After you update your computer to Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the performance of your 1394a or 1394b FireWire devices may be greatly decreased. A digital camera that uses S400 speed is an example of such a device.

Back to the top

This problem occurs if you connect a 1394a or 1394b FireWire device to a 1394b port. This problem occurs because Windows XP SP2 changes 1394b ports to S100 speed when you upgrade.

Back to the top

Update information

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Update for Windows XP (KB885222) package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CA0F2007-18B5-4112-8BD6-8BF4BD3130B9&displaylang=en)

Release Date: December 17, 2004

For more information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

Prerequisites

To install this update, you must have Windows XP SP2 installed.

Restart information

You must restart your computer after you install this update.

Update replacement information

This update is not replaced by any later hotfix or update.

Registry information

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

After you install this update, if you add a host controller for a new 1394 device to your computer, you must add or modify the SidSpeed entry in the Windows registry for the new 1394 host controller. To do this, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2.	Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI\1394_hc_hw_id\1394_instance_id\Device Parameters
3.	If the SidSpeed value does not exist in the right pane after you click the Device Parameters subkey in step 2, create it. To do this, point to New on the Edit menu, click DWORD Value, type SidSpeed, and then press ENTER.
4.	Right-click SidSpeed, and then click Modify.
5.	In the Value data box, type one of the values that are shown in the following table, and then click OK. Value Speed 0 S100 speed 1 S200 speed 2 S400 speed (default value) 3 S400/S800 speed (Windows XP Service Pack 1 [SP1] value) Note If you try to use a value that is larger than 3, SidSpeed will use a value of 0 (S100 speed).
6.	Quit Registry Editor.

To locate the FireWire controller information, follow these steps:

1.	Open Device Manager. To do this, right-click My Computer on the Start menu, click Manage, and then click Device Manager under System Tools. You can also click Properties under My Computer, and then click Device Manager on the Hardware tab.
2.	Locate your FireWire controller in the IEEE 1934 Bus host controllers section.
3.	Right-click the FireWire controller entry, click Properties, and then click the Details tab.
4.	Click Device Instance Id. You see a string of letters and numbers that is similar to the following: PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8020&SUBSYS_00D81028&REV_00\4&19FD8D60&0&60F0 The information between the two slash marks (\) is the “1394_hc_hw_id". “VEN_104C&DEV_8020&SUBSYS_00D81028&REV_00” is the hardware ID in this example. The information that follows the second slash mark (\) is the “1394_instance_id”. “4&19FD8D60&0&60F0” is the instance ID in this example.

File information

The English version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version        Size    File name
   -----------------------------------------------------------------
   04-Nov-2004  20:59  5.1.2600.2549   6,656  Cstupd1394sidspeed.dll  
   04-Nov-2004  19:33  5.1.2600.2549  61,184  Ohci1394.sys

Back to the top

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

Back to the top

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Back to the top