FF 400 works perfect under 10.5

Hello,
I just made a clean install of Leopard OSX 10.5 on my MBP 15", and my RME Fireface 400 is no longer recognized.

Am I alone on this issue?

Regards,
Niklos

Yes I download the last driver, but I have a FF400.

Regards,
Niklos

64 bit drivers are of no use under Leopard, that's why no manufacturer has them or plans them (AFAIK).

The point in Leopard is that both 32 and 64 bit operations are equally supported. A hardware driver usually allocates only a few MByte, so we do not need 64 bit adressing. Apart from that I bet that most of the drivers in Leopard (for example for the FW controller) do not support DMA access in 64 bit either.

See above... The FF800 apparently works well in 10.5.

Regards,
Daniel Fuchs
RME

Nonsense. It works perfectly as before. Obviously there is something wrong on your system or your FF400 is broken. Please try the unit on a different computer.

I found a little problem with leopard and ff400.

In the fireface mixer when you link for e.g your phones faders and then turn the knob on the ff400 only the left channel goes up or down.

Regards,
Viktor

A post, to follow up my problem with Leopard and FF400.
I reinstall Leopard, before install anything else  I Iinstall the FF400 drivers... and it WORKS.

I want to thank you the RME Support who always gives me a support and was reactive.

Regards,
Niklos

Hello ,
thx for reading,
i a m on a brand new Mac book pro (the unibody...), 10.5.5, core duo, 2X2,8 ghz, 4Go ram.
But only one 800 firewire port....
and i own a FF400.
i use a cable 800/400

new drivers, an so on.
I see the fireface face in preferences panels, able to select it.
I change volume from the mac, and it changes the numbers on the ff400 ok.
The mixer window refuse to mount, but menus are there
the settings window is every times up the others, hiding them,
and..no sound, except clics, and son on silence...

The internal mac sound system works nice.
The ff400, nothing.

Is there any compatibility problems ?

The same hard an softs run perfectly under 10.4.x on my mac pro Xeon...

thx for answering
eric-leguen@wanadoo.fr

Thx for answering

I use the update driver coming from RME Website :
Mac OS X Intel driver for Fireface 400 / 800, version 2.62a.

I read that an other user in the forum seems to have same problems.
I post in apple forums too.
I feel it's something in this special "15 inch designed sytem10.5.5 osX",
coming with the new macBookpro.

I point that it doesnt' work, without any other gear  like Express card, or whatever.

An HDD connected on the 800 port works perfectly.
Problems are only with the RME FF 400.

I hope a solution, of course, professional user.

Read you next time.

thx

Eric LE GUEN

hey Iguanoid,
as i wrote i my own post, i resolve the problem using an express card firewire 400.
the sound now is ok, but i still have some problems...
the fireface is working only whit ac power adapter connected.
and also... the fireface setting window pop up. i close, but after few seconds it pop up again! no possible to keep it close or minimized...
and one more problem... the fireface mixer's output (the middle line) are replaced from grey empty columns!
any reason??? should i change something in the settings?

Hello !

Finally, i solved the problem.

I use a FW hub, powered. and the FF400 plugged on it works perfectly.

Tks for the help, all readers
and RME support.

Eric LE GUEN
:-)

Most should do. If you don't want to use a Hub, but only a cable, then use this: http://www.lindy.de/ieee1394a-firewire- … 32908.html

hey!
i made a new try, my HD which didn't worked as a hub for FF400 was a Iomega but my father own's a Lacie HD, I tried and,... Magically worked! but i can't use the hd of my father to connect the FF400 forever i should buy a hub or this that you said. Are you sure that this firewire can fix the problem? Because for what i see there is firewire that fix problem and some other that can not fix it!

thank you!

edit: in case that this wire is the correct, how can i buy it? i'm from spain, and i'm trying to register but only let me register in countries that it says.

ok so ive read all these posts installed the 10.5.5 update reinstalled 2.62 FF drivers connected fireface 800 to imac through lacie hard drive thrown away ff extensions and reinstalled and reinstalled and reinstalled and.... the latest flash driver will not install says there is no FF driver installed???  but its its its there right there and the FF800 works on my old mac and was working fine on this newer imac for 4 months pulling my hair out here guess i need a shave......to ad to my already frustrated stat we as customers should not have to be concerned about what the part numbers on the components are, inside these high priceed microchip boxes and............ RME RULES!!!!!

any help?