Topic: New build FireWire issues
This is my first post here.
I'm a Fireface 800 user and have been using it flawlessly for over 15 years in Windows with Cubase and loads of vst's, which is getting more and more heavy in the system
Just upgraded my PC Windows 10 machine to an AMD Ryzen 9 3950x chip on an Asus Prime x570 Pro mother board and 16gbx 2 Vengeance DDR4 3600's. Went for the board with an assumption that I could just stick my FireWire PSI in with ease, though discovered that I needed to get a PSIe card instead, So, over the last week was assuming the board was faulty as the system wouldn't boot when trying various Texas Instruments cards, which one by one I sent back as faulty.
Actually, tried these cards also in my old machine, which is a Sandybridge 2600k chip and these didn't work in there either. Seems that Windows has killed off any recognition for PCIe FireWire and also stopped legacy drivers from being recognised..
As for my new machine, have simply given up on the PCIe cards attempt as it would never boot up with one in
So, have since decided to go with the USB C output into a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbot2 to Firewire 400 to 800 to the RME Fireface 800.
Cables arriving next week.
Wondering if there will be any more surprises?
For anyone else that's done this, what drivers should I use?
Will this work as well as the Firewire800 plugged into the old system with similar or worst buffer sizes and dropouts? Will it be as solid? Hoping better because of the new system, though am suspicious without using a FireWire interface.
Thanks