tried that patch and the same day the second drive got shot.. mind u i had vegas sitting idly for 4 hours while i saw a client, but that patch may not work for everyone..

it's not necessarily a question of who manufactures the firewire card or even the firewire external hdd box, but rather, it's a question of who actually made the chipsets involved... is it t.i.? oxford 911? etc.... i have found that texas instruments 1394 chipsets are solid.

my neighbor has a western digital external hdd that works fine with usb 2.0, but not with firewire... i don't know what chipset it has, there is probably some diagnostic software that would reveal that info.