[SOLVED] Saffire Pro 40 and ASUS Z87 Pro

Hey everyone, I'm REALLY in a jam with this.

Is anyone using a Saffire Pro 40 with an ASUS Z87 Pro MB? If so, could you please give me some insight on the issues I'm having
with my firewire card?? I looked on the Focusrite site and found their PDF on compatible FW cards. They recommend SIIG brand. I have installed 3 different FW cards they suggested and NONE of them are even recognized by my PC. They don't even show up in the device manager and the SIIG brand doesn't come with any driver software. If you go to SIIG's website looking for drivers...they say there are none because their drivers are already built into the Windows software. This is incredibly frustrating because with no FW, my Saffire Pro is dead in the water...and so is any chance of recording.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Hey Keni,

Thanks so much for the reply. Unfortunately, it's even worse than that. I tried your suggestion, but it didn't help. My PC won't even recognize that a firewire card has been installed. I have to believe that there is a relatively easy fix for this issue SOMEWHERE. But until I find it, I will be pulling my hair out. UGH!!!

Thanks Keni.

Hey Pragi, unfortunately yes...I have looked in the bios to make sure they were all enabled and also tried multiple slots. Great suggestion though, I appreciate the help.

Thanks

Hi Pragi, sorry about that. The have all been PCIE. Two were SIIG and one was a Syba.

Very strange indeed. I haven't tried any other devices because the cards themselves act as if they aren't even connected to the slots I've had them in. I have no other kind of card to try whether it be FW, USB or whatever. This is feeling pretty hopeless so far.

If you turn off plug and play in the bios and boot up into windows os does it show up in device manager with a yellow exclamation mark?

Another idea....
do this fw cards need a power connection to the  the main adapter
inside the box ?If yes, are they connected? 
 
Good luck, going to sleep now........

Haha....sweet dreams! :) But to answer your question...yes, one had to be plugged in and it was and the plug was enabled in the bios. The other two didn't require additional power. Thanks again.

what about legacy devices?,,,is there something in the bios about that?

CakeAlexS
This appears more a motherboard compatibility with the firewire card than a Focusrite compatibility with the firewire card I assume? If you can't get the firewire card working there's no chance in hell you are going to get the saffire working.
 
Here are firmware updates and chipset drivers, latest firmware was released 3 weeks ago:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z87PRO/#support
 
After this please check in with Intel autoupdate:
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect
 
Then try different slots...
 
What is the exact model of the SIIG firewire card?

Hey Alex,

Thanks so much for the links. I will definitely try them. You're absolutely right....it's definitely a MB issue not a Saffire issue.
The SIG card was the SIIG (NN-E20012-S2) 2-Port.

So post #16 should sort out the motherboard chipset drivers and you need to be updated to the latest BIOS version.

No need to install drivers for the interface, however please run windows update several times when the card is inserted.
 
That should be all you need to do, you might need to check the settings in the BIOS afterwards but only as a last resort.
 
Cheers
 
Alex

CakeAlexS
So post #16 should sort out the motherboard chipset drivers and you need to be updated to the latest BIOS version.

No need to install drivers for the interface, however please run windows update several times when the card is inserted.
 
That should be all you need to do, you might need to check the settings in the BIOS afterwards but only as a last resort.

I will absolutely give all that a try and let you know Alex. Thank so much for your help.

Great links StarTekh. Thank you very much for passing those along.

if you installed a new Z87 mobo why didn't u get a version with firewire on the board?  i put a Saffire pro 24 with my Z77 mobo and no issues.  unless there's something with the new Z87 drivers not talking with the firewire hdwe???

Maarkr
if you installed a new Z87 mobo why didn't u get a version with firewire on the board?

I honestly didn't know that I could. I didn't see that as an option to buy when I was looking. That would have been the way to go had I known.....that is...if it's even an option.