Flaky 1394 port

My 1394 port is a bit flaky these days. I can capture fine, but when I try
to export back to the camera, sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't
work.
Here is how it goes.

XP Running...(1.5 GB RAM)
I turn on camera.
I hear several chimes, indicating camera has come on line
A prompt appears, telling me a new device was found, and do I want to use
Adobe Premiere?
I say Yes.
Premiere launches
I open my timeline
I select File - Export - Export to tape
The little dialog box appears.
I can see the TV monitor changes from blue screen to black, ready to display
signal
I press enter.

Here is where it gets weird.

Sometimes, the timeline exports. I can see the video in the camera
viewfinder, and see it on the TV monitor.

Other times, after a few seconds, the TV monitor goes back to blue, and
there is no video in the camera viewfinder either.

Pressing "Esc" does not return my PC monitor back to Premiere. I have to
press the reset button on the PC.

I had a project that I saved to tape on monday. 2 copies. Shut the PC down,
rebooted tuesday, to continue, and nothing. All was fine until I hit Enter
to begin the export.

Thoughts?

 

Just a shot in the dark: You don't have, by any chance, a VIA chipset mobo
with onboard firewire and usb2? For nearly a year I couldn't export video
with the firewire port, import worked with no probs though. Found out that
the usb2 and firewire shared the same IRQ, disabled usb2, and then: VIOLA.

Rune K

 

Yes, I do have a VIA chipset, I have the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Mobo
But I have USB 2.0 disabled in the BIOS, and don't know what else to do with
XP.

 

Check your 1394 ports. I had the same prob with my Cannon XL1 were my
firewire port was loose and the comp only exported when the cable was at the
right angle and or pressure (ie moving the cable up and down so that it
would make a good connection.) Same with the firewire port of the computer.
THis is a very common problem with excessive use of DV equipment. (Pluging
in and out excessivley)