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VIA Tech Firewire

Last Updated: 1/25/10

VIA Firewire Card Install Info

6306 Chip (Possibly 6307 too)

If you are trying to get this card to work under Windows XP you Have found the right place. I too had trouble but finally succeeded. I hope that these instructions will help. If you want technical info about the VIA 6306 fire wire card Click Here to get the manual

Note: You must have PCI 2.2 on your motherboard, not PCI 2.1 or lower.
1. Click Here to download required files.
2. Turn off computer.
3. Remove Firewire Card from computer.
4. Turn computer back on.
5. Extract files from downloaded zip file to a temp location.
6. At temp location find file 1394.zip and extract it to "C:\Windows\System32" (assuming standard windows installation)
7. Extract 1394.zip to second temp location.
8. At second temp location right click on all .inf files and select install.
9. Turn off computer.
10. Put firewire card back into computer (into a different PCI slot if you can)
11. Turn computer back on and pray that windows detects it and installs drivers.
12. Delete both temp locations.

If these instructions don't work i'm sorry you had to do so much to end up the same way.
Your PCI slot may be bad or the card may be bad. Who knows. Try going to the VIA Support Forums. or here http://www.nthelp.com/NT6/data_is_invalid.htm




For information about Firewire Extreme (also called: Firewire 800 and 1394B), Windows XP, and performance issues. See this site:
http://www.rme-audio.com/english/techinfo/fw800sp2.htm

Note: I have reason to believe that the following motherboards won't work with this firewire card:

ABIT BH6, Pentium III-450 CPU.

Files Included in Zip:
1394.inf
1394bus.sys
1394vdbg.inf
1394vdbg.sys
enum1394.inf
enum1394.PNF
enum1394.sys
instructions.txt
kd1394.dll
net1394.inf
ohci1394.sys



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