Firewire Cardbus adapter = XP freeze

futureproof · Post by **futureproof** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 11:30 am

I just took delivery of my new external harddrive and Zonet cardbus firewire adapter but the adapter causes my computer to freeze when it detects the new hardware.

"found new hardware Via OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 host controller" = frozen XP.

Anyone dealt with this before??

BTW
XP SP1
AMD athlon xp
HP ze4420us laptop

Padraig · Post by **Padraig** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:39 pm

I had all sorts of problems getting a Firewire adapter that worked with my sound interface (M-Audio Audiophile). Maybe the VIA chipset isn't compatible with your PC. Texas Instruments, Lucent and a couple of others make chips for the IEEE 1394 standard.

Also there are three different types of Firewire standards. The original 1995 standard, IEEE 1944a and IEEE 1394b. In the end I just tried 4 different adapters until I found one that worked.

Nub · Post by **Nub** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:02 pm

Yeah, copy that. I tried three different cardbus adapters to give myself more USB2.0 and firewire ports, to attach my audiophile and lacie d2 drive to. it was no end of trouble. ended up sacking the lot and getting el cheapo unpowered USB 2.0 hub that just plugs into the existing usb port and gived me enough with the 1 on board firewire port.

i was all over dell and the cardbus suppliers for help but they just shrugged. spent weeks trawling the net looking for fixes, but there are none.

it's a pain the the ass.

futureproof · Post by **futureproof** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 6:13 pm

I only have USB 1.1 ....any suggestions?

Moody · Post by **Moody** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 6:21 pm

The Via CardBus chipset sucks... sorry to let you know after the fact but most audio interface manufacturers recommend the TI or Lucent chipsets for there cardbus and firewire interfaces.

Padraig · Post by **Padraig** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:26 pm

True. The crazy thing was that the first cardbus I tried was the Via chipset. Didn't work so phoned up M-Audio who said "yeah Via's crap, we always recommend TI" Got a TI cardbus, didn't work. Then got a Lucent one, which didn't work either. Fourth one was a Via again and of course this one works fine. So fuck knows, it's totally random from what I can see.

After doing loads of digging around it basically seems that the only ones that ever work are the decent brand names like Startech, Belkin, Ratoc etc.

Spacerboy · Post by **Spacerboy** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 6:52 am

hi,

i also bought a cardbus for my laptop to run the edirol FA101. but I can´t get bus power for the FA101 working`?
any idea?

spacy

futureproof · Post by **futureproof** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 10:24 am

I've now tried a total of three cards and its the same thing everytime....XP freezes.

Nub · Post by **Nub** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:32 pm

yeah mate

i worked my way through the chipsets also

the whole thing is shafted

can you just use USB 2 instead? whats your setup details? I'll give you some tips, believe me I have walked the road...

mail me at [email protected] as I don't check this every day and the 'notify' widget doesn't work for me

Firewire Cardbus adapter = XP freeze

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