RME Fireface users, are you having stability problems?

Hi
I have a system with the following specs:
i7 3.2 G
12 GB RAM
4TB in 4 drives plus a couple external backups
MOTU MTPAV midi 
RME FF 800s (2-going to 3 when I get my Toft Board) - running on a PCIe Firewire 800 interface...
UAD2 quad

I have been getting a large number of crashes since upgrading to X1a. (or X1 for that matter) that never happened with 8.5.3 or whatever the latest release was of the old timey Sonar.

I noticed a few posts where people using Fireface 800s were having lockups and crashes.  

So, I had a few questions.  

Are those of you with FF800s using them in 800 mode or a Firewire 400 interface?
Are any of you using the FF400s having issues?  
Is there a possibility that either the new RME drivers or something in X1 are not working well together?  

Or am I just doping smoke?  

Thanks

I have the FF800, latest driver (which is specified for Win 7 x64, and the latest firmware.  Rock solid, not even a hiccup.

Tom

I have a Fireface UFX running via Firewire with latest firmware and drivers & have some stability issues - mainly when changing audio driver sample speed and bit depth - sometimes I lose audio and need to reboot to restore it. 
 
In speaking with RME, they felt Sonar (or other software - I also use BFD2 and Waves GTR3) weren't releasing the audio driver as needed.  I only picked up the UFX after upgrading to X1, so can't comment on performance with 8.5.3.  I figured I'd wait until the X1b patch came out before investigating the issue much further.
 
Hope that helps.
Russ
 

space_cowboy

RME FF 800s (2-going to 3 when I get my Toft Board) - running on a PCIe Firewire 800 interface...


Are those of you with FF800s using them in 800 mode or a Firewire 400 interface?
Are any of you using the FF400s having issues?  
Is there a possibility that either the new RME drivers or something in X1 are not working well together?  

Oh, I forgot to mention: I have 2 FF800s, too.
- You must use Firewire 800 cables if you use 2 x FF800.  Cables should be same lenght from unit 1 to unit 2 and from unit 1 to FF800 card.
- If possible, disable unused ADAT inputs to save bandwidth.
- Be sure to use Texas Instruments chipset in Firewire 800 interface.

2 x FF800 work fine in my system - for some time. There's some bug in the MS Firewire driver that cause huge offset in recorded tracks after random amount of takes. That's why I avoid using 2 units. Otherwise there's no crackling; if playback or recording starts it works always perfectly.

ive had a FF800 for years (winxp SP3, rme drivers 3.0.20, 2.77, TI firewire card) and have been having issues recently with sonar X1 and outside of sonar too. every once in awhile the system will "stutter" and it will loop what sounds like a single cycle waveform and i have to turn off the FF800. when it boots back up a second later, the red led stays lit. multiple reboots do not help. the only thing that cures it is a full system reboot. this sucks. i even sent my ff800 back to the stateside service center and they ran it for 48 hrs without any issues.
 
strange that this happens with sonar and with things like internet radio and other sounds too. sometimes playing mp3's or youtube clips too.
 
one time about 3 years ago i had an issue with the red led constantly being lit no matter what. i tried everything i could think of and nothing worked. finally i hooked up a laptop to it and used another cable. this made me realize that the cable had "gone bad" and while nothing else physically changed, i wondered how it happened. i had always subscribed to the theory of "a cable cannot go bad" but i was wrong.
makes me wonder if this cable is also "going bad"

No issues here. I use RME Hammerfall and it is the most stable interface I've ever used.