Hi ! I am an italian Boy Daw User, My Setup : Asus P5WDG2 WS Professional, Intel Core Duo 2 E6700, 4GB Corsair Pc6400, Sapphire X1950Pro 512MB, 2x Raptor 10k 74GB (no Raid), Adaptec FireConnet 4300, Lacie Firewire 800 Card, Pioneer 110BK, Rme Fireface 800, Motu 828MKII, Midex 3, Tc PowerCore Firewire (x2), Iso Installed : 10.4.7.
My Osx86 Work Properly (very fast) except the connection with the external audio interface.
The peripheral appear well connected, but for the driver not present (latest driver downloaded, intel supported); I have also installed the 10.4.8 Iso (JAS AMD.Intel.SSE2.SSE3 kernel Semthex Beta9), but the installer is very slow (1 hour) and after restart black Screen.
Strange fact : The Powercore Firewire work perfectly (with beta driver of Tc), Why ? This Topic : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...udiofamily.kext speak of ioaudiofamily.kext, but i don't have the 10.4.5 Iso, my Mobo is the problem ?
The external Midi Interface Steinberg Midex 3, according to You, has the same problem ?
Please Help-me ! ............Otherwise I must Buy a very macPro (too much expensive for my finance).
Thanks truly for Your Interest !

Mirco.

How much firewire devices are You running on this machine? Three? Don´t You have only one firewire port? Is Motu on usb or firewire? Where ae the PowerCores installed??? Asus has Texas Instruments Firewire chip, this must be ok -but i think is Firewire 400. I can put two Firefaces 800 only if i have FW 800. For other devices i dont know. Try installing all devices separately to test them alone. About Midex 3: Probably you use it because of his LTB, but I think its better to go on with motu midi express 128 or something. Maybe You should buy some 60 EUR ieee1394b ( FireWire 800) PCI card to put in, like the Dawicontrol DC-FW800.It has a Texas Instruments chip.



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I have the same problem, i have a Tascam FW1082 via firewire (the six elements connector) and use a Adaptec DuoConnect AUA-1422. OSX 10.4.9 doesnt recognize it (along with the SD internal card reader), so I cant use my Hackintosh for DAW

Thank for Your feedback.....
Now total audio setup works great !
My Setup :
Asus P5WDG2WSPro
INtel Core Duo E6700
4GB Corsair PC6400
Radeon X1950XT
2x Raptor 74GB (via ICH7) no raid
Pioneer 110D
Case LianLi Pc1000+
Enermax Liberty 620W
LaCie FireWire 800 Pci-X Card
Adaptec USB2 5 port Card
Adaptec FireConnet 4300 (Firewire 400 3 port)
External USB 1 Hub
Lacie TwoBig 500GB
Maxtor OneTouch TE 600GB
2x PowerCore FireWire
Rme FireFace 800 (via LaCie 800)
Motu MidiExpress 128
Motu 828mkII

All Hardware devices are online (previous midi interface : Midex3 doesn't Work.....but MidiExpress is superior) and Works fine with Cubase 4.0.2.....and Motu Digital Performer 5.5
Jas 10.4.8 updated 10.4.9
iTunes & GarageBand Updated (only this if update QuickTime. the output Audio doesn't Work).

My Setup is Perfect: no crash, no restart, very stable platform, i think my WorkStation is more stable than a native Apple machine...
es: Powermac G5 of my friend crashs and restarts with cubase 4 and native 10.4.8 DVD.......
Thanks Insanelymac !