Slow firewire transfer speeds...

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I recently bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium 64 Bit.
When I hook an external firewire drive to the system and go to copy a file, I
get transfer speeds for around 60kb to 200kb. That's right, not even 1mb/s.

My older laptop that is running XP Pro has no problems with this. I have
google searched for this problem and found out that for some the performance
and reliability updates (KB938979 and KB938194) *may* have fixed this
problem. I tried to install those updates, but I got an error message "this
update does not apply to your system" and it won't install. I can't tell
whether that means the update is already installed or what. I did make sure
that those KB updates were for Vista 64.

There is another hotfix that someone mentioned, which is this link:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/934314/en-us

There is another link to click on that sends an email to Microsoft Customer
Support, but won't let you actually download the hotfix. I haven't tried
this yet, but a thread in the Vista "reliability and performance" forum said
that the hotfix made it worse.

I'm at wit's end here. I depend on my firewire ports for video production.
I can use my XP laptop to access my firewire devices and then get the files
over my home network, but that's incredibly lame.

Any help would be appreciated...
 
Re: Slow firewire transfer speeds...

On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 03:40:00 -0800, JR <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm at wit's end here. I depend on my firewire ports for video production.
>I can use my XP laptop to access my firewire devices and then get the files
>over my home network, but that's incredibly lame.

Slow filecopies is a Vista problem. If you want to work in 64-bit, better
switch to XP64, as that one is much more reliable, and doesn't have the
annoying features of Vista, which are just a hassle for multi-media work.

jh
 
Re: Slow firewire transfer speeds...

You should check your installed updates to see if these are listed.

"JR" <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF36B4E3-408B-438C-96A3-21DC74C2A4C1@microsoft.com...
>
> I recently bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium 64 Bit.
> When I hook an external firewire drive to the system and go to copy a
> file, I
> get transfer speeds for around 60kb to 200kb. That's right, not even
> 1mb/s.
>
> My older laptop that is running XP Pro has no problems with this. I have
> google searched for this problem and found out that for some the
> performance
> and reliability updates (KB938979 and KB938194) *may* have fixed this
> problem. I tried to install those updates, but I got an error message
> "this
> update does not apply to your system" and it won't install. I can't tell
> whether that means the update is already installed or what. I did make
> sure
> that those KB updates were for Vista 64.
>
> There is another hotfix that someone mentioned, which is this link:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/934314/en-us
>
> There is another link to click on that sends an email to Microsoft
> Customer
> Support, but won't let you actually download the hotfix. I haven't tried
> this yet, but a thread in the Vista "reliability and performance" forum
> said
> that the hotfix made it worse.
>
> I'm at wit's end here. I depend on my firewire ports for video
> production.
> I can use my XP laptop to access my firewire devices and then get the
> files
> over my home network, but that's incredibly lame.
>
> Any help would be appreciated...
 
Re: Slow firewire transfer speeds...

On Feb 9, 5:40 am, JR <J...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I, too, am using Windows x64. I have a Belkin, 64-bit, FireWire 800
card installed. I am using the Unibrain drivers. It seems to be
working fine.

http://www.unibrain.com/download/download.asp

FireWire has always seemed to pose problems for me in Windows. I have
a Vista Lenovo notebook, and the FireWire 400 does not work to
conntect to a Maxtor OneTouch II external drive, so I have to use USB
2. My XP machine has never had adequate FireWire. I have
corresponded with Microsoft to no avail. I don't think Microsoft/
Intel are serious about getting FireWire to work on their machines.

I do recommend both the Belkin FireWire 800 card and the Unibrain
drivers. I have a Lexar FireWire 800 CompactFlash reader. Lexar tech
support says it will not work in x64, but it works fine.

I don't know whether that helps much.

Jim
 
Re: Slow firewire transfer speeds...

Also make sure you have the correct drivers.

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
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> You should check your installed updates to see if these are listed.
>
> "JR" <JR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AF36B4E3-408B-438C-96A3-21DC74C2A4C1@microsoft.com...
>>
>> I recently bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium 64
>> Bit.
>> When I hook an external firewire drive to the system and go to copy a
>> file, I
>> get transfer speeds for around 60kb to 200kb. That's right, not even
>> 1mb/s.
>>
>> My older laptop that is running XP Pro has no problems with this. I have
>> google searched for this problem and found out that for some the
>> performance
>> and reliability updates (KB938979 and KB938194) *may* have fixed this
>> problem. I tried to install those updates, but I got an error message
>> "this
>> update does not apply to your system" and it won't install. I can't tell
>> whether that means the update is already installed or what. I did make
>> sure
>> that those KB updates were for Vista 64.
>>
>> There is another hotfix that someone mentioned, which is this link:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/934314/en-us
>>
>> There is another link to click on that sends an email to Microsoft
>> Customer
>> Support, but won't let you actually download the hotfix. I haven't tried
>> this yet, but a thread in the Vista "reliability and performance" forum
>> said
>> that the hotfix made it worse.
>>
>> I'm at wit's end here. I depend on my firewire ports for video
>> production.
>> I can use my XP laptop to access my firewire devices and then get the
>> files
>> over my home network, but that's incredibly lame.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated...
>
 
RE: Slow firewire transfer speeds...

I have a VERY similar problem if not the exact same problem.

Running Vista Home prem 64bit but my Firewire controller is a "AGERE" chip
which I found is an LSI FW322. Motherboard is an Asus P5K-e.

When I try and copy a 1.2gb folder with maybe a 100 files, it goes at around
700kbps. If I copy a single 150Mb file, it goes at around 6Mbps.

Eitherway its not working properly. I've tried on both the front panel
connector and the rear direct to motherboard port.

Yes, not much fun.


"JR" wrote:

>
> I recently bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium 64 Bit.
> When I hook an external firewire drive to the system and go to copy a file, I
> get transfer speeds for around 60kb to 200kb. That's right, not even 1mb/s.
>
> My older laptop that is running XP Pro has no problems with this. I have
> google searched for this problem and found out that for some the performance
> and reliability updates (KB938979 and KB938194) *may* have fixed this
> problem. I tried to install those updates, but I got an error message "this
> update does not apply to your system" and it won't install. I can't tell
> whether that means the update is already installed or what. I did make sure
> that those KB updates were for Vista 64.
>
> There is another hotfix that someone mentioned, which is this link:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/934314/en-us
>
> There is another link to click on that sends an email to Microsoft Customer
> Support, but won't let you actually download the hotfix. I haven't tried
> this yet, but a thread in the Vista "reliability and performance" forum said
> that the hotfix made it worse.
>
> I'm at wit's end here. I depend on my firewire ports for video production.
> I can use my XP laptop to access my firewire devices and then get the files
> over my home network, but that's incredibly lame.
>
> Any help would be appreciated...
 
Re: Slow firewire transfer speeds...

Upgrade to SP1 whenever you can. There are enhancements to firewire
support.

"Slappy777" <Slappy777@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:73549355-5E05-40F4-8A88-41C6DB1F49B1@microsoft.com...
>I have a VERY similar problem if not the exact same problem.
>
> Running Vista Home prem 64bit but my Firewire controller is a "AGERE" chip
> which I found is an LSI FW322. Motherboard is an Asus P5K-e.
>
> When I try and copy a 1.2gb folder with maybe a 100 files, it goes at
> around
> 700kbps. If I copy a single 150Mb file, it goes at around 6Mbps.
>
> Eitherway its not working properly. I've tried on both the front panel
> connector and the rear direct to motherboard port.
>
> Yes, not much fun.
>
>
> "JR" wrote:
>
>>
>> I recently bought a new computer that came with Vista Home Premium 64
>> Bit.
>> When I hook an external firewire drive to the system and go to copy a
>> file, I
>> get transfer speeds for around 60kb to 200kb. That's right, not even
>> 1mb/s.
>>
>> My older laptop that is running XP Pro has no problems with this. I have
>> google searched for this problem and found out that for some the
>> performance
>> and reliability updates (KB938979 and KB938194) *may* have fixed this
>> problem. I tried to install those updates, but I got an error message
>> "this
>> update does not apply to your system" and it won't install. I can't tell
>> whether that means the update is already installed or what. I did make
>> sure
>> that those KB updates were for Vista 64.
>>
>> There is another hotfix that someone mentioned, which is this link:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/934314/en-us
>>
>> There is another link to click on that sends an email to Microsoft
>> Customer
>> Support, but won't let you actually download the hotfix. I haven't tried
>> this yet, but a thread in the Vista "reliability and performance" forum
>> said
>> that the hotfix made it worse.
>>
>> I'm at wit's end here. I depend on my firewire ports for video
>> production.
>> I can use my XP laptop to access my firewire devices and then get the
>> files
>> over my home network, but that's incredibly lame.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated...
 
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