Revisit 1394 controllers for Windows 7

[dingebre]

My SIIG 1394 card is struggling with my new Windwos 7 installation. The motherboard 1394 is not an option either.

What is anyone using on a PCI or PCIe bus for a controller under Windows 7?

Please, let's not start yet another thread bashing MOTU hardware. my 828mk3 works great, it's my 1394 controller that is struggling.

Thanks
David

[TheRealRoach]

Although I use a SIIG now, I previously owned a Lacie PCI FW800 card which I used in multiple systems. I also own their PMCIA (laptop) FW800+400 card which works flawlessly on various different laptops that I've had over the years. I would highly recommend them. They are more expensive (about $100 Cdn) but I never had a problem and used them both for mobile and studio recording. The only reason I have a SIIG now in my main system is because I had a system built for me by ADK who recommended that card with this setup (even though I tested the Lacie which worked as well).

Perhaps you're already aware of the whole debacle of XP and Vista's problems with their built in 1394 bus controllers. In other words it may not be the hardware, but rather the Windows software 1394 driver that controls the card.

Read this thread if you aren't familiar with these problems: http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... 14&t=34558

I heard rumors that Win7 took care of this after 8 years of crap, but I haven't personally tested that OS yet nor do I intend to for another 4 years or so.

[dingebre]

Thanks for the info Mike. What happened was I had everything working fine with the SIIG card and then I updated to Windows 7. I got everything else working finally, but the SIIG card crapped out. I got the latest drivers which are supposed to be Windows 7 compatible, but I kept getting an error. I took it out, and plugged into the motherboard ieee port, and the 828 installed fine, works, but it can't handle the bandwidth. So, I want a new ieee card which will work from the start with Windows 7.

David

[dingebre]

Mike,

Again, I thank you for the info. I read the thread and realized the supplied drivers I was trying to use were unibrain drivers. I uninstalled them completely, put the SIIG card back in, let Windows 7 install the driver it wanted, (a TI OHCI compliant driver), re-installed the MOTO drivers and everything is very happy.

I did get a random BSOD, but I started over and it's happily playing away.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

David