras are not hot swapable, so keep your camera off until you are plugged in and when you unplug turn the camera off first, then unplug the firewire. If you forget to do this, there's a 50/50 chance you will fry your port.
ok, so i will send it back in. I read somewhere that using 6pin connectors at the other end provide potential power crosstalk into the data stream, so i'll use cables and connectors that have 4pin only which should also help avoid this problem. I whish I had known that earlier, but I don't remeber seeing it in the manual. I already knew that you shoudnt hot swap cameras, but I didn't know that the 6pin to 4pin played a big part with shorting out stuff. I guess you live and learn
smpproductions
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that's news to me. i guess if your machine has a 4 pin port then use it.
Barry_Green
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Yes, the landscape is littered with Panasonics, Sonys, and Canons that have had blown-up firewire ports due to 6-pin to 4-pin issues. Always make sure at least one of the devices (camera or computer) is powered off before connecting a 6-pin device to a 4-pin, and preferably both devices should be powered off.