BACKGROUND:
I'm running Windows 7, 64-bit.
Every time my system reboots, I lose the connection to the FW-1884. Usually, the firewire light is off and the LEDs for Clock and Stop are blinking, usually 7 then 4 times, endlessly.
For the several years that this has happened, I have had to power cycle at least once and often up to five or more times to get it to work again. Often, on power up, all the LEDs will be on, so I wait ten seconds and power cycle again. [Aside: this can't be good for the unit.]
Sure, this is annoying, but once it does get into sync, it stays there until I reboot again or Windows Update reboots for me.
THE STUPID TRICK:
If I switch the firewire cable from one of the two ports in the back to the other port before power cycling, I am far more likely to have the FW-1884 sync on the first power up.
[It doesn't matter which side of the two I use, only that I switched from the one it was in before.]
What is that about?
I'm running Windows 7, 64-bit.
Every time my system reboots, I lose the connection to the FW-1884. Usually, the firewire light is off and the LEDs for Clock and Stop are blinking, usually 7 then 4 times, endlessly.
For the several years that this has happened, I have had to power cycle at least once and often up to five or more times to get it to work again. Often, on power up, all the LEDs will be on, so I wait ten seconds and power cycle again. [Aside: this can't be good for the unit.]
Sure, this is annoying, but once it does get into sync, it stays there until I reboot again or Windows Update reboots for me.
THE STUPID TRICK:
If I switch the firewire cable from one of the two ports in the back to the other port before power cycling, I am far more likely to have the FW-1884 sync on the first power up.
[It doesn't matter which side of the two I use, only that I switched from the one it was in before.]
What is that about?