SONAR PE3, MOTU 828MKII, Firewire card?

[pdlstl]

I know that the MOTU 828 MKII works best with Firewire cards sporting the TI chip.

I've recently installed a new 828MKII but am uncertain of the chip in my Firewire card. Everything seems to be working just fine on playback but I have yet to give it a go as far as recording.

What problems are being experienced with incompatible Firewire cards so I know what to look for?

Or can I assume that since it works fine for playback, I'm okay?

 

[crankz1]

You may be good to go, unless you start getting glitches with multiple tracks that can't be corrected with buffer settings or other PC optimizations.

Navigate to Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager .... Expand the list in Device Manager for IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers.
If it is a TI chip, it will say "Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller".

HTH

 

[pdlstl]

Thanks for the tip!

Will check it out as soon as I get home.