a little help please

leecurtiss · Post by **leecurtiss** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:30 am

i recently purchased a new sony vaio and an m audio firewire 410. i loaded the drivers and hooked everything up and it was working perfectly, as of last night i cannot get the computer to acknowledge my firewire input, i've unhooked it and rehooked it and restarted it many times. if any of you computer wizzes can give me some help i would greatly appreciate it

thank you

are3as · Post by **are3as** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:38 am

This is the same thing that happended to my brother. He has an Apple laptop and the same M-audio 410.

It sounds like you either blew the port altogether, or your computer finally recognized the firewire software as not being compatible with your computer. You will probably have to search for updates to the firewire software loaded on your computer. My brother searched for the Firm firewire updates, downloaded them and the interface/computer were golden then.

you might have blown the port altogether, which in the worst scenario, you would have to buy a new card. It really sucks because sometimes many of these issues are not addressed because operating systems and software are being updated at such a fast pace.

hopefully this can help.......

pheek · Post by **pheek** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:20 am

hey curtis, we have a similar setup and I had my loads of problems with the 410. Here's some tips I learned in since I have it:

- Never plug/unplug the firewire while you're in windows. Do it when the computer is off.
- Sometimes when you boot, turn on the 410 when at the Windows login page (not before, not after). If windows doesn't detect it, reboot.
- Do not plug the firewire cable in slot 1 of the Firewire. For me, only slot 2 works... don't ask me why.

If you can make it work, you'll see its a great card. I'm not sure I will keep it in the long run as all these bugs gets on my nerves (espacially when I play live, I don't need to worry about all these probs).

Good luck!

leecurtiss · Post by **leecurtiss** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:42 pm

thanks fellas, i'll try to dl some updates and when i get a minute i'll check and see if i blew the firewire port.

leecurtiss · Post by **leecurtiss** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:14 pm

and by the way pheek, you are the man your releases have had my head spinning for the last few months

rkampschoer · Post by **rkampschoer** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:14 pm

Hi there,

I use a G4 Powerbook in combination with a 410 firewire card.
What I do is that I always first turn on the card, and then turn on my laptop.
By me, the card works in either of the two firewire ports (but don't ask me why

).
I also never unplug the card from the laptop when one of them is turned on, although the little blue led is always on even when the Powerbook is turned off (because of the laptop's battery).
Also, I never use the external power supply, as the card is powered by the laptop.

I must say that when I keep these things in mind, I'm really very happy with the soundcard and it's working great.

Good luck!

leecurtiss · Post by **leecurtiss** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:59 pm

i am a little ashamed to say that after almost losing my mind over the whole issue, i checked my firewire cord and noticed that a big nick had been taken out of it.

i bought a new one and everything works perfectly.

rkampschoer · Post by **rkampschoer** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 6:15 pm

leecurtiss wrote:i am a little ashamed to say that after almost losing my mind over the whole issue, i checked my firewire cord and noticed that a big nick had been taken out of it. i bought a new one and everything works perfectly.

Haha, don't worry!
The most important thing is that it works:)

Have fun with it...

Robin