well i dont know about the port but what i do know is that my camera was plugged in in exacrtly the same place as it is this time.
For some reason when i tried to use my camera weeks ago i got the message something like "there are no imaging devices installed on your pc blah blah blah"
so i did a "repair" on xp as my pc was acting funny anyway.
then i went throught he process of installing my camera just as i have done before but this time it wont work.
Maybe my hard drive is sick?? I really dont know!!!!!