Cannot connect using FireWire

[Guest Sunshine]

I downloaded XP SP3. Now my computer will not start;it is stuck at the XP

splash screen. If I remove the firewire cable from the external drive and

connect using USB instead, my computer starts and the external drives works

properly. Iconnect using a USB 2.0/FireWire PCI Card. Help

[Guest RangerGord]

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Re: Cannot connect using FireWire

 

On Jun 8, 3:40 am, "Sunshine" <sunshinenews2000-...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I downloaded XP SP3. Now my computer will not start;it is stuck at the XP

> splash screen. If I remove the firewire cable from the external drive and

> connect using USB instead, my computer starts and the external drives works

> properly. Iconnect using a USB 2.0/FireWire PCI Card. Help

 

Sounds like you have a driver problem. I would uninstall the firewire

driver (or "IEEE 1394 ..............." in Windows talk) then reboot

and let Windows reinstall it.

If that doesn't work maybe your external hard drive (I assume that is

what is connected to the 1394 slot - it wasn't clear) needs to be

uninstalled and reinstalled also.

I would try doing the uninstall in Safe Mode

[Guest paul]

Re: Cannot connect using FireWire

 

Re: Cannot connect using FireWire

 

I may have found a solution that worked for me. After upgrading to XP sp3 my

computer would not boot with my external firewire drive plugged in. So, after

reading through countless forums and knowledge bases I found the answer on

Western digitals site. The problem comes from sbp2port.sys, You have to

revert to an older version(5.1.2600.2180). I found this version in the

uninstall directory on my C drive. Just replace this version with the version

SP3 installed and everything works now. I can restart my computer now with my

firewire drive plugged in. I did this a few days ago and every thing seems to

be working fine. Good luck

[Guest Sunshine]

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Thanks, I'm in business!

"paul" <paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F1960C80-715C-4ED5-A05D-6F3F45982BC2@microsoft.com...

>I may have found a solution that worked for me. After upgrading to XP sp3

>my

> computer would not boot with my external firewire drive plugged in. So,

> after

> reading through countless forums and knowledge bases I found the answer on

> Western digitals site. The problem comes from sbp2port.sys, You have to

> revert to an older version(5.1.2600.2180). I found this version in the

> uninstall directory on my C drive. Just replace this version with the

> version

> SP3 installed and everything works now. I can restart my computer now with

> my

> firewire drive plugged in. I did this a few days ago and every thing seems

> to

> be working fine. Good luck

>

[Guest paul]

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Re: Cannot connect using FireWire

 

"Just to add a data point: the PCs I have updated to SP3 have no difficulty

booting with Firewire disks attached, and allocating drive letters to them.

So this is not a consistent problem: there must be some other factor (apart

from the sbp2 driver) which triggers this issue."

 

I agree same with me. One computer no problem other identical computer

problem.