fictionman
Member
Hi everyone,
I know this is a very known issue but I've read a lot of forums and watched a lot of videos on YouTube and still no luck for me.
A few years ago, I built a PC with Windows 7 and everything worked perfectly.
But you all know that the due date is coming : Microsoft decided to stop their support on Windows 7 next January.
So I bought a new SSD to install Windows 10 and I kept my Windows 7 SSD so I can dual-boot on the one I want at startup.
After making a clean install of Windows 10 and optimizing all the settings for audio production, I still have the same problem :
My Saffire Pro 40 Firewire audio interface is going mad. The two LEDs ("FW active" and "Locked") are blinking randomly, the sample rate changes by itself.
If you want to have a concrete idea of the problem, you can watch this : YouTube
Anyway, there is no way to get it stable.
I'm not talking about running a Pro Tools project with 24 tracks, I'm talking about playing a damned mp3 on VLC or watching a video on YouTube.
Here is everything I tried to resolve it :
- Disable all other audio devices I'm not using (NVIDIA, Realtek, etc)
- Tried two different Firewire drivers : "Texas Instruments 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller" (the one proposed by Windows by default) and "1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy)" found on Microsoft support page.
- Clean my Firewire card from dust and changed the PCI-E slot on my motherboard
- Tried different ports on my Firewire card and on my audio interface
- Try to switch the unit on when PC is off or on
- Set default Control Panel Sound ("Playback" and "Recording" devices) on 48khz sample rate (I always work in 48khz) and match it with the MixControl Focusrite software
- Disable system sounds
- Adjust processor scheduling to Background Services
- Adjust PC’s power options to high performance + everything set up to "never"
- Make sure PC doesn’t suspend USB devices
- Disable Windows Background Apps / Delete Bloatwares
- Disable Windows Updates
- Turn off Windows Firewall and anti-virus apps
- Switch off animated windows > set it up for "best performance"
- Switch off screensaver
- Update graphics driver manually
- Update network adapter driver manually
- Install latest device drivers
- Turn off USB power management
- Optimize hard disk
- Disable user account control
- Disable Fast Boot / Hyper threading / Turbo Boost / C-State transition in BIOS
- Close all programs not using
- Disconnect any USB devices not used
- Run DAW as Administrator
After all this tips, I am no longer able to find a solution.
Please, if you have an idea, let me know
Thank a lot and hope to read you soon!
I know this is a very known issue but I've read a lot of forums and watched a lot of videos on YouTube and still no luck for me.
A few years ago, I built a PC with Windows 7 and everything worked perfectly.
But you all know that the due date is coming : Microsoft decided to stop their support on Windows 7 next January.
So I bought a new SSD to install Windows 10 and I kept my Windows 7 SSD so I can dual-boot on the one I want at startup.
After making a clean install of Windows 10 and optimizing all the settings for audio production, I still have the same problem :
My Saffire Pro 40 Firewire audio interface is going mad. The two LEDs ("FW active" and "Locked") are blinking randomly, the sample rate changes by itself.
If you want to have a concrete idea of the problem, you can watch this : YouTube
Anyway, there is no way to get it stable.
I'm not talking about running a Pro Tools project with 24 tracks, I'm talking about playing a damned mp3 on VLC or watching a video on YouTube.
Here is everything I tried to resolve it :
- Disable all other audio devices I'm not using (NVIDIA, Realtek, etc)
- Tried two different Firewire drivers : "Texas Instruments 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller" (the one proposed by Windows by default) and "1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy)" found on Microsoft support page.
- Clean my Firewire card from dust and changed the PCI-E slot on my motherboard
- Tried different ports on my Firewire card and on my audio interface
- Try to switch the unit on when PC is off or on
- Set default Control Panel Sound ("Playback" and "Recording" devices) on 48khz sample rate (I always work in 48khz) and match it with the MixControl Focusrite software
- Disable system sounds
- Adjust processor scheduling to Background Services
- Adjust PC’s power options to high performance + everything set up to "never"
- Make sure PC doesn’t suspend USB devices
- Disable Windows Background Apps / Delete Bloatwares
- Disable Windows Updates
- Turn off Windows Firewall and anti-virus apps
- Switch off animated windows > set it up for "best performance"
- Switch off screensaver
- Update graphics driver manually
- Update network adapter driver manually
- Install latest device drivers
- Turn off USB power management
- Optimize hard disk
- Disable user account control
- Disable Fast Boot / Hyper threading / Turbo Boost / C-State transition in BIOS
- Close all programs not using
- Disconnect any USB devices not used
- Run DAW as Administrator
After all this tips, I am no longer able to find a solution.
Please, if you have an idea, let me know
Thank a lot and hope to read you soon!