P6T SE Firewire & win7

Stanman67 · 12 Jul 2009 at 20:39

Hi guys some what stupidly :rolleyes:

I put the FW header into the USB and vice verse. i used the USB external connection and blew my printer and keyboard :mad:

After checking I realised my mistake and changed the headers over. The USB works fine on all connections. The FW does not work on the header or the back panel. Have I borked the mobo or is this a Win 7 issue?

JeremyW · 12 Jul 2009 at 21:44

Unfortunately sounds like hardware, not software.

Does the Firewire device show up as working in Control Panel?

If you remove the driver will it successfully re-install?

Stanman67 · 12 Jul 2009 at 22:05

The device shows on device manager and shows as being installed ok.

If I delete the device and scan for hardware, it sees it and reinstalls the device.

Stanman67 · 13 Jul 2009 at 13:37

Any other thoughts?

JeremyW · 13 Jul 2009 at 17:13

If the backpanel (by that I take it you mean the socket soldered directly to the motherboard) doesn't work but the driver is installed and happy then unfortunately I think it is a mobo hardware issue

If the rest of the mobo still works fine and you need Firewire then you could investigate adding a Firewire PCI card (see: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=49&subid=422). They start at GBP16.09.

HTH
Jeremy

Stanman67 · 14 Jul 2009 at 13:41

JeremyW said:
If the backpanel (by that I take it you mean the socket soldered directly to the motherboard) doesn't work but the driver is installed and happy then unfortunately I think it is a mobo hardware issue

If the rest of the mobo still works fine and you need Firewire then you could investigate adding a Firewire PCI card (see: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=49&subid=422). They start at GBP16.09.

HTH
Jeremy

Yes by back panel I meant the connections directly on the MOBO at the rear of the case.