Hi, just to confirm it works for me to a point. my symptoms/system are not the same as yours (older PCMCIA cardbus/digiface) however with win7 RTM 64-bit I've got the same WDM streaming driver working as far as directsound is concerned, however, no joy with ASIO and no midi, I didn't have to do anything abnormal other than install the driver and reseat the cardbus to get to this stage.. (http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6716)

I did find an earlier driver elsewhere 3.075 also for 64-bit but it still didn't make any difference... you might like to try it though. link below

http://driverscollection.com/?H=HDSP%20 … amp;By=RME

I'd be interested to know how it goes for you..

also the BSOD could be related to your PCMCIA driver/hardware?... is there a filename mentioned near the end line of the BSOD?.. (by BSOD can you tell me if it says it's a fatal exception, illegal operation etc.. usually the first line. a xxx has occurred at....)

Good stuff... that's an installation method I haven't tried and it does make sense if it's necessary for dirver installation to happen on win7 startup, I've been deleting all HDSP*.* files in system/system32, manually registry entries, restarting etc and then updating the driver in dev manager or choosing location etc as you mentioned, I'll play around on that tip, cheers

Have you tried cubase 4 (32-bit)?... it should still work by rights, I have a Motu 2408mkIII audio interface also, everything works fine in Windows 7 including ASIO with cubase 4 (32-bit) I think that rules out cubase pointing us back to RME, our systems or ourselves!...

An update on my situation.  No, Cubase 5 has not yet arrived.

HOWEVER, this supposed 64-bit driver is being incredibly flaky.  It works for a short time and then just goes silent and disappears from Device Manager. 

Also, when that happens, I can open up the input card select dialog in DigiCheck and still see the "ASIO Hammerfall DSP" in the dropdown box - HOWEVER, the device listed is "HDSP MADI".  The only way to recover is to boot into safe mode, reinstall it as a legacy driver, turn around and remove it from Device Manager, then reboot again.  Not really worth it, though, since it will go dead not too long afterwards...

As driver installations go, this has got to be the most heinous procedure ever, but even I could put up with it if the end result is a WORKING piece of hardware.

Is there anyone - especially from RME - that can tell me that this 64-bit driver for the HDSPe ExpressCard has actually been TESTED and found to be WORKING on a Windows 7 64-bit system?  Especially with Multiface 1?  Is there an updated driver on the horizon?

Maybe I'll go try that older driver that Foosh mentioned...

If I sum up all your given information there is no driver problem at all. If the hardware vanishes from the system (as seen in Device Manager) then either your notebook or the ExpressCard have a problem. Might be power or heat related.

Just an update on my situation...

This weekend I created another boot partition on the same laptop, same HDSPe ExpressCard, and same Multiface-1 breakout box, and installed the 32-bit version of Windows 7, along with the RME driver.

This time, it actually worked for a few minutes before crashing.  So it's only slightly better than the 64-bit version.

Therefore, I can only conclude that Windows 7 and the HDSPe/Hammerfall DSP combination are simply not ready to play together.  I've searched high and low and can't seem to find anyone who is using this combination successfully.  Apparently not even RME, since they don't have have a valid procedure outlined anywhere for installing the driver under Windows 7.

If anyone has any experience otherwise, please take a minute and let me know your success story.  Otherwise, I guess I'll be waiting for the next driver revision (and perhaps a solid installation procedure as well).

Regards,
John

Is that Win 7 32 or 64? Which Nuendo version? Do other ASIO applications work? Try DIGICheck.

Incidentally, to ensure that Cubase or any other host application was not the problem, I tried a test using only DigiCheck, playing back a multi-channel wave file.  Sure enough, after about 8 to 10 playbacks, the system died.

So what are we saying here?

HDSP doesnt work with windows7 64bit?

my combo would be HDSP & cardbus, was going to buy a pci card tho as im about to build a machine with win7 64bit.

Am i right in thinking after ready this forum that people on win7 64 are having major problems with drivers?

or is this software releated?

How is it with lesser version of win7?
cheers

I have this same setup, on a new core i7 laptop.  I still haven't solved several other problems software problems, but MIDI and audio are working.  I think Windows 7 64-bit is buggy for this configuration.  I haven't been able to properly install Sonar 64-bit, and so had to use 32-bit.  And under Sonar, the midi isn't input monitored correctly.  Notes drop or disappear.  However, this could be due to the midi device - a DMPro which occasionally sends notes of duration=0.  Are you getting midi events showing up on your MIDI STATE LED indicators?

Hi,
I came to ths conclusion by reading the forum and speaking to users, jwatilo's problem is not the 1st i have encountered on here and elsewhere, before i go out and spend a stack on a new system, i want to be 100% sure that its going to work, i also need to buy a pci card now im going to a tower instead of a laptop, again these arnt cheap so if im spending in the regon of ?1000 on new gear i want it to work, and there be a seamless transiton from my laptop system to a tower.

are there any issues with certian motherboards that i might need to know about for making a purchase?

RME obviously tests certain systems builds with their cards when in dev/test ect.

You should supply a system build config so when people go about upgrading they know exactly what works and what doesnt, i can undertand that you cant test everything, but you must have a tower/laptop spec that works @ rme HQ?

info on this and pointing people in the right direction might influence people when they come to purchasing any of your products.

cheers

Hey Fslix

thanks for the heads up:-)

I already own a multi face 1 and pcmcia cardbus combo, which i have been running on various dell laptops since the multifaces were available, apart from being sold a dead unit in the 1st instance from a distributor, this card has been outstanding and I've never had any hastle at all with it.

Its now time for an upgrade, I want to keep one laptop running the multiface with cardbuss for live stuff, and was going to build a new tower from scratch for production use, i really wanted to get another massive laptop, but after reading all the stories on here of probs with new pce interfaces on new lappys i've decided to stay well clear, I'm not a rich man, spending ?1000 plus on a peice of kit im going to have lots of trouble with and spend the next few months figuring it out really isn't what i want to spend my spare time doing and my pocket/sanity wouldn't take it.

At the moment i'm running the hdsp on a p4 dell laptop, its works great for most stuff, but i need more cpu power now as projects start to get more complicated. ( i even had decent results from a 1ghz dell lappy in the early days)

So i thought, build a tower, now im reading theres problems with this, problems with that, i want x64bit win 7 to take advantage of the massive ram i can install, but no-one seems to be able to come up with a definitive answer to what works out of the box.

If there's a problem, RME and other manufacturers should own up to it and fix it or steer users/buyers around it, i'm not sure the support coming onto the forum and leaving flippant remarks like "Not sure how you come to this (incorrect) general conclusion..." is conducive of support, time would be better spent putting a list together of incompatibilitys.

I'm not trying to rubbish RME here as i'm a fan of the kit because its worked for me for probably 10 years, i'm not sure how much more research i can do reading and posting on forums to try and get answers, i need to buy a new system and get on with it all.

These posts on here, they just not a great advert for RME, if i was buying new, i wouldn't go near them. somebody needs to have a word and put all this right.

Yeah, I wish there wasn't a cop out either.  Either support it, or put a big bold disclaimer telling folks that you're stuff is not compatible with it.  Why beat around the bush?

I dont know about the H55, but people are having some luck with Lynx's AES16 and Win 7, 64-bit.  You may want to give that a shot, although it's not bullet proof either.  Just remember, whatever you buy, you can run into problems even if your research said you wouldn't.  Also, you may do something out of the norm, and may get it to work anyhow.  I got the Lynx AES16e to work in a mostly stable fashion even though I am running the X58 chipset, so it can be done.  The 64-bit transition is harder for some companies than others.  Spectrasonics, makers of Omnisphere VST and Trillian have managed to make their whole software line 64-bit while other companies are struglging to come to grips with it.  The same thing is happening in the hardware world.  Win 7  64 has been out for quite a while now and they're still having major issues getting their stuff to run on this thing.

BULLCRAP. sorry man but this is completely incorrect.

we have been selling X58 platform for over a yr i have never has issues with X58/P55 and RME with Xp/Vista or Win 7 32 bit or 64bit on the right motherboard.

also lets not confuse the issue.

the OP has a laptop. Most Laptops are known to have serious issues with the Express slot being undervolted and underperforming (resource sharing)
this is NOT an RME drive issue but rather a crappy laptop bios.

Rme is and has been the most stable low latency drivers of anyone.

Scott
ADK

Hello, it's me again!

Well, I believe I've managed to cure my problem with alot of trial and error.  The culprit:

  Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

Or, so it would appear.  So, if anyone with similar issues stumbles upon this thread, you just might try going into Device Manager and disabling this device.  But that probably won't be enough; most likely, you'll need to completely eradicate the RME driver and go through the whole painful reinstallation process again.

Anyway, this is what I did, and now my audio seems to be stable under W7/64.  Obviously, we're talking about laptop users.

Regards,
John