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I've been having these problems with my firebox were pops a cracks creep in over a certain period of time no matter the latency(I know I'm not the only one). But if you have problems with yours and your running through a pci slot usb/firewire card, make sure its newer. Buying a new pci card with updated firewire ports fixed everything and they are as cheap as 15 dollars!:D Hope this helps some people...
fireboxs are sensitive to what chipset is the firewire card perhaps replacing yours got you a different chipset which plays nicer with the firebox?
i just made sure it was a 1394 firewire port and that it had gold pin connecters.
Couple hours deep of straight of mixing on 4latency and not one pop or crack.
Does anyone recommend a certain brand over another, and...does the firewire thru PCI slot power your firebox, or do you still need the A/C adapter? My HP has the mini 1394 firewire port which doesn't power mine, so was hoping to remedy that with a PCI slot regular version.
The "mini" firewire port is a 4-pin port and will not power it. The larger firewire (i.e. regular-sized on both ends - matches the end that you put into the firebox) is a 6-pin connector and will power it. On my laptop, I only have the 4-pin and have to use the power adapter. On my desktop I have the 6 pin and it works fine without the power adapter.
Yup...thanks keeb for the info,but...I'm actually wondering if the PCI slot firewire ports will power the firebox...less cables the better.
if they are 6-pin firewire pci cards then yes it will power it
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Originally Posted by charo
I accept with information: The "mini" firewire port is a 4-pin port and will not power it. The larger firewire (i.e. regular-sized on both ends - matches the end that you put into the firebox) is a 6-pin connector and will power it.