M-Audio Firewire 410 soundcard problem on Windows on new iMac

Hi

I am afraid I have the same problem. I have a Firewire Audiophile using bootcamp and I also get the interface but no sound. I have contacted M-audio who said they dont support the new bootcamp on Intel macs yet.

I hope someone can help.

Bernie

I having the same problem on my iMac aluminum 24". So between this and the ATI card not being able to handle openGL, I can't to my 3d nor my Audio.

It's definitely not just you. I've been struggling with an install for a Tascam FW 1804 on my iMac-Leopard-Bootcamp2-XP Pro. Works rather well on my Macbook, so I'm thinking it's the iMac configuration, particularly the Sigma or Realtek .cpl. Like you, everything looks like it's loaded, but the ASIO drivers cannot be accessed. Very frustrating.

Same exact problem here with an 1814, useless!! What now? I need to use this in Windows.. Anyone any ideas?

I opened a problem ticket with m-audio support. Let's see what they say. But when my firewire 410 works on every computer in my house and even on the iMac under OSX 10.5 , sort of makes me think the problem is the firewire controller drivers under XP.

from M-audio...

M-Audio does not support Boot Camp on Intel based Macs at this time.

The problem is that there is no BIOS on Mac Intel systems and getting devices to work on some XP systems requires BIOS/OS tweaks. Boot Camp works around the need for BIOS; Windows does not. Windows installations are not always consistent and the fact it works on one Intel Mac does not mean it will work on another.

Attempting to install any M-Audio device or drivers in Boot Camp is done solely at the user’s own risk.

Here is a website that has many troubleshooting tips that can help get devices to work on XP and MAY work for Boot Camp; however this is all done at the users own risk.

http://www.pcaudiolabs.com/setuptips1.asp?cat=setu

For M-Audio FireWire devices:

Switching from Mac to PC the FireWire device may not always load the firmware properly. To get the PC firmware to load you may have to boot into XP then shut down, disconnect, reconnect and reboot. Switching from PC to Mac automatically loads the correct firmware.

If this workaround does not fix your issue, you will have to run the device solely on Mac OS or on Windows hardware.

If you have newer Macs you may have an Agere Firewire chipset, as opposed to a Texas Instruments one, (check Device Manager to find out which you have). The Agere chipset is known to have incompatibilities with Pro Audio cards from many manufacturers.
Look here for more info:
http://rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1475

Cheers.

I've got a Focusrite Saffire (Firewire 400 interface) and I can only get it to partially work as well. It is recognized but the audio clicks and pops horribly with constant static as if playing out of blown out speakers. It works perfectly when logged into Leopard. I suspect the problem is XP Pro SP2's issue with Firewire 400+ support in combination with the FireWire chipset used in the new iMacs. Check out the following Microsoft KB: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;885222

I installed the patch but it hasn't addressed the problem. I did a file transfer test with an external firewire 800 HD and the transfer rate was well over twice as slow as when running in Leopard.

The rme page is helpful and telling at the same time.

Here is my problem: New Macbook pro, my M-Audio FW 1814 worked at the beginning )only garage band= with the beta version of the OS X 10. 5 driver, but than failed. Updated driver of m-audio )released end of april, did not help. M computer seems to recognize the external device, the software mixer shows movements, but there is no sound whatsoever coming in or out.

My question: Did apple give any statement on the problem? A lot of customers buy apple for making music, after all.

Cheers,

P

I had similar problems working in Windows Xp pro SP2, (boot camp partition) with my m-audio 410 firewire.
I had "pops" whilie playing mp3's , and using cubase Sx ( was imposible record traks withs this pops ).
In Mac OS X partitos audio card works fine ,any pops.

I found that one solution in Windos could be disable the wireless network card.
Control Panel -> network connections
right click on Wireless network connection and click disable.
After doing that , I had no pops playing mp3's and a better performance in cubase. I don't know why ( I supose becose wireless funcionality is near the core processor in Intel ,could be? )
I would like to get this fix without have to disable this.
I'm waiting for a better solution but
I hoppe that this will be useful for you as a temporary solution.
Sorry about my english. still learning .