SOny HC96 not found / recognized

tomas tinyo wrote on 11/20/2008, 11:11 AM
Any Suggestions? I tried searching the previous posts. I have upgraded to Vista Ultimate 32b and SMSplatpro 9, When I connect my Sony HC96 Video Camera via ILink the camera in NOT there; when I connect via USB, the hardware is not recognized. Wow,,,,and...uh oh.

Thanks in advance for any help...
Tomas

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Ivan Lietaert wrote on 11/20/2008, 12:36 PM
With iLink you mean FireWire, yes? Uh... firewire is the most robust and stable connection between camcorder and pc. It should show up instantly when you plug it in. (Read the camcorder manual. It's likely you have to set the camera to 'play' mode, or activate some other setting for capture.) My guess is there's something wrong with your firewire card, cable or socket. Try to connect another minidv camcorder (eg your neighbours). If that one shows up, your firewire is ok, and the problem lies with the hc96.
tomas tinyo wrote on 11/20/2008, 1:55 PM
Ivan123

seems puzzling to me. It could be my VISTA OS not recognizing it or there is no driver for it. I had no issues with it when I had it on my previous XP os setup.

thanks
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 11/20/2008, 2:22 PM
I have a minidv camcorder (canon md101) , Vista Premium 32bit, firewire connected without issues, running VMS8Plat. There is no need to install a driver. Vista detects firewire out of the box. Did you upgrade from XP to Vista or are you talking about two different machines?
tomas tinyo wrote on 11/20/2008, 4:00 PM
2 different machines, its a switch from XP on Laptop to a Desktop with Vista Ult 32
tomas tinyo wrote on 11/21/2008, 5:06 PM
My port for input for ILINK is listed as IEEEE 1394a (6pin) My camcorder is IEEEE 1394 (4pin) the pin configuration may not make a difference. Anybody know if the 'a' does ?
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 11/21/2008, 9:52 PM
As they are 'stardards' they should be fully compatible. I too have a 4pin to 6pin connection. The 'a' was added in the year 2000 to the standard and stands voor 'asynchronous'. I'm pretty sure your camera is 1394a as it is much more recent than 2000.

My guess is corrupt firewire driver, or physically damaged firewire cable or pcard.
tomas tinyo wrote on 11/22/2008, 9:47 PM
Ivan, we'll find out soon if your guess' are correct. I spent a couple hours on the phone and online with it's Helpdesk. They are dispatching techs to come out and replace the whole board. hopefully, this will do good. In the meantime, I can learn Photoshop.