TI IEEE 1394 (Firewire) card drivers?

[chiwawa626]

I bought a generic card with a TI chipset, and to my knowledge firewire cards are pretty much plug and play and windows will take care of the drivers...but it seems like when i try to have windows install the drivers it wants it gives me an error saying the files were invalid....where can i download the driver for this card, i looked all over google i cant find a generic IEEE 1394 OHCI driver... (im running win2k)

 

[hjo3]

Look on the card; find out what company made it (if need be, you can use the FCC ID code). See if you can find their company web site. If not, try driverguide.com.

 

[chiwawa626]

bleh the card is already in the damn computer, and the computer is nicely tucked away under the desk...its gonna be a bitch to get it all out again...i shoulda done this before i put it in GAH!.....hmm i know the ti chip is complaint with the ohci so i just need some generic drivers...but where !

 

[metalmania]

I think your Windows2000 screwed up. Just reinstall Win2000.

 

[Auric]

My mobo has the Ti chip and the drivers are provided by MS. Did you try Windows update?

 

[John]

I also have a TI chipset firewire card and XP Pro recognizes it automatically.

 

[thraxes]

Uh Oh... seen this a few times. sometimes can be solved be installing/reinstalling the latest service pack, otherwise windows is all screwy. Reinstall is in order but not necessarily afull reinstall. Try this from the AT FAQs

- Reportedly, Windows 2000 and XP can be tricked into doing this stuff for you. The procedure is this: Shut down, install your new hardware, power on, and enter your system BIOS. Make sure your First Boot Device is set to CDROM. Insert the Windows 2000/XP setup CD and boot from this disk. (You may have to "press a key to boot from CD" as the prompt says.) Skip the initial prompt asking to repair your existing installation. Then proceed to the screen where you select a partition, and choose your existing Windows partition. Setup will detect your existing installation and ask you to repair. Say yes. When Windows Setup is complete, you should have a fully working installation with all your old user and application profiles. Everything should be intact, except your hardware and driver settings, leaving it fresh for your new motherboard.

Subject is for changing a motherboard but can also be used for hardware that refuses to work (since this procedure copletely redoes the Hardware drivers). After install is complete just redo SP3 and and new graphics, sound drivers etc... and you are set. No need to reinstall any apps as this procedure only affects the hardware registry entries.

 

[Lore]

thraxes: that's a good tip, thanks for posting that!

There's a similar trick to doing that where you remove some registry branch and it redetects ALL your hardware. Does anyone know what the registry key is?

 

[Auric]

The only issue Windows 5.x has with changing hardware is the storage controller. If the standard one is installed before swapping a different mobo then it can boot and dynamically change the rest. Otherwise, said setup -> repair is useful, although you are best using an OS CD that has the latest SP integrated to save some time.

Perhaps moving the IEEE 1394 card to another slot would do the trick.