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.

Hi Mojo...

I don't know if this is the issue, but I had trouble with a couple of saffires and FireWire...

By any chance are you using a wireless network card? The only solution I found for the circumstance was to disable the wireless nic when the saffire was to be used....?

You might try that... I'm having trouble getting a Presonus AudioBox 1818VSL transferred to a laptop (it has been replaced with a Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2)... And I'm planning on trying that here today as well...

Just a thought... If your nit familiar with a simple disable all you need to do is:

Go to control panel
Open device manager
Locate the wireless card and click to disable it...

Simple enough to repat that procedure to enable it again when audio work is done...

Keni

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.

Hi,
have you tried all different Pci-E ports for the FW card?
PCi or PCI-E?
checked in the bios if the PCi/E slots are enabled if possible?
Which other Pci(E) cards are installed?
 
I installed my LA CIE Pci Fw 400(TI chiipset) in the second PCI slot , counted from the floor!
 
 
Hope this helps
Pragi

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,
I also have a asus z 8 aso  mainboard here.
can you possibly answer the 2 unanswered question  above?
And yes, I know, it´s better to run a Pci-E fw card, but this La Cie works like crazy
even as FW 400!!
 
 

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

No need to be sorry,,
but this is strange, that you are using Pci-E cards,
which are recommended for all the new mb´s and they are not recognized by your system.......
Imo this seems to be a deadlock about the Pci or Pci-e format for your constellation.
I cannot answer the question , why your system doesn´t 
recognize your fw card, sorry.
Have you tried other devices on that pcie slot- is that  working?
 
Pragi

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.

Mojo,
to circle the problem it would be good, to try if the Pcie port´s are working.
Sure you are for some days now trying everything to start this......(sh........  ).
 
I don´t know if you have the po(i)ssibility to lend a pci-e card from a friend or so,
or you can try other things to male sure that the mb is not defect.
 
Sorry for asking so much questions but (and this again)
have you tried to expand-disable all network- ,lan and usb devices and fw card at one point and 
starting your system without all that and then
implemented the fw card and started the system?
I guess yes!
 
Pragi