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Josh Bass December 8th, 2005 06:54 PM

Hmm. Could be. I usually have the cam on when that drive's on, though it's not necessarily for capture (usually for use as an A/D converter for use with an external monitor.

Rick Steele December 9th, 2005 07:25 AM

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usually for use as an A/D converter for use with an external monitor
Ok, it's the same here - basically my external drive locks up (or XP forgets it's there) if I fire up the capture/NLE software BEFORE turning on my cam.

Making sure my camcorder is on first, then launching these applications seems to thwart the drive lock-up most of the time.

Josh Bass December 9th, 2005 11:15 PM

Huh. Fascinating. I shall try it next time.

Josh Bass December 13th, 2005 02:58 AM

Well, the camcorder-before-the-drive thing seemed to work. It's been a good little bastard since then.

Or it could be the USB cable instead of the firewire. We'll never ever know.

Thanks.

Sean McHenry December 13th, 2005 07:31 AM

Basic stuff then. The operating system needs to see the devices before any software can connect to it. In the case of firewire, it seems to me the last device hooked up gets preferential treatment.

Sean

David Kennett December 13th, 2005 03:18 PM

Sometime back I thought I lost a firewire drive. Turned out to be the enclosure (power supply, 1394-1de converter). I temporarily installed the drive internally, then got new ADS enclosure.

Josh Bass December 13th, 2005 03:24 PM

Hey. . .what would happen if I had both the firewire and USB cables connected to the drive at the same time? Would it transfer data super fast? Or would I open a wormhome to another dimension?

Dale Guthormsen December 13th, 2005 10:48 PM

same problem
 
Josh,

I had the exact problem!! I got very frustrated so I know how you feel.

I found if i unplugged the power and fire wire and replugged them in then the drive would at least work at that point.

I replaced the card first, no avail. I changed the fire wire and went straight to the card instead of the hub.

I then restored my computer back to a time when all was well in wonderland.

touch wood, but everything has been well sense.

Oh yea, mine was the H drive but external. I run two externals and have had no problem sense.

I have also made my second hard drive USB wired so they are not on the same card.


Gus

Josh Bass December 13th, 2005 11:01 PM

Well turning on my cam and then the drive (or no cam at all) seems to make it work. Or maybe it's the USB. AS I said, we'll never know.


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