Re: Using Firewire on a K8V Motherboard
- From: nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Paul)
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:10:49 -0400
In article <oMGdnUJQVcBKkGPfRVn-uw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Mtimerding*LeaveMeAlone*@fuse.net wrote:
> Hello all,
> <<snip>>
>
> At either rate, I have no idea how IEEE94 is supposed to work, what
> I should see (in device Manager) ... in short I have NO clue about
> anything to do with Firewire.
>
> I am wondering if someone thinks I have provided enough info to
> definately state that the card is defective or if maybe I might have
> missed something and not done something right. (Or maybe this
> motherboard will not support firewire of any kind or something)
>
> I am running Windows XP Pro (sp2). I have swapped PCI slots the card
> used to rule that out .. final point is neither System Info or
> Everest Ultimate Edition show this device, or any 'Unknown device"
> in a PCI slot.
>
> Any ideas?
IEEE1394 devices have a standard register set on the interface.
This allows an OS with an OHCI driver, to find the device.
I think there is support in Win98SE, but perhaps not Win98.
It is supposed to be a plug and play experience.
It should be as simple as installing the card, and Windows
should already have the driver.
Regarding the dumping of PCI config space (as proof a card
is accessable), I don't really know if the BIOS exerts any
force in the process or not. Personally, I'd prefer to use
a utility that says explicitly that it scans the PCI
address space looking for devices, rather than just consulting
some BIOS-provided table. I would hope Everest is really looking
at the hardware directly, but you never know.
There are other utilities, but I haven't tried them.
Do a search for "dump pci config windows" with your favorite
search engine, to find more. i don't know what OSes
this one supports:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/alphant/drivers/
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/alphant/pciiv132.zip
Also, it is possible that working in a Linux environment,
may make it easier to verify the hardware. I have a Knoppix
boot disk (700MB download), that is a standalone read-only
boot disk. You don't even need a hard drive to use it.
It boots from a CD, and as long as you have enough RAM for
the RAMdisk it uses, it will start. Just viewing the
bootup sequence can tell you a lot about the hardware
that can be seen. Once the OS is running, you may find the
Linux/Unix PCI dumping tools to be a bit more convincing
than their Windows counterparts.
I would say, if a PCI config space dump is not finding the
card, it isn't working. Try popping the card in another
computer, to verify the diagnosis.
Paul
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