Re: Satellite A205-S5825 - DV Camcorder not recognized by firewire

I have a Satellite A205-S5825 and I cannot get it to recognize my Canon DV camcorder connected by a firewire cable.
The same camera works perfectly with my desktop PC. My wife also has a Satellite, an A215 and this does not recognize the camcorder either. All 3 computers are running XP service pack 3.
Can anyone throw any light on this? I would really like to use my laptop for video editing as my desktop is at another location.
Thanks in advance
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It is really strange. I would like to know if this will happen with factory settings.
I have camcorder too and I have tested it now with Vista preinstalled P200 and WXP preinstalled Satellite Pro P300.
On both notebooks the cam is recognized properly and I was able to record short movie.
I really don't understand what is wrong there but try to remove firewire port from device manager and restart your notebook.
The firewire port will be recognized and installed automatically. After doing this connect your cam and test it again.

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(1) I don't use a ZR 900, but my best suggestion is to try at least one different connection method to see if the adapter you have might be the problem. Here are some examples you can consider:
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