Irony ::M-Audio FW1814 Problem:: Laptop won't recognise HELP

Nightrider · Post by **Nightrider** » Sun May 13, 2007 6:05 am

LOFA wrote:Alright, I have a picture of a generic device under midi in the audio midi setup. It says FW1814 on it. It is right next to my the iac driver and a symbol representing the network.

Do you see this screen? Can you see a box that says fw1814?

If not, I highly recommend unistalling and trashing everything in your computer that came fro maudio. This can be done from the terminal, as was suggested to me by the helpful maudio tech. It requires a few very careful steps, as working within the terminal can do bad things when you make mistakes.

Afterwards, I would suggest first installing the recent pro-update from apple http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ ... ort40.html just in case you run any of their apps. This is a bit of a stretch, but in lieu of reinstalling the whole operating system for an earlier build that may work better with an earlier driver, it can't hurt to take measures to make the OS happy.

Then, if the combo driver is not the first driver that you used, I would try it. I believe that it is what I am using on my PPC right now, as well as my macintel.

If you got this device for $300 or less, then I recommend trying to make it work. Now that I am using it on my macintel I feel like it's worth the $425 I paid for it new. That and it introduced me to Live Delta 2.

is that the driver 1.8.2?

Nightrider · Post by **Nightrider** » Sun May 13, 2007 6:55 am

Nightrider wrote:
LOFA wrote:Alright, I have a picture of a generic device under midi in the audio midi setup. It says FW1814 on it. It is right next to my the iac driver and a symbol representing the network.

Do you see this screen? Can you see a box that says fw1814?

If not, I highly recommend unistalling and trashing everything in your computer that came fro maudio. This can be done from the terminal, as was suggested to me by the helpful maudio tech. It requires a few very careful steps, as working within the terminal can do bad things when you make mistakes.

Afterwards, I would suggest first installing the recent pro-update from apple http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ ... ort40.html just in case you run any of their apps. This is a bit of a stretch, but in lieu of reinstalling the whole operating system for an earlier build that may work better with an earlier driver, it can't hurt to take measures to make the OS happy.

Then, if the combo driver is not the first driver that you used, I would try it. I believe that it is what I am using on my PPC right now, as well as my macintel.

If you got this device for $300 or less, then I recommend trying to make it work. Now that I am using it on my macintel I feel like it's worth the $425 I paid for it new. That and it introduced me to Live Delta 2.
is that the driver 1.8.2?

Tried all of this. No success!!

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:14 am

Fuck. It's late. I can't even think about another suggestion. I'm sure you'll get a profit on it and wind up with a better piece of gear, but knowing that it works should ensure a better resell price. I would insist they replace the fucker if they can't service it through the telephone.

Sorry man.

Nightrider · Post by **Nightrider** » Sun May 13, 2007 8:26 am

LOFA wrote:Fuck. It's late. I can't even think about another suggestion. I'm sure you'll get a profit on it and wind up with a better piece of gear, but knowing that it works should ensure a better resell price. I would insist they replace the fucker if they can't service it through the telephone.

Sorry man.

cheers for your efforts. I really appreciate it.

donnydonny · Post by **donnydonny** » Sun May 13, 2007 6:32 pm

Did you uninstall and re-install Live, too, as part of your re-installing process? Doing a clean uninstall of M-Powered helped get my ProjectMix running the way it should.

Also, when you downloaded the v1.8.2 drivers, did they show up as v1.8.13 when mounted? That happened to me and I didn't catch it til the 3rd time around. If you have multiple copies of the file on your desktop (or whatever location) it could appear like that. Deleting and emptying the trash and only having ONE copy of the driver file and disk image will ensure that you have the v1.8.2 installer.

Nightrider · Post by **Nightrider** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:06 am

to be honest guys there are maybe still a few things I could try and different combos and stuff but really if it needs to be fucked around with this much to get it to work it certainly is not worth it. (I doubt it will work anyway) I have spent probably 15-20 hours on it on the weekend but nothing. What happened to plug and play?!

I never had a driver for my Edirol ua-3fx and that plug in whenever, however and has never fucked me around once. Ok it's not a very good card for other reasons, but it works and faultlessly.

IT'S going back!

Nightrider · Post by **Nightrider** » Fri May 18, 2007 2:48 am

what do you know the MOTU ULTRALITE arrived this morning. Installed the driver, plugged it in and I'm away. 10 mintues max.

Fuck You M-Audio for taking 3 years off my life last weekend with the stress!!!

That's my final m-audio experience. Now time to play....

Thanks to all the guys for their assistance!!

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Fri May 18, 2007 4:43 am

You're welcome. The stress will only make things feel smoother now!