Sorry to ask this again in another thread but it seems my E-MU 0204 USB cannot be 'fixed,' so to speak, after trying all suggestions. I am now looking for another audio interface that will hopefully not have the same problems and the Saffire 6 seems to be quite good at a fairly low price. 
How well does it work with Sonar X1 Producer Expanded (with Windows 7 x64 Home Premium), and how good is it in general? 
Has anybody who has one/has had one experience problems with it similar to mine (BSOD's, noticeable latency)?
 
Cheers

It will work with Sonar however because your system is a little on the slower side you may not be able to get great latency values. I've managed to get my latency values down to about 8ms roundtrip with the Scarlett but my system is a powerhouse. I'm thinking you'll be able to get around 12 ms Roundtrip at best and if you were doing a LOT of tracks or using resource heavy synth effects you might get dropouts at that point. They do have a Zero Latency monitoring option but that won't work for everything. Like I said in the other thread I'd contact Focusrite with your system specs and be sure to ask about latency. Also you mentioned something about USB 3.0 support. Focusrite seems to have some kind of driver thingie that will allow you to use one of their 2.0 devices in a 3.0 port but I don't think I'd mess around with that personally. Have you looked at some of MOTU's stuff? They're pretty nice and will probably provide better latency. They are more expensive though.

Ok I am not too bothered about some latency and dropouts to be honest, at this point I just want an interface that doesn't cause a blue screen after all this trouble!

Well you should be okay then but just double check with them for any conflicts. They're good guys. Here's their answerbase and some contact info... http://www.focusrite.com/answerbase/en/ Cheers.

Well - all I can say is I am using the Saffire 6 USB, and it works without any problem (inputs/outputs + MIDI)on my slightly older computer (Asus P7H55-M motherboard, 8Gb memory and a Intel i3-540). As a side note - are you sure you used your EMU 0204 on a 2.0 USB bus? There are some problems with this device on a USB 3.0 bus.

i use it with a laptop. Zero problems going on 2 years now. more stable than my 0404 as they never got the 64 bit drivers quite right.

You may want to look at the presonus offerings as well. 

I'm using an 8i6 Scarlett on an i3 Dell and it's been working great, after I disabled the WiFi in the Dell.

I was using the Lexicon series. I erally really love their audio interfaces I just love Balance more but it doesn't work well with Sonar. 

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Well - all I can say is I am using the Saffire 6 USB, and it works without any problem (inputs/outputs + MIDI)on my slightly older computer (Asus P7H55-M motherboard, 8Gb memory and a Intel i3-540). As a side note - are you sure you used your EMU 0204 on a 2.0 USB bus? There are some problems with this device on a USB 3.0 bus.

^^^ Ditto to this. I'm running the Saffire 6 on my "secondary" DAW which is permanently connected to the internet, used for Office/Gaming/Email etc with NO audio tweaks, and it runs really well.