8500AIW + firewire problem

wolf31 · Aug 13, 2003, 02:08 PM

I'm using a DV 8500 AIW - together with Omegacorner's latest drivers - which is absolutely fitting my needs in all respects up to now. Yesterday I've got my firewire CF-reader to get my digital pics on the PC but unfortunately the reader is not recognized by the system. So I first checked my settings and everything seems to be all right, but I can not get the reader connected.

Is there any setting at the Omega-drivers that disables the firewire ports of the card?
Did you ever hear about such a problem?

Thanks
Wolf

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Win XP/pro

Digital-Overload · Aug 13, 2003, 06:44 PM

Alot of People i know with AIW8500DV have the Fire wire Disabled,

Which i think it has a switch on the card itself to disable it,

Jeff · Aug 13, 2003, 07:52 PM

The firewire stuff on the 8500dv isn't affected by the display drivers, so installing the Omega's shouldn't have an effect on the functionality of the Firewire ports on the card. I know with my 8500dv, the Firewire is a little more flaky than the Firewire on my mobo. I don't think that is good news for you, but you may need to play around with some system settings. (Is your AIW sharing an IRQ with anything else?)

wolf31 · Aug 13, 2003, 08:21 PM

Thanks a lot for your quick replies!

The dip-switches are enabled and no IRQ's are shared. That's why I wondered about the drivers. But as you say that the drivers do not affect the firewire port that was a shot into the wind.
So I really don't know what to do now.

I'll check the BIOS if there's any setting for firewire enabling, but as far as I remember there's no such entry.

Wolf

Jeff · Aug 13, 2003, 09:12 PM

If all else fails, I'd get in contact with ATI support directly.

Shrink · Aug 14, 2003, 01:22 AM

To get the 1394 ports working on the 8500DV cards, particularly with KT133a chipset motherboards and some others, you need to make sure that you haven't installed drivers that disable smartgart. The reason for this is that AGP and PCI post writes need to be disabled (go to your computer's bios and see if you can do it there). For motherboards whose bioses don't allow you to disable it manually, smartgart disables those features for you. Therefore, install the latest Catalysts with no other modifications (non-Omega) and make sure you have cleaned out all remnants of old drivers. Further, make sure that you have installed the latest AGP drivers for your motherboard (Intel .inf updater or Via 4-in-one depending on your board).

Good luck!

wolf31 · Aug 14, 2003, 10:01 PM

Thanks a lot for your kind help. As I got the reply from Omegacorner himself that his drivers do not affect the firewire ports in any kind I bought a firewirce controller today and installed it two minutes ago. Now it's running and I will not change anything more. Never change a running system ;-)

Nevertheless thanks again for your great support!!!!

Wolf

Aug 13, 2003, 02:08 PM	#1
wolf31 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	8500AIW + firewire problem I'm using a DV 8500 AIW - together with Omegacorner's latest drivers - which is absolutely fitting my needs in all respects up to now. Yesterday I've got my firewire CF-reader to get my digital pics on the PC but unfortunately the reader is not recognized by the system. So I first checked my settings and everything seems to be all right, but I can not get the reader connected. Is there any setting at the Omega-drivers that disables the firewire ports of the card? Did you ever hear about such a problem? Thanks Wolf -- Win XP/pro

Aug 13, 2003, 06:44 PM	#2
Digital-Overload DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: US Of A Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	Alot of People i know with AIW8500DV have the Fire wire Disabled, Which i think it has a switch on the card itself to disable it, __________________ Windows 2000 Professional SP-4-(Windows 98 Second Edition Dual Boot) A.T.I. All In Wonder Radeon 32 MB DDR (Catalyst 03.6/MMC/DVD 8.5/Power DVD 5.0 Pro Beta/DirectX 9.0a/Via Hyperion 4.45) AThlon 1.1GHz/1024 MB PC133 RAM (100x11 FSB)(Standard Settings) Western Digital 80GB ATA100/Western Digital 100GB ATA100/Western Digital 160GB 8MB Cache ATA-100 Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Platinum (5.12.2.252) ACER 16X DVD;ACER 12x10x32 CD-RW Adobe Premiere 6.5 PICVideo MJPEG 2.01a/HUFFY 2.11 Detailed System Specs

Aug 13, 2003, 07:52 PM	#3
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,191 Rep Power: 80	The firewire stuff on the 8500dv isn't affected by the display drivers, so installing the Omega's shouldn't have an effect on the functionality of the Firewire ports on the card. I know with my 8500dv, the Firewire is a little more flaky than the Firewire on my mobo. I don't think that is good news for you, but you may need to play around with some system settings. (Is your AIW sharing an IRQ with anything else?) __________________

Aug 13, 2003, 09:12 PM	#5
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,191 Rep Power: 80	If all else fails, I'd get in contact with ATI support directly. __________________

Aug 14, 2003, 01:22 AM	#6
Shrink Recovering Beta Tester Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bracebridge, Ontario Posts: 130 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	To get the 1394 ports working on the 8500DV cards, particularly with KT133a chipset motherboards and some others, you need to make sure that you haven't installed drivers that disable smartgart. The reason for this is that AGP and PCI post writes need to be disabled (go to your computer's bios and see if you can do it there). For motherboards whose bioses don't allow you to disable it manually, smartgart disables those features for you. Therefore, install the latest Catalysts with no other modifications (non-Omega) and make sure you have cleaned out all remnants of old drivers. Further, make sure that you have installed the latest AGP drivers for your motherboard (Intel .inf updater or Via 4-in-one depending on your board). Good luck! __________________ Shrink "How come things that happen to stupid people keep happening to me?" Homer J. Simpson

Aug 13, 2003, 08:21 PM	Thread Starter #4
wolf31 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thanks a lot for your quick replies! The dip-switches are enabled and no IRQ's are shared. That's why I wondered about the drivers. But as you say that the drivers do not affect the firewire port that was a shot into the wind. So I really don't know what to do now. I'll check the BIOS if there's any setting for firewire enabling, but as far as I remember there's no such entry. Wolf

Aug 14, 2003, 10:01 PM	Thread Starter #7
wolf31 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thanks a lot for your kind help. As I got the reply from Omegacorner himself that his drivers do not affect the firewire ports in any kind I bought a firewirce controller today and installed it two minutes ago. Now it's running and I will not change anything more. Never change a running system ;-) Nevertheless thanks again for your great support!!!! Wolf