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Make sure the device you are connecting to the Firewire cable is powered on. If you are attaching a scanner to the Firewire port, you most likely need the software from this website: VueScan Scanner Software. Connect the Hard Drive to the Firewire port using a Firewire cable. Once, your connected, the power on the device. Click on the arrow next to Disk Drives. This will show you all of the disk drives connection to the computer, including the external Firewire Hard Drive as shown below.

Click on the arrow next to Sound, Video and Game Controllers. This should show you the Audio device connected to the computer. Also, it show up under Other Devices, as shown below. Depending on the audio equipment you are connecting will depend on where it shows up.

Note: Depending on the audio device you are trying to connect, you may need install an audio driver for the device along with the Legacy Firewire driver.

See if it needs a separate audio drive for that specific piece of equipment. Look under other devices that are listed. This has not happened in the last 5 years, so it is nothing to worry about. I just wanted to mention it, in case it should ever happen again.

The Fix for Windows 7 For Windows 7 simply replace the new driver with the Legacy driver that comes with Windows 7. Click on the Close button and exit out of all of the other windows. Then Reboot your computer. You will now be able to import video via the FireWire port on your computer. If you are still having a problem importing video after you have switched the FireWire driver to Legacy, then the problem may be with the FireWire port.

This is a common problem. The FireWire port will work with an external driver, but it won't let you import video from your video camera. Most people report this problem with Dell computer, but it does happen with other brands, even brand new computers. This problem is usually with the FireWire port that is built into the motherboard.

The fix is simple: 1. Install a FireWire card into one of the open slots in the computer 2. Using the instructions above, set the drive to Legacy. Reboot the computer. Then connect the FireWire cable from the video camera, into the new FireWire port that you just added.

Use a Firewire card with the VIA chipset. If you notice the FireWire device is transferring slowly or not working, then just repeat the above steps and reinstall the Legacy driver. Make sure the software you are using still works with Firewire capture. I know that the latest version of Adobe Premiere Elements no longer support video capture through the Firewire Ports. Some video editing or video capture software no longer supports device or camera control through the Firewire port.

We have this problem with our video editing software. So here is what we do. Make sure the camera or playback deck it connected to the computer. Then press the record or video capture button in the software.

Then manually press play on the camera. Click Device Manager. Right click your FireWire host controller. Click Update Driver Software. Click Search automatically for updated driver software. Wait to see if a more current driver is found. If one is found, click Close and test out to see if your speed has increased. Click Browse my computer for driver software.

Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. Click Next. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. They seemed amazed I was still using it. Vern M S. In Windows 8, the driver stack for the legacy devices was separated from the regular installation see "FireWire port-based device does not work correctly in Windows 8. Anyone have success in getting the Firewire legacy drivers to install on Windows 10?

Thanks for your help. Looking forward to getting sound back. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse.

Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. I tried KB myself. Download and run the msi file. I can find the bus. Can you double check it? How satisfied are you with this reply? For information only. Downloads Drivers. This is driving me crazy since everything else on my Win7 installation is working so well.

Any clues as what could be wrong and how to fix it would be greatly appreciated, and I will happily supply any additional troubleshooting information.