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The FireWire 800/400 card to own for 100% compatibility

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Then you should return it.
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NicoD said:
Then you should return it.
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If I try to record something from my soundcard inputs, works fine. If I try to play something (mp3 / ableton) soundcard goes into connect/disconnect loop and nothing happends, the "firewire led" on my soundcard blinks until I stops the mp3 or ableton.

I guess this is too strange.

Edit: Attached the photo of my firwire card @NicoD please can you check if is the same of yours? I noticed that is different than photo on amazon link.

let me know.
 

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Bardaxx said:
If I try to record something from my soundcard inputs, works fine. If I try to play something (mp3 / ableton) soundcard goes into connect/disconnect loop and nothing happends, the "firewire led" on my soundcard blinks until I stops the mp3 or ableton.

I guess this is too strange.

Edit: Attached the photo of my firwire card @NicoD please can you check if is the same of yours? I noticed that is different than photo on amazon link.

let me know.
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Hi Bardaxx,
i'm faceing the same problem u got. I own the Saffire Pro 24DSP.
Yesterday i connected the Saffire from my Syba (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002S53IG8/?tag=tonymacx8603-21). Connection stable from Pro Tools, playing a session for 1-5 min, afterwards the connection is lost.

Did u find any solution yet?


EDIT: it seems it is a problem with the Saffire Pro 24 (DSP). My Pro 40 is working like a charm.
You could try to use a FW800 -> FW400 Connector - My Pro 24DSP worked a bit longer with the connection.
 
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thelostswede said:
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I know a lot of you are trying to find a cheap FireWire card that works well with OS X, but I'm sorry to say that this thread isn't about that.

Instead, I'd like to recommend a specific card, that I know works flawlessly with OS X. Why? Simply because it's the same chip Apple is using in all of its current machines. I have actually installed one of these cards in a system, so I know it works.
It's based on the LSI/Agere FW643 chipset which is as far as I'm aware, the only native PCI Express FireWire 800/400 chipset.

In the US, StarTech offers three different versions with the PEX1394B3 being the one most of you would look at getting http://intrl.startech.com/search?search_term=PEX1394B3
However, you could save yourself over $30 by hitting up Amazon http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Express-FireWire-Adapter-PEX1394B3/dp/B000WCT5HK for the standard PCI Express card.

Note that other so called PCI Express chipsets, like the ones from TI are not native PCI Express FireWire chipsets. Instead, TI figured they could save some money, so the slapped their old PCI based FireWire controller on the same chip package as a PCI to PCI Express bridge and called it a day. I know a lot of the musicians and music producers out there are concerned about latency and it's possible that this is what you get with this bridge. You might as well get a native PCI card then and put it in one of the PCI slots on your motherboard, as the 6 and 7-series Intel chipsets (not counting the Q and B series) rely on a PCI to PCI Express bridge as well.

Hopefully this will help some of you solve any issues you're having with regards to FireWire. And if you don't believe me that this is the chip Apple is still using, iFixit has my back, as you can clearly see it the picture below which is of the 2012 MacBook Pro motherboard, where the LSI controller is located between the blue and pink squares.
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Hi, I bought this firewire card for my build but it's not recognized by the system.
This is my setup:
Gigabyte GA-H270N-WIFI - Intel Core i5 6400 - SDD EVO 850 256GB
PSU Corsair CX430 - Crucial 16GB

ARGS Flags:
VT-d - Disabled
XHCI Hand-ff - Enabled
CFG Lock - Disabled
Secure Boot - Disabled

Can you help me? Thanks!
 
mikevr29 said:
Hi, I bought this firewire card for my build but it's not recognized by the system.
This is my setup:
Gigabyte GA-H270N-WIFI - Intel Core i5 6400 - SDD EVO 850 256GB
PSU Corsair CX430 - Crucial 16GB

ARGS Flags:
VT-d - Disabled
XHCI Hand-ff - Enabled
CFG Lock - Disabled
Secure Boot - Disabled

Can you help me? Thanks!
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This is a pretty old thread, and that card was working pretty much 100% with pre-UEFI (legacy) BIOS architecture. Now that most every board is UEFI, I think this card causes problems and/or doesn't work. The Syba card with TI chipset is still the card with the highest success rate.
 
I solved this by disabling all Serial ports in my MOBO !!! yay!
 
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