Sorry it took me so long to reply, I had a faulty Internet line and it was fixed today.

The UFX is connected via USB. I have the latest drivers and firmware and the system sounds are deactivated.

I 'll try connecting it via firewire tomorrow and after that I'll try it on my laptop, on which I have installed WIN XP SP3 and WIN7 x64 dual boot.

I'll get back with more info tomorrow.

Regards,

George

Safe Remove indeed takes some time, but it never made a problem on shutdown. Most probably you have some specific setting/setup that makes this behaviour show up. For example: if you just start your computer (cold boot) with UFX on, and then shut it down wihtout doing anything - is shutdown still more long? If so, is there any additional MIDI or audio stuff that might interfere?

I didn't try removing the Powercore card, since it is installed on my desktop, whereas the problem was noticed on my laptop also.

Moreover, I tried the same procedure on a friend's laptop, with his own UFX. He was experiencing slow shutdowns too, but he hadn't noticed it.

Can anyone from RME Tech support check if he can reproduce this problem on their Windows test machines?

Kind regards,

George

Yes, I do.  On both of my laptops.

Which recording app do you use?

I have been having slow start-ups in Cubase since I installed my UFX, but didn't realize that it was effecting my shutdown time until recently when I tried the UFX on my mobile laptop (my office laptop is too large for convenient travel).  My systems are quite nicely setup and they start-up/shutdown very quickly and cleanly otherwise.

After setting up the UFX on my portable laptop, I shutdown my office laptop in a few very short moments and then realized that something was amiss.  Then, while shutting down my portable system, the delay was entirely noticeable.  It was refreshing to see some kind of consistency to attach to this issue that I have been communicating to RME about for many months now (I have an open thread about it).  I hope they step up and investigate more thoroughly so that they can either communicate a particular limitation in their product, or correct the problem.

Regardless of how annoying this issue has been for me, I just simply can't argue with the conversion quality and the otherwise stable interface.  I can get my work done and the silly wait times are, in this case, well worth it.

I would love to try out the firewire connection, but I have no port available.  Maybe at some point, but I would hope that RME investigates and resolves this before I get that chance as I expect it will not be likely soon.

If I arrive at any more information, I will post on my thread, and do my best to remember to post here as well.
Cheers.

It did!
I will try this out on my other laptop and report back if I do not receive the same results.
Cubase still loads up slowly, but I use Reaper and Ableton Suite now, and they both load immediately.
Thank you so much!  I truly do appreciate this issue being resolved for shutdowns.