Notice for all using M-Audio 410 FW who are having problems

Attack mode · Post by **Attack mode** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:31 pm

I couldn't get this thing to work properly. I spent a week trouble shooting with tech support from all sides, and was just about to reformat to fix what I thought was the problem (virtual IRQ in XP)

The problem was... the 410 is a serious pile of crap.

I exchanged it today for a MOTU Ultra Lite.... This thing is stunning, and surprise, no more audio issues.

So if you keep having drop outs and glitching, overruns on cpu, latency problems et al; it's the wonderful 410 and all it problems saying hello. When I returned it to the store, the girl at the counter recognized me, and knew immediately what I was there to do without even asking.

I'm glad someone out there is working hard to give us equipment that is rock steady and ready for the road. Thanks to MOTU for all their efforts. I can now hit the road knowing that I’m covered.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:55 pm

Heh. Join the club

the fw 410...... ugh...
Snap crackle pop boom

no_barcode · Post by **no_barcode** » Thu May 25, 2006 11:13 pm

Yep -- took mine back and got a PreSonus Firebox. Haven't had any "sudden dropouts" or any other major problems since I dumped that pile of crap M-Audio 410.

eyeknow · Post by **eyeknow** » Fri May 26, 2006 7:14 am

hahahahahahahahahaahahaahahahahaha

again, as posted......welcome

Mine is long gone............it's landfill. I "pete townsended" it. My neighbors were pretty wierded out.........but it was a great relief!

I am very sorry though that you had trouble with it............glad you like your ultralight! ( I have a traveler.........)

noou · Post by **noou** » Sat May 27, 2006 12:25 pm

I don't have enough money to change my 410...
however I'm setting up an offertory via the forum: my paypal address is...

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:40 pm

noou wrote: I don't have enough money to change my 410...
however I'm setting up an offertory via the forum: my paypal address is...

Look at ebay for audio cards or www.thomann.de

noou · Post by **noou** » Wed May 31, 2006 6:41 pm

DJ VAKIS wrote:
noou wrote: I don't have enough money to change my 410...
however I'm setting up an offertory via the forum: my paypal address is...
Look at ebay for audio cards or www.thomann.de

thanks! thomann rocks! but 300 € are still too much for me at present... I bought my 410 just one year ago... it's not so bad, is it?

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:20 am

noou wrote:
DJ VAKIS wrote:
noou wrote: I don't have enough money to change my 410...
however I'm setting up an offertory via the forum: my paypal address is...
Look at ebay for audio cards or www.thomann.de
thanks! thomann rocks! but 300 € are still too much for me at present... I bought my 410 just one year ago... it's not so bad, is it?

No.If it works for you then it's ok.
Ciao.

poshook · Post by **poshook** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:04 pm

no_barcode wrote:Yep -- took mine back and got a PreSonus Firebox. Haven't had any "sudden dropouts" or any other major problems since I dumped that pile of crap M-Audio 410.

Firewire 410 is profi class in comparison with EMU 1212m...

poshook · Post by **poshook** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:08 pm

no_barcode wrote:Yep -- took mine back and got a PreSonus Firebox. Haven't had any "sudden dropouts" or any other major problems since I dumped that pile of crap M-Audio 410.

except noise.
FW410 is crystal clear in comparison with Firebox

roby · Post by **roby** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:17 am

i never had issues with mine under XP and 2000pro..

geo · Post by **geo** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:15 pm

My 410 works fine ok on my laptop but is having problems(CPU spikes, etc) on my desktop. I tried another firewire cable, didn't fix the problem, will upgrade the firewire adapter to a VIA one, I think could be that, or all this IRC issues, anyone with any other ideas, greatly appreciated...