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Sony HDV decks HVR-25 blown Firewire ports
Four new Sony HDV decks HVR-25 decks shared between 5 Macs, several somke/flame systems via a central machine room.
For HDV work, we take decks to FCP systems connect via Firewire and capture. Over about 2 months all four had firewire ports blown.
Sony service says this happens if deck is connected with power on. So we have the decks fixed.
Now once again 3 have ports blown. Sony says to connect an HDV deck even the Mac power has to be off. Does anyone ever power down a Mac just to connect a Firewire device?
I’ve used a Sony handycam for 5 years without powering down my Mac, my iMac, my PowerBook whatever. And its fine.
My advise to anyone considering a HVR-25 deck. Please note this Firewire issue. If you have networked machines especially.
Neil
FCP Editor, Mumbai, India.
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Perhaps a firewire repeater, with it’s own power supply, between the deck and the computers would help isolate the damage.
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Here’s a white paper on the causes and prevention of firewire failures:
https://www.wiebetech.com/whitepapers/FireWirePortFailures.php
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