Firewire not recognising a Sony camera

[BluesMan1]

Hi,

I have this Sony DSR-250 that i need to transfer to a Toshiba laptop but now i don't have anything when i'm using the firewire on the Laptop.

Usually i have a sound when i connect the camera but there's nothing anymore.

What could be the reason for this behavior.

I tried another firewire cable with the same result

Thanks for your time

[BluesMan1]

I really need some advises here working with XP Home, i don't have anything else that i can connect to the firewire to see if it is the problem but it doesn't recognise the camera

Thanks

[BluesMan1]

I tried an external HD using the same firewire connection and it's not working also but the HD is working if i use a USB cable.

Anything else to do to troubleshoot this?

[simbob]

perhabs the firewire bit ofthe sony camera has died?

[roosta21]

I am asuming you are downloading pictures. I tried a couple of months ago to download some video from two different sony camcorders, tried both xp pro and win 2k and neither would reconize that the firewire was plugged in. I think that microsoft is having issues with the firewire and camcorder components. My ipod works fine via firewire. Why do you not just use the usb.

[BluesMan1]

I also tried an external hard drive with the same results......and the Sony camera was recognised the day before but it seems that this particular firewire port is dead....weird