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Question when I plug a device in using the Firewire port on the T420 should the system make a tone acknowledging the connection, similar as to when you plug something into a USB port?

I am trying to connect a Mini DV camcorder; when I used the USB connection on the camera to plug into the T420's USB port I get the tone, and a driver was installed; I am not getting that with a connection via the firewire port.

Note; I have enabled the iEEE port in the bios, a driver was automatically installed, and it now shows up without any warnings in the device manager.

Thank you

wow; no one has an answer for this?

feels like playing 'stump the chump' on Car Talk!

oh well

It's been a long time since I last used the Firewire port in any laptop (my Thinkpads included), but from what I remember, no sound effect is played when I plug in a Firewire device in either Windows XP or 7.

I remember having issues with the Firewire stack in Win 7, a DV camera gets detected but is unable to transfer data to the computer.
It wasn't a Thinkpad but a Lenovo G460, but I think it's not a hardware-specific issue.
The same camera and video program works perfectly on another laptop with Win XP installed (Asus A8), so I surmise that Firewire support in Windows 7 is not as good compared to XP.