My ancient XP DAW computer has been acting up lately. Sometimes it doesn't see the Saffire, slow starting and roundy-round cursor forever.
Then the mouse stopped working. Then the keyboard. Reboots usually fixed the glitches, but tonight, the thing wouldn't start at all. The first time there was a lot of what looked like static over fast-flowing numbers on the screen. The cursor was inoperative but I couldn't see anything to click on anyway.
Rebooting several times resulted in an ear-piercing whine and no video output.
Even though it's only 10, I think it's dead.
Thank goodness I backed my projects up recently.
But wait! There's more!
My ancient Yamaha keyboard has stopped making noises. It still sends and receives MIDI, but there is no output. I figured it was probably a solder joint that broke, so I tried to open it up and take a look. Say what you want about Yamaha's low-cost PSR line, but they sure built them strong. Well, 15 years ago they built them strong. I think I'll probably need a sledge hammer to get into it.
So, now I need to find an audio interface that works with my Win 10 64-bit computer and a new keyboard, too. I could get a FireWire card, but I don't think Focusrite has Win 10 drivers for the Saffire.
On the plus side, I did win $1 in the lottery today.
A fresh start. Charge!

Greg, I'm using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 with W10 (so is Mesh), no problems.

The good thing is the price of computers is coming down..... so only another year of "dollar a day" wins in the lottery will get you there.
 
I hate to hear that Greg...  I know how lost I would feel if that happened to me.... and I know at some point it will.
 
I'm hoping by then it's Windows 39 and running with a 256 bit OS.... and it'll likely be Sonar Z1000 at that point as well.

So, I got a FireWire card installed and recognized by Windows, but I can't try out my Saffire with this computer because I need to load the program from disk before I can connect it, according to the manual. The DVD/CD drive is still absent.
I had the Microsoft guy take control of my machine the other night and he did some stuff, but that didn't fix it. Reconnected with them yesterday, and they still couldn't fix it. In fact, they hung up on me. Chat, not phone, but it amounted to the same thing.
On the plus side, there was a large Win 10 update (?) when I logged on the next day, and now the "Go To First Unread Post" button works.

"Go To First Unread Post" = The Big Bang?

Hi,
 
I'm thinking that the motherboard is about to say good night ... not sure I would be spending money on parts until you know for sure.

Cancel that; go to first unread post has stopped working again.