Ken, that is good news! Thanks for the update.
Ed; hot swapping on the FW is not the best idea, eventually you're gonna "pop" the U9 chip.
I know Rio was doing it, but youch!! That bear is gonna bite you in the a$$.
T

Today my FW 1884 would not connect with my pc I have tried several times, without any luck. I do not have other cables to try, but I tried with my former FW card with the same result. The FW connection will sometimes light up for a second, just to disappear again. Have something broken? And if so, if it fixable?
I hope that my journey with this unit is longer than this.
All the best.

DeeringAmps
Ed; hot swapping on the FW is not the best idea, eventually you're gonna "pop" the U9 chip.
I know Rio was doing it, but youch!! That bear is gonna bite you in the a$$.
T

Yeah, I gave that serious thought.

I ordered the same card as Zarggy. It should be here tomorrow. I'm hoping I'll see the same results (wrt: power off/on in Win 10 without crash.)

I think when the firewire chip is damaged all light flash; I think that's right.
I have shipped numerous U9 replacement chips (I am NOT suggesting your unit needs one),
and I SHOULD know the symptoms, but I do not.
By "cold" yes I mean the room is cold.
My Studio is about 60 degrees, this time of year, and my FW will not stay connected on boot.
Guys on the Tascam forum had complained that their FW had to "warm up", like tube gear.
I thought, and responded numerous times, that could not be right.
BUT, there is a Tascam service bulletin, its on my site, that recommends replacing one of the
firewire capacitors because they are temperature sensitive.
You say the firewire LED lights momentarily when you boot the 1884; right?
That sounds like maybe a cap issue in the power supply...
 
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Well, the good news for me is FW-1884 under Win 10 64bit is everything I wanted.
 
The Syba card now allows me to turn off and then back on while in Win 10. Just like I used to be able to with my ADS pyro card.
 
Looks like I will not be needing the X-touch until such time that the Tascam goes titzup.

DeeringAmps
bapu, just want to get this right.
The ADS pyro worked fine in Win 7. Was the pyro a PCI card? or PCIe?
Now with the same computer? upgraded to Win 10, the ADS quit working correctly?
Do I have that right?
T
 

The ADS pyro "quit working" in that while in Win 10 (booted) if I powered it off while in Win 10 and the powered it back on Win 10 would crash.  In Win 7 with the Pyro I could power off and on While in win 7 NEVER with a crash.
 
The Syba card lets me power off and then power back on while Win 10 is up.
 
Zarggy said that he belives the Syba card is hot swappable capable. I conclude the Pyro (or mine specifically) was not hot swapable capable.

Heating up the room did make no difference.
Will go out and buy a new cable, to see if that makes any difference.
Will report back.
All the best.

New cable did not do anything 
The only light I get (beside all lights flashing when starting up) is clock, and stop (in computer mode).
Any ideas as where to go from here?
All the best.

I have not tested that yet. Will try, and report back.
All the best.

I finally / suddenly got connection with my FW 1884 again today 
I read all threads about the FW 1884 on tascam forum, back to 2005, and tried various methods without any luck.
I then decided to open it up, to see if anything apparent would show itself. I checked as many connections as I dared to. Sprayed some electronics cleaner in most places. Thought I had nothing to lose, as it did not work. Fired it up, with no go. Then I thought it cannot hurt more if I connect both FW ports from the FW 1884, and to the pc. No luck.
I then took out one of the cables, and voila. It connected
I am not sure if I dare to turn it off again, now that it is working again.
 
On a sidenote, I also repaired the SPL eq Magix I bought the same say the FW 1884 lost connection today (mostly with super glue and electronics cleaner).
Today has been a good day for me
I thank you (Tom, and Ed) for guiding me through my frustrations.
All the best

Zargg71
A little followup for Win 10 users. I hadde to roll back Windows, as I got the before mentioned issue when turning off on when Windows was running. Now everything is running fine again.
All the best.

Rolled back to what Ken?

Really good read guys, I have and use it's little brother control surface (FW1082) and have had no probs at all from XP, Vista to Win 7. All these O/S worked Fine with various Sonar platforms, now Platinum. Then the freebie Win 10 was too much of a pull ... so I upgraded .... work flow zero was the result! I'm afraid Win 10 is not for the fire wire user it seems, I tried to make it work and crashes with weird and odd things completely ruined my time in the studio ...so I reverted back to a fresh install of Win 7 and Sonar Platinum took a deep breath ... and all works fine. Windows 10 is a good big brother O/S but it's not for me, great on the laptop bad in the studio ...just saying is all!
 
My studio :- Win7 64bit 16GB, Tascam FW1082, Vx7, DX7, Tascam 688 (Analogue recording) and the rest is just showin' off) 

Resurrecting an old thread to say that I did a fresh install on my studio pc, with the latest Windows updates, SONAR updates, etc, and the FW 1884 is working better than ever before. Still used Tom's guide, and it all went without a hitch 
This is just to give an update for other FW 1884 users
All the best.

http://deeringamps.com/fw1884/win_10_fw_1884.htm
 
Maybe this will help...