Use a Tascam FW1884. Building a new computer. Need to include a TI Chipset Firwire card. Other than being TI Chipset, is there anything else I need to know ?

The following FireWire chipsets have been tested and approved......


LSI (Agere) Chipset Type
LSI (Agere) FW322 PCI
LSI (Agere) FW323 PCI
TI FW643 PCI Express
TI TSB43A PCI
TI TSB82A PCI
TI TSB83A PCI
TI XIO2200 PCI Express
VIA XIO2213 PCI Express
    VT6306 PCI
VIA VT6307
VIA VT6308
Notes
PCI
PCI
On some older motherboards, this chipset will only support
a limited number of playback channels: 32 channels at 44.1
or 48 kHz; 16 channels at 88.2 or 96 kHz

and

HP
Syba
Sabrent
SIIG
StarTech
Syba
Model
PA997A
SD-LUD-4F
SBT-VT6306
NN-400012-SA
EC13941A1B
SD-EXPC34-2F
Manufacturer
Lucent
Eforcity
Micropac
Agere
StarTech
ExSys
Model
IEEE1394a
PCRDFW31CON1
SBT-VT6306
151PCI394015
EC13942
EX-16415

The following FireWire chipsets have been tested and found to be incompatible....

JMicron
JMicron
JMicron
NEC
NEC
NEC
NEC
NEC
Chipset
JMB381
JMB382
JMB3838
D72870
D72871
D72872
D72873
D72874
Type
PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI Express
PCI
PCI
PCI
PCI
PCI
Notes
This card has limited functionality. If the listed amount of
playback channels is exceeded, or if there is other
significant traffic on the bus (DV cam, hard drive, etc) the
card will fail and will not work until after a reboot:
48 channels at 44.1 or 48 kHz, 24 channels at 88.2 or 96kHz

If this is your first move to Win 7 you might want to take a look at the tutorial below.
http://deeringamps.com/fw1884/sonarx1b_fw1884.htm

Tom

DeeringAmps


If this is your first move to Win 7 you might want to take a look at the tutorial below.
http://deeringamps.com/fw1884/sonarx1b_fw1884.htm

Tom

   Deering: thanks I dont have a 1884 unit....

any idea what the 400 Mbps or 800 Mbps means ?  Do I need to be concerned about 32 or 64 bit? Would either of these cards work:

http://www.amazon.com/Syba-SD-FWB-64B-Chipset-800Mbps-400Mbps/dp/B000Z80JZI/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1325202671&sr=1-3 


Syba SD-FWB-64B TI Chipset 64-Bit 2x 1394b (800Mbps), 1x 1394a (400Mbps) Ports, Card Only

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Or this one: http://www.virtech.ca/detailProduct.php?str=SY-29SDVIA3F&currency=USD

PCI Firewire 1394a 2 ports controller card based on VIA VT6307
Firewire 1394a ports: External x2 & Internal x1
PCI 2.2 compliant
PC99 ACPI Compliant
Transfer rate: Each port up to 400Mbps
Meets all OHCI and 1394A requirements
External port: 1394a x 2
Internal port: 1394a x 1.


Had no idea of all of the options / reqs!

Thanks to all!

Thanks to both DeeringAmps and StarTekh

you want a stock 400 Mbps card...

Do I need to be concerned about 32 or 64 bit...no

Awesome!! Thanks friends!

Tracey,
One thing to keep in mind, does the new motherboard have a PCI slot?
The ADS Pyro card I once used is a PCI card, it worked flawlessly.
I have a "newer" ADS Pyro PCI-e card, but I haven't had to use it because both my
Gigabyte boards have on board TI firewire.
In doing a quick search I see that the Pyro PCI-e card was discontinued back in May.
Many have/do use the Adaptec 4300 with good results. It is PCI, I'm not sure what the equivalent PCI-e card is.
I would stick with the TI chipset, but that's just me.
HTH,
T

I have never had any success using my FW-1884 qith anything but TI chipsets.

This is what I'm using right now in my ASUS  mobo that has onboard VIA chipset (a no go).

http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=249082