Capture Problems with Laptop

This Packard Bell iGO 4451 laptop will not capture video using MM2.1 or any
earlier versions. It is running XP SP2 and has a 1.5 GHz Celeron, 224 MB RAM
and a SIS Video Card. Firewire connectivity is provided by an NEC PCMCIA
Firewaire card. There are no conflicts shown in Windows system device
manager. The firewire card, cable and camcorder all work immediately with
MM2.1 on my IBM Thinkpad laptop.
When I click on capture video, the camcorder will rewind, then go into the
play mode. MM2.1 logs 3 kb of video only and the clock does not increment.
There is no difference when selecting other settings or video quality. If I
cancel that then try again, it reports that there is no tape in the camcorder.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Pete

CamcorderPete
Sun Oct 03 08:55:01 CDT 2004



"Camcorder Pete" wrote:

> This Packard Bell iGO 4451 laptop will not capture video using MM2.1 or any
> earlier versions. It is running XP SP2 and has a 1.5 GHz Celeron, 224 MB RAM
> and a SIS Video Card. Firewire connectivity is provided by an NEC PCMCIA
> Firewaire card. There are no conflicts shown in Windows system device
> manager. The firewire card, cable and camcorder all work immediately with
> MM2.1 on my IBM Thinkpad laptop.
> When I click on capture video, the camcorder will rewind, then go into the
> play mode. MM2.1 logs 3 kb of video only and the clock does not increment.
> There is no difference when selecting other settings or video quality. If I
> cancel that then try again, it reports that there is no tape in the camcorder.
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Pete

As no-one seemed able to help, I thought I'd share the eventual solution
with you. The manufacturer's web site recommended upgrading the BIOS. I did
this and as the new version corrected issues with the PCMCIA port, I'm now
able to capture video with no problems. Pete