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

[jiffyslot]

I have the "low profile" Syba one with the TI chip and I used it in slot 3. It worked great for FW drives and my 003R.

 

[Blomski]

I have a weird problem with my new gigabyte Z390 Designare EX with BIOS latest rev F6 using this PEX1394B3 card:
It does work fine with my core i9-9900k /16GB DDR43600 /GeForce GTX1060 when XMP is disabled, but when it is enabled ; I have a 'VGA' led error on the mobo at boot until I press manually reset.
Can anyone with a designare and this firewire card try this please?

Try to put it in PCIEX8 slot.
It works on my hack with XMP enabled.
I set memory to 2666 MHz because of the USB sleep / wake problem.

 

[karmano]

I have a mobo H81M-HD3 socket LGA1150. I want to buy i firewire 400/800 card for my audio interface. Which firewire PCI card can i better buy?

There are speaks in this thread about TI card and unbranded cards which also working fine for audio solutions, but can we make finally take a decision about that?

 

[karmano]

I have a mobo H81M-HD3 socket LGA1150. I want to buy i firewire 400/800 card for my audio interface. Which firewire PCI card can i better buy?

There are speaks in this thread about TI card and unbranded cards which also working fine for audio solutions, but can we make finally take a decision about that?

Anyone a suggestion/advice about that?

 

[jpindustrie]

Hey all, long time lurker - first time poster...

I just installed my first Hackintosh OS (thanks ALL!!!) on an old HP Omen 877-244 Gaming desktop that I had removed the Nvidia card and been using intel gfx...

I wanted to use my old MOTU audio express (FW 400) and after some research tried my luck with this card:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006DQ0KD2/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Just installed tonight (with the Molex power connector used) and can report its working great on my install! (OS X Mojave/ used the install guide here tonymacx86), I picked this one because out of the other cards on amazon this one had the 'TI chip' and a molex power connector (which I know is a big ++ for audio interfaces like my MOTU)..

any way just wanted to share , have a rockin' weekend , I will for sure !

 

[NicoD]

Great. Thanks for sharing the tip.
Nick

 

[joakimkarlthomas]

I wanted to use my old MOTU audio express (FW 400) and after some research tried my luck with this card:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006DQ0KD2/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Interested in trying one, but couldn’t find that model in EU. Found a similar model, possible this one would work also?:
Syba SD-PEX30009

 

[P1LGRIM]

Interested in trying one, but couldn’t find that model in EU. Found a similar model, possible this one would work also?:
Syba SD-PEX30009

I have a Syba SD-PEX30009 in one of my builds, it works well and has native support.

 

[Alpacac]

Interested in trying one, but couldn’t find that model in EU. Found a similar model, possible this one would work also?:
Syba SD-PEX30009

Be careful with that one if you're using it for audio interfaces. It mostly works out of the box, but it's giving me heaps of trouble with my 2x RME FW800 combo. The usual flashing lights, but weirdly alternating... pretty frustrating stuff. I've tried different cables and the power works fine, so it's definitely the card. If I ever find a solution, I'll post it here.

 

[joakimkarlthomas]

Be careful with that one if you're using it for audio interfaces. It mostly works out of the box, but it's giving me heaps of trouble with my 2x RME FW800 combo. The usual flashing lights, but weirdly alternating... pretty frustrating stuff. I've tried different cables and the power works fine, so it's definitely the card. If I ever find a solution, I'll post it here.

thanks. I ended up buying Delock 89153 instead, as it was easier to find in the EU and also cheap. So far this delock card seems to work fine with my HP 8300 elite with sierra and my MOTU 828 interface.