Firewire Card Drivers, PC

[olds]

I purchased a generic firewire card to hook up a dv camcorder to the PC. Win XP doesn't automatically install any drivers and there is no manufacturer info on the box or card. A search turns up MAC drivers but not PC drivers. How do I get drivers for it?

 

[microAmp]

If possible, look at some of the microchips on the Firewire card. Try to look for the chip that might be heart of it, write down the numbers and do a google search. See if you can find a company that makes Firewire cards that look exactly like yours.

Also, try contacting the place where you purchased it, see if they can give you some information.

 

[olds]

Thanks.
The only thing on the card is:
EC-120 REV 1.1 and a VIA chip VT6306. There are 3 ports on it. The manual makes reference to "Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller". So I used that in a search and found these. They are not for XP but I tried them anyway and they don't work.

 

[microAmp]

I did a search in Google with the "EC 120", then I searched with in those results with "firewire".

I saw a couple of people selling a EC 120 firewire card and they said it was a GW (Good Way) company. Found the company and picture of the card. Is it this?

I checked their Technical Support for drivers and they don't list them.... but a start for knowing who is the company if it is what I found.

 

[olds]

Ya, that's it. Thanks. I didn't see drivers either, except for USB.

 

[corkyg]

I have installed 3 different Firewire controllers in XP and it has never needed a driver - they are built in. You gotta hot plug the device to wake XP up.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: corky-g
I have installed 3 different Firewire controllers in XP and it has never needed a driver - they are built in. You gotta hot plug the device to wake XP up.

I was wondering that. It's for a camcorder that wrapped for Xmas. I might have to wait till then.
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