It is a TI chip on the card. I'll have to pull it to see what brand the card is, though. Bapu may know.
It is PCIe.
My DAW computer uses VIA without problems (as someone in a very old thread wrote, "you got lucky").
I'll go through these recommendations on my days off and see what happens. I just think it's strange that the FW card was seen by Windows when I first installed it, but never again.
Thanks everyone for chiming in. I'll let you know the outcome.