Firewire problem

[memnoch_thedevil]

I have a Canon Elura 100 MiniDV camcorder, and in the past I hooked it up to my pc via firewire, to transfer the contents onto my pc. Well it has been a while since I used the camera, and since then I have moved to a different case, and Vista Ultimate x64.

I installed the software for the camera, and plugged it in and nothing. I checked device manager and tried scanning for hardware changes and nothing.

So I figure maybe the firewire port on the motherboard has gone bad...so I dig around and find in an old box a firewire back plate, with both size firewire plugs, and 2 red firewire plugs coming out the back to put on the motherboard.

I just spent 3 and a half hours rewiring my whole pc, to put this in lol. I mean I needed to dust and wanted to rearrange the configuration of the front fans/controller/dvd drives any way, so thought might as well do it now.

After all that I reboot, and reconnect, and still nothing.

My questions would be, do both of the red fire wire plugs that come off of the back that plug into the motherboard have to be plugged into the motherboard, even if you are just using 1 of the 2 different ports? If so...how do I plug them both in, as my motherboard appears to only have 1 firewire slot on it.

Any way to figure out if there is anything wrong with the firewire port on the motherboard itself, as I would rather take the back plated one out any way.

Forgive me if I am rambling on, I haven't slept in a couple of days, and I am starting to finally get tired as I type this lol.

Let me know what other info you need, specs of system are in my sig.

Night all!

 

[memnoch_thedevil]

anyone?