Firewire audio problems -- system reboots!!

Hitime wrote on 10/12/2005, 6:10 AM
I have had these problems since installing an edirol fa401. I have seen similar probs somewhere on this forum with fw410 boxes but cannot find it now.. I thought I have had enough experiments with this problem to share it with y'all and hopefully Sony because I THINK THEY (and thus us) HAVE A PROBLEM.

I am using v6.0c.

1) There is the same problem in Acid 5.0c too

2) It is using external monitors that destabilises the computer

3) It is the ASIO drivers that are worst affected. What is the difference between ASIO and ASIO 2? FA101 uses the latter

4) If I switch to WDM I get get rare lockups not reboots

5) externally powering the FA101 reduced but not cured the problem

6) there as yet no upgrades for the FA101 drivers but these are the only applications causing problems

7) the FA101 is a very nice piece of kit which is going to be a frustration until Sony sort it.

hope this helps

Comments

MyST wrote on 10/12/2005, 7:05 AM
Is there anything else sharing the firewire card that your sound card is plugged into?
If yes, did you try running it by itself to see if that helped.

Mario
Hitime wrote on 10/12/2005, 7:51 AM
only the external monitor which is on another port
epirb wrote on 10/12/2005, 3:03 PM
You may have already done this. I had prob's with my FW410
was working fine for a week since new then the shut downs.
Bottom line removed the drivers and in the registry went and deleted all ref to the 410 . reinstalled the original drivers(even though there was an updated one on the site) , have not had a problem since.
farss wrote on 10/12/2005, 3:42 PM
The problem does seem to be more a Windoz one than a Vegas one. I've had issues along the same lines with the 410, running it on its own 1394 port helps and having it as the only device on at boot and then connecting the VCRs etc helps. With some of the really old decks like the DSR30 though at times the only way is to disconnect the 410 while I capture.
Bob.
Hitime wrote on 10/13/2005, 2:45 AM
I am using a dsr 11 for the external monitor might that be it?
Hitime wrote on 10/13/2005, 2:50 AM
Th fa101 comes only with bare drivers not the suite that FW410 has.
The original drivers have not been updated but I could try re-installing but 3 other midi aplications all work fine IT IS ONLY THE SONY ONES THAT ARE FAILING.