"The Image Bank must be connected to the computer via a USB hub, which has an 1394 b port."

No such thing.  USB is completely Different from Firewire 1394.

  Firewire 4 pin and 6 Pin  12volt Signal

USB 1.0/2.0  4 Pin 5 volt signal.

There is a recommended Firewire 1394 card for NEW Dells.

Syba makes one that works.  SD PEX30009  TI Chipset

Best Buy SKU: 1306938523

Directx June 2010 would need to be added back to windows vista/7/8

www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx

PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025 = Texas Instruments 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller

www.sybausa.com/productInfo.php

Syba Low Profile PCI-Express 1394b/1394a (2B1A) Card, TI Chipset, Extra Regular Bracket SD-PEX30009

DRIVER For Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 & Windows 7

www.sybausa.com/.../SD-PEX30009.zip

   Ports:

       2x 1394B firewire ports

       1x 1394A firewire port

       1x 1394A firewire internal header (Shared Port)

   1-Lane (x1) PCI-Express with transfer rate 2.5Gbps Full Duplex channel

   Compliant with PCI-Express Revision 1.0a

   Support provisions of IEEE Standard P1394b-2002

   Compliant with 1394 Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) specification Revision 1.1 and 1.2 draft

   Support 800 / 400 / 200 / 100Mbps transfer rate

   Fully Plug & Play and Hot Plug supported

   Fully backward compatible to 1394a specification

   Compliant with IEEE 1394a-2000 and 1394-1995 standard for a High-Performance Serial Bus

   Fully interoperable with Firewire™, iLink™ and SB1394™ implementation of IEEE 1394 standard

   Equipped with Bidirectional  IEEE Standard 1394b-2002 ports for 800Mbps data transfer

;    o1394b.inf --

;

;    This file contains installation information for

;    OrangeWare 1394b boards.

;

;    Copyright (c) 2003 - 2005 OrangeWare Corporation

[Version]

LayoutFile=Layout.inf, Layout1.inf, Layout2.inf

signature="$CHICAGO$"

Class=1394

ClassGUID={6BDD1FC1-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}

Provider=%OWC%

DriverVer=2/15/2005,1.02.0000.2

[Manufacturer]

%OWC%=OWC

%ORANGEMFG%=ORANGE

%BELKINMFG%=BELKIN

%SPEEDDRAGONMFG%=SPEEDDRAGON

[OWC]

%PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_702A14DB.DeviceDesc%=OW1394B,PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_702A14DB

%PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_131418AB.DeviceDesc%=OW1394B,PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_131418AB

%PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_38840EE4.DeviceDesc%=OW1394B,PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_38840EE4

%PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_31101409.DeviceDesc%=OW1394B,PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_31101409

[ORANGE]

%PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_804012EE.DeviceDesc%=OW1394B,PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_804012EE

[BELKIN]

%PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_06231799.DeviceDesc%=OW1394B,PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_06231799

[SPEEDDRAGON]

%PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_00051592.DeviceDesc%=OW1394B,PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_00051592

%PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_00061592.DeviceDesc%=OW1394B,PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_00061592

[OW1394B]

CopyFiles=  OW1394B.CopyFiles

Include=    1394.inf

Needs=      OHCI.Device

[OW1394B.NT]

CopyFiles=  OW1394B.CopyFiles.NT

Include=    1394.inf

Needs=      ClassInstall32,GENERIC_Install

;;----------------------------------------

;;

[OW1394B.Addreg]

HKR,,"UpperFilters",0x00010000,"o1394b.sys" ;| 8 = REG_MULTI_SZ value // also, append to existing list, if any

[OW1394B.HW]

AddReg=OW1394B.Addreg

[OW1394B.CopyFiles]

o1394b.sys

;;----------------------------------------

;;----------------------------------------

;; 2k and XP

[OW1394B.HW.AddReg]

HKR,,"UpperFilters",0x00010000,"o1394b" ;| 8 = REG_MULTI_SZ value // also, append to existing list, if any

[OW1394B.NT.HW]

AddReg = OW1394B.HW.AddReg

[OW1394B.NT.Services]

AddService= O1394B,0,OW1394B.AddService

Include=    1394.inf

Needs=      GENERIC_Install.NT.Services

[OW1394B.AddService]

DisplayName    = %O1394bBF.SvcDesc%

ServiceType    = 1              ;SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER

StartType      = 0                    ;SERVICE_AUTO_START;SERVICE_DEMAND_START

ErrorControl   = 1              ;SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL

ServiceBinary  = %12%\o1394b.sys

;LoadOrderGroup = PnP Filter

[OW1394B.CopyFiles.NT]

o1394b.sys

;;----------------------------------------

[DestinationDirs]

OW1394B.CopyFiles = 10,SYSTEM32\DRIVERS

OW1394B.CopyFiles.NT = 12

OW1394B.DelFiles.Ext = 10,SYSTEM32\DRIVERS

[Strings]

OWC="OrangeWare Corporation"

ORANGEMFG = "Orange Micro, Inc."

BELKINMFG = "Belkin"

SPEEDDRAGONMFG = "Speed Dragon Multimedia Ltd."

PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_131418AB.DeviceDesc="OHCI IEEE 1394b Host Controller"

PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_804012EE.DeviceDesc="Orange Micro OrangeLink OHCI IEEE 1394b Host Controller"

PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_702A14DB.DeviceDesc="OHCI IEEE 1394b Host Controller"

PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_38840EE4.DeviceDesc="OHCI IEEE 1394b Host Controller"

PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_31101409.DeviceDesc="1394B Host Controller"

PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_06231799.DeviceDesc="FireWire 800 PCI Card"

PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_00051592.DeviceDesc="1394b 32-Bit PCI Host Controller Card"

PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8025&SUBSYS_00061592.DeviceDesc="1394b 64-Bit PCI Host Controller Card"

PCI\CC_0C0010.DeviceDesc="Generic OHCI 1394 Host Controller with 1394b Driver Support"

O1394bBF.SvcDesc = "OW 1394b Bus Filter Service"