SatProA60 XP SP2 drops 1394 iEEE firewire device after standby

I have an external dvd writer 1394 IEEE /USB2.0 (LG GSA 5163D) with my Satelite Pro A60 and have discovered a very annoying problem when the laptop comes out of standby The dvd writer is dropped by the system. IF I have it plugged to the USB everything OK.
I have the latest BIOS installed 1.9B
Does anyone know of a fix for this problem?
Is it a Microsoft problem?
Thanks
John Newman

Hi
Like Ivan said firewire port is usually recognized by operating system and I can really dont understood why this happen after using standby mode. The only thing that I know is that some external devices dont support standby mode (friend of mine has the same problem with his Freecom burner). After restart the drive can be used again.

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