Now we set up the Firewire port.
Right click the little window pane in the lower left hand corner of the screen; select "Device Manager"
Double click the "IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers", you should get the screen shot shown below.
Notice that under "IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers" mine is listed as:
"Texas Instruments 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller"
You must have a firewire port that has the TI (Texas Instruments) chipset!
If your motherboard has a TI compliant chipset you should be good to go!
If not, installa PCI or PCIe Texas Instruments controller:
the "ADS Pyro" is one I've used with excellent results,
the Adaptec 4300 is also one that many are using with good success.
Again, your IEEE 1394 must be Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant!