Belkin Firewire 6 port Hub and iSight

I'm having problems getting my computer to recognize my iSight when it's plugged in to the Belkin hub. Basically it will only see the iSight if I unplug it and replug it in. The camera is not recognized at Restart or Shutdown/Startup. Works fine when plugged directly into the Mac. I have two other devices plugged into the hub: my 30G iPod and an 80G Lacie Porsche firewire drive (portable not separately powered). Any ideas?

You might want to try another FireWire hub instead of the Belkin, or you could replace the La Cie drive with one that has its own power supply.
A more proactive solution would be to replace your PowerBook with a new MacBook Pro laptop with a built-in USB camera.
Personally, I would avoid an external hard drive of any kind that does not have its own power supply.

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