Hi everybody,

Does the TC Powercore firewire work on Hackintosh? No problem?

Thx.

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It certainly does for me on OSX 10.4.8!

Thx

The Tc PowerCore Firewire work Great with Hachintosh 10.4.8 and later...
My Setup :
Gigabyte P35 DQ6 (Audio disabled)
Intel Core 2 Quad 6600
Ati Radeon X1950XT Fully Functional (Jccool Method)
4 x 1GB Corsair Pc 6400
2 x WD Raptor 74GB
1 x Pioneer BDC 202 BD Combo
Motu 828 MKII
RME Fireface 800
Motu MidiExpress 128
An/Di Pro
2 x Tc PowerCore Firewire
2 x UAD 1 PCIe

Soft : Cubase 4

Os : Jas 10.4.8 + Kalyway 10.4.10 Update (with Firewire kext BackUp)
Installation with External LaCie DVD Rom USB2

The Setup is Fully Functional and Very Fast (more than MacPro....(!) ).

......My setup is ready to go for Leporad ....(Tested)

Mirco

my powercore is being really stubborn and its not working on my hackintosh. tested in windows and it works! I keep getting an error E000011f. no one seems to have a clue to what this is. im thinking its maybe because of my sound card but I told TC about my issue and they couldnt figure it out! Im thinking their must be something and I think it might have to do with messing with extensions? anyone have a clue?

FYI, my powercore PCI (the original) is working on 10.5.2, using the latest drivers from their website... no problems at all.

(I know you said firewire.... just posting for anybody out there who wants to know about the PCI TC card)

Now, if only I could get my MOTU PCI-424 card to work.
I *KNEW* I should have gotten the firewire stuff instead...

I have the same problem with Logic 8.02.

My mainboard is Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P and my CPU is a Core2Duo 8400.

I've tried with the onboard TI Firewire controller and a PCI Via 6306 based PCI Controller.

Are you running vanilla?
Speedstep and hacked kernels are not an option if you plan working with audio apps.

Yeah, I am running Vanilla and no injectors @ all, 10.5.4.

The solution is to replase IOFirewireFamily.kext and IOFirewireAVC.kext with the ones from 10.4.8/9.

Glad to be running Logic/Poco/Virus finally on OSX !

The solution to replace IOFirewireFamily.kext with 10.4.9 version will indeed make the powercore up and running but the side-effect is that your external FW disks will not be seen any longer...
Is there anyone outthere with a better solution?

Frikkin' AWESOME! I have a powercore element PCI card, bought it ages ago, and thought I would only be able to use in Windows XP. I want to get the Virus Plug-in also for it.

Thanks, you've made my day.

If you're planning to use the Virus|PoCo in Logic you may get into trouble. There are many issues with it.
You can buy a second hand virus b instead and play safe.

Just my 2c.

I've heard of issues with the Virus plug-in under XP also...

I haven't got the plug-in yet, I'll try out the demo first to see if it actually works under OSX ok... What are the main issues you have come across under OSX?

Loss of sync, no Multi-Out in Logic, Unable to <<Freeze>> in Logic.

Loss of sync would be the main problem for me really, I don't need to freeze as the poco does the processing anyway.

I am using the powercore Virus in Logic on a hack and never loose sync...but the sync is 10 ms late all the time...so to have it tight you have to bounce the track and move the audiofile slightly. it is only when you use "arpeggiator" sounds of course. Normal playable sounds you can just backdelay the MIDI parameter,