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New Firewire card recommendations
Windows 7 no longer can see my Mbox Pro. It went from audio stopping and starting, to a random window popup asking if I wanted to install Mbox Pro, to nothing.
I've reinstalled the latest Protools 10 after doing a complete uninstall, installed the latest Mbox Pro drivers, and it won't "see" the Mbox Pro when I connect it, via firewire, to my Firewire card. Since it's an old computer AND I'm using an Mbox Pro (which is firewire 400), what new firewire card should I buy? I have one with a Texas Instrument chipset and 2 firewire 400 ports now. I'm also going to replace the firewire cables too. Thanks for your help. Mike
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PC - i7 3Ghz, 12 GB RAM, TI 1394 card, Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. MBox Pro Pro Tools Win - 10.3.9 |
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Re: New Firewire card recommendations
Instead of just randomly buying items, do you have a way of testing the Mbox on another computer? Or other firewire devices you could test on your computer? It would save you a lot of money to narrow the problem down first.
Also, have you ever hotplugged the Mbox? Joel
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Re: New Firewire card recommendations
Joel -
Never hotplugged Mbox. Don't know what that is, but I'll google it. And I did try plugging in my external Glyph hard drive to the card and it wouldn't work. I"m running that through the USB 3.0 onboard port for now. I activated the onboard 1394 port on my motherboard (ASUS P6X58D-E) and plugged the MBox into that and the problems went away. Same cables, same everything; the only thing that was different was the card. I would use the onboard firewire except that it has a VIA chipset. This is what I'm going to get.. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/FWCardPCI Thanks for your reply! MIke
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PC - i7 3Ghz, 12 GB RAM, TI 1394 card, Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. MBox Pro Pro Tools Win - 10.3.9 |
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Re: New Firewire card recommendations
Sounds like you've done all the trouble shooting. Siig make good cards, that card has a TI chipset which is what you're looking for.
Joel
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Jam Space: HP Elite 6300 / Core i5 3770 / 24GB RAM / Win 11 Pro Pro Tools HD / Focusrite 18i20 + M-Audio ProFire 2626 Home: Asus B450 Pro4 / Ryzen 5 2600 / 32GB RAM / Win 11 Pro Pro Tools HD / Focusrite 18i20 + M-Audio ProFire 2626 Rig: Eleven Rack / ART SLA1 / Two 2x10 Passive Monitors / FCB1010 w/ EurekaPROM |
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Re: New Firewire card recommendations
Are you running your Firewire driver in Legacy Mode?
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Re: New Firewire card recommendations
Yes, driver was in legacy mode. Thanks...
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PC - i7 3Ghz, 12 GB RAM, TI 1394 card, Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. MBox Pro Pro Tools Win - 10.3.9 |
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