Belken cards have always used the texas instruments firewire chipset and have been good for me on desktop and laptop. Regards, Phil Muir Accessibility Training Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK +44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of D!J!X! Sent: 06 November 2010 18:00 To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Saffire Pro 40, was RE: Re: M-audio fast track pro I believe this is still the case, the T.I requirement is more to do with the chipset of the actual firewire bus/chipset. It's not driver or software related... What I'd like to know is which cards which use the texas instruments firewire chipset are the best, belken or buslink etc. HTH, D!J!X! -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dancing Dots Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 1:44 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Saffire Pro 40, was RE: Re: M-audio fast track pro Phil wrote: Use both my Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 and Pro 40 under Windows 7 64 bit and they work like a charm! That's great, Phil. In general, is firewire support any simpler under Windows7? That is, do you have to take the same precautions when shopping for your Windows7 DAW to make sure that there will not be firewire incompatibilities as we did for XP? It was not enough just to get an XP machine with a firewire port. That machine needed to have the Texas Instruments flavor of firewire or certain firewire devices simply would not work. Regards, Bill Bill McCann Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 www.DancingDots.com Tel: [001] 610-783-6692 PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq