Running 35' FW cable from deck to G5 for capturing, getting dropped frames

I am capturing from a JVC BR-DV6000 deck to a Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5, but the Firewire800 cable connecting the two runs up and through a ceiling, over some ceiling tile, and actually close to a fluorescent light fixture, then down through the wall and out of an opening in the dry-wall.
Does a 35' long firewire400 cable cause dropped frames?
Or could the fluorescent light fixture be causing some sort of interference?

iirc, the IEEE 1394 (aka firewire) standard specifies 5 meters as the maximum length of a firewire cable without a repeater.
Very high quality cables may get you farther, but you are pushing it
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