The famous issue: "Preview disabled"

Hello there,
I'm from the Netherlands, so sorry if my English isn't so good.
I have the famous problem with FinalCut Pro.. I've searched around this forum but I can't find a good solution. I've tried a lot: reinstall Quicktime, reinstall FCP, unplug my computer for 9 hours. But nothing of this seems to work..
I've got the Sony Digital Handycam DCR-VX1000E, and when I plug it into my computer FCP says: "Preview disabled". Now, when I press play everything works (the timecode, the camera begins to play) accept for the preview. I see the wonderfull colorbars, they are very nice, but not really what I like to see. In iMovie I can capture very well, everything works immediately. Unfortunately iMovie is not my kind of program and I really want to juse FCP.
So if you're the one that can help me, you're my hero .
Thanks a lot!

Wow, thanks for the quick answer!
Yes, I've also tried other camera's, and they worked fine.. And it's really wierd because I've tried this camera also on a MacBook Pro, on the same edition of FCP and here it worked good. Immediately..
I have this little thing into my computer: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/61064002/wo/yJ7m SOdtpLci2ehiOXZvBBGu6RX/1.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3
I have it now for 2 days, just like my new intel mac, so I don't know (jet) how it works. This is what i've got also in my Firewire port.
Also I've a Lacie external hd into my computer, but this one juse USB. Can it help if I unplug this one?
Do you think I should buy a new firewire bus? This one works good on iMovie so I think it's something with the settings of FCP, right?

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