Posted by Rick Merrill on 11/28/05 05:19

punchfast wrote:
> I have a sony TRV330 digital camcorder with firewire connection. Whenever I
> hook it to my PC (winXP, P4, 1gig ram, firewire onboard) it blows the
> camera. I normally plug Sony CC in and power it up. It comes on, then powers
> off. DEAD. will not come back on. Had to send to Sony for repair, and told
> it was some problem in the electronics of camera. That was the first time.
>
> I don't hook it up often. Good thing, I guess, because I just hooked it up
> for import again, and same thing. Camera powered up, went dead. Will not
> power up now. Hmm.
>
> Is the computer supposed to be OFF when you hook these up? I hook up
> external firewire HDD's all the times with no problem. But this Sony CC
> keeps blowing something inside.
>
> any help, advice or insights would be appreciated.
>
>

Dang! I was about to try that tomorrow AM! Let me know your response
to nobody-special's input. (Do try a different cable, pref. from Sony.)

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