IEEE 1394 Delay Write Failed KB885464

[willrickards]

I've got Windows 2000 Professional SP4.
If you see this knowledgebase article, it describes my problem exactly.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;
Is there a way to find out if this patch works on windows 2000?
Will Rickards

 

[willrickards]

Link Fixed:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;885464

 

[Colon Terminus]

Firewire is very poorly implemented in Windows. So much so that it is ill
advised to try and use an external Firewire hard disk enclosure. In most
cases it simply won't work reliably. On Windows based platforms, USB 2.0 is
a much better, more reliable, alternative for external hard disks.

See the following article. Although the article is dated, the anomalies
outlined in the article still exist in all versions of Windows, yes even
XP/SP2.
http://www.bustrace.com/products/delayedwrite.htm

 

[willrickards]

Turns out this was a missing driver of sorts.
My card is a Pinnacle Firewire card that came with Pinnacle Studio 7.
It needed the PCI Performance Enhancer driver to be loaded to work
properly.
I obtained it here:
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/support/display.asp?FileID=1237&ProductID=428