Maybe firewire support is officially dead, but unofficially it’s alive and kicking □ (at least on some hardware configurations)įortunately, I got my Saffire Pro40 to work with Windows 21H1 (yes, 21H1!) on a AMD Ryzen 5 3600X computer.ġ. It is not true that Windows 10 doesn’t support firewire anymore. In case you can’t find them elsewhere, this is a. ![]() Feb 2021: A proposed variation of signature enforcement using bcdedit testsigning (not sure if it would work for windows 10 v2004 base installation, nor with a X570 motherboard):.Additional considerations if you have a blue screen of death BSOD on Windows: Disk repair: CHKDSK /tag/fix-whea-uncorrectable-error-windows-10/.It’s amazing! (the M4 model would be closer to the Saffire i/o) Update January 2021: Bought a Motu M2.Time to start audio card shopping □ □ □ □ Hunch that the legacy windversion was better, and that the AMD AGESA is to blame. Tried playing with multiple bios settings, including 10-bit tag, assigning PCIE versions, CSM… no luck. spent a few hours trying to get the Vantec PCIE firewire card working. Update Dec 2020: Installed a fresh Windows 10 pro and x570 motherboard.It found corrupted files and repaired them. Not sure if related, but while doing this, I had started a scan via Command Prompt (Admin), and typed: system32>SFC /scannow.Right click-> update driver, then choose from already installed, and choose Sound, video and other controllers ->Focusrite->Saffire. This worked for DAW music and audio output for regular computer use (after trying the previous method): Go to device manager, you’ll see the drivers aren’t being used.The trick here was that I didn’t install drivers for the WDM devices, as these seem to cause the unit to become unresponsive. Right click-> update driver, then choose from already installed, and choose 61883->Focusrite->Saffire. This worked for DAW music, but did not give audio output for regular computer use: Go to device manager, you’ll see the drivers aren’t being used.The risk is low if you have downloaded the file from a reliable source (virus scan it just in case). This time the installer will succeed to install the 2 focusrite saffire drivers (with “Windows can’t verify publisher of this driver software” warnings, just choose install anyway). Now re-run saffire-2.71.exe installer downloaded from Focusrite.Right click on Legacy1394.inf and choose install.Go to: C:\Program Files (x86)\1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy)\圆4_driver.Choose Install the driver software anyway. But this time the Windows Security dialog pops up with a “Windows can’t verify publisher of this driver software” warning. After the computer has loaded windows, repeat the driver installation process.There might be an alternative to this by setting your computer in test mode, but advanced startup always works for me. When the computer is rebooting at the blue screen where the startup settings appears, select the 7th bullet “Disable driver signature enforcement” (press 7).Choose PC Settings (in the bottom): Advanced startup – Restart now. Press Alt-I or search windows for advanced startup.Install legacy 1394 driver from: (This link may be expired.Probably safest to start: Uninstall saffire.exe.This is a mishmash of various FAQs I found online and my own annotations: I figured out the fix for the latest windows 10 19041! I spent a few hours today to figure out a new last step involving using device manager installing a the driver 61883. With the latest update, I thought my card was a goner. Here is what has been working for me so far. The problem? My card uses FireWire Windows 10 doesn’t support FireWire (IEEE 1394). See comments.Įach time there’s a Windows 10 update my 12 year old Saffire risks becoming obsolete. Some have found success for a similar model (Saffire Pro40) using a PCIe firewire controller card with Texas Instruments XIO2213B (B is important!) or LSI/Agere FW634 chipset. ![]() If you are able to downgrade to 1909, workarounds may be possible.
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