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FCP problem with DSR-11
I’m running FCPHD 5.0.4 on a G5 OSX vers 10.3.9.
I also have several Lacie FW drives and a G-Raid drive. As well as a Sony DSR-11.
Lately, whenever I boot up some of my drives don’t appear on the desktop. I’ve figured out that this is because the DSR-11 is plugged in–not that this makes sense to me. I’ve tried it in all the drives as well as running it on a separate FW bus (I installed another FW card sometime ago), and the problem is pretty much the same. Also, if I plug it into the G-Raid, that won’t appear on the desktop.
Also if the deck is plugged in, FCP acts really quirky starting up. Sometimes it won’t start at all, just the pinwheel of death.
As soon as I unplug the deck, my drives will appear. Likewise, if it’s not plugged in, FCP starts up just fine.
I’ve tried deleting my preferences, running disk warrior, disk utility, resetting my PRAM, all to no avail.
Also, when FCP is up and running, sometimes then I can plug the deck in and sometimes (only sometimes) I get a signal and am able to log tapes and view on my monitor.
Any ideas?
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4 Replies
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It sounds like the firewire bus, or port connection, or cable (take your pick) on the DSR-11 is bad.
1) Have you tried a different cable?
2) Have you tried the DSR-11 on someone else’s computer?
3) Have you tried just jiggling the cable? (The DSR-11 cable connection on the back is notabley fragile.) Hopefully it’s just the cable… -
Thanks for your reply, Clay. I’ve switched the cable out and no difference. Haven’t actually tried the DSR-11 on another computer. If it is the port connection on the DSR-11, how can that be fixed? Is this something I can do or must I send it away somewhere to be serviced?
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Have you tried zapping the P-RAM on your g5? hold down
opt+apple+P+R see if that helps out.Now are you plugging in your DSR-11 while both the G5 and DSR are turned on? I made that mistake once and accidently fried the firewire port on both the G5 and DSR, so you may want to take that into consideration.
-Dave
hmm… I wonder what this button does…
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>I’ve switched the cable out and no difference.
Just curious if you tried jiggling the cable at the interface port. I seem to remember someone else giving me this advice. I found a cable which fit the port better–it was a bad connection. Advice from my helper said the poor fit was probably from the DSR-11 side of things…even though a cable change helped.>Haven’t actually tried the DSR-11 on another computer.
If you can’t fix it with jiggling, taping, or a better cable, then trying it on another computer will at least verify it’s something with the DSR-11 and not your setup / computer. After all, it costs money to send in your DSR-11. By the way, I haven’t looked at all of the settings the DSR-11 has. Just because it’s not your computer, doesn’t mean it’s something you can’t adjust on the DSR-11. That said, the interference you’re experiencing with other devices on the bus kind of points to a hardware problem with the DSR-11.By-the-way, I’m mostly passing on information that helped me with mine a few years ago. I was advised that the weak-point of the venerable DSR-11 is the port connector. If you can’t fix it by jiggling, replacing cables or something simple like that, I’d send it in to be fixed.
Again, I have to stress that I’m not a technician (though I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express). I’d hate to steer you towards an expensive repair you didn’t need. Still, I hope this helped…and I hope you’re able to try this with another computer to isolate the problem to your deck.
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