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February 13th, 2010 21:00
Firewire issue affecting all the Dell Core Duo notebooks
I can't tell you the frustration I have had with the firewire port on my Inspiron 1520. I'm a professional musican and record using the firewire port. I thought I was going crazy until I caught this thread on the internet. Dell obviously knows there's a problem but refuses to do anything about it. I can't tell you how fed up I am with Dell, spending my day trying to figure out and troubleshoot the multitude of problems I have with this laptop instead of recording music. This is the thread:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=73829&page=57
If anyone knows a work around I'd really appreciate some help. I know I will get none from Dell.
Dave
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marenmols
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February 18th, 2010 16:00
Hi Dave!! Now I really don´t have any specific description of your problem.
I purchased the new studio 1747 with the i7-qm720 processor - and one reason that i got this one was the firewire port - i should use it with a TC Electronic Konnekt 48 firewire audio interface. It won´t work for more than few seconds after plug-in, and the connection is very unstable. I´m sure there is a kind og conflict - but the Bios is locked by Dell, so its not possible to make any changes that way... Yesterday I bought a Firewire Express Card for the express slot... Its a DEZEN with a texas Instruments based chipset on board... It works just fine and the cost is about 22$ max!! I´m still looking for a solution with the firewire port original placed on the laptop - but until now I think that I tried everything???
Hope for help!!
Peter
Davepicc
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February 18th, 2010 17:00
Hi Peter-
Thanks so much for the reply. I was under the impression that not even putting in an express car would work because the ricoh drivers still take over and mess everything up. I know the Texas Instrument chip is the key. I'll give it a try Peter with my RME fireface 800. Cant thank you enough for the help. Thanks for nothing Dell.
Much appreciated,
Dave
Davepicc
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February 18th, 2010 18:00
Hey Peter-
Could you please give me the link for that express card. Thanks a lot.
Dave
marenmols
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February 18th, 2010 19:00
This card is approved by several audio device manufactorers!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16839328006
Try it out!! Chipset is TI (texas Instruments)
Peter
marenmols
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February 18th, 2010 19:00
Hi Dave!
Just found out that the card is manufactored by a danish company - and I dont think that its available in the US.. But you just have to find a express card with a ieee1394 TI based chip... it will work as well.. I´ll just look up for you - hold on!!
Peter
marenmols
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February 20th, 2010 07:00
Continued!
Then don´t hesitate, but give a reply in here!
It would have been nice if Dell started to use a firewire Ieee1394 that would cover a wider user surface than the ones they use now!
Best regds
Peter
marenmols
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February 20th, 2010 07:00
Hi Audio Freaks!
Now - this may sound like a statement, and it is supposed to be!
After quite a lot of surfing around the web, I will state that there is a major problem with Firewire audio Interfaces and Dell Laptops. Most of Dell Laptops uses IEEE1394 chips that can´t run with this very demanding data transfer that comes with a high-end firewire audio interface. Ther are several firewire chips on the market that runs smoothly - etc. TI (Texas Instruments). The solution is to use the Expresscard slot, and purchase a Firewire Expresscard. Price is in the low end (approx.20-30$) and if you purchase a TI based card, I can tell you that you will experince a really smooth connection.
I just got my Studio 1747 with the i7-qm720 processor / 4 GB 1333 DDR3 RAM / Radeon Graphic card w.1gb DDR3 Ram / etc etc.. This congiguration should be exceptional for a DAW laptop - but then the problem with the Firewire occured!! Previous to this laptop purchase - I couldn´t get the information i needed for stating if the Firewire chip inside the Dell product was a TI based or not!!! But now I´m using the DEZEN expresscard 34mm slot, even it has two firewire connections - and I have never been so satisfied with a Firewire Audio Connection - audio latency is down to 1,2 ms with 30 tracks audio recording... never seen it better!!!
PS! My audio Interface is the Danish High End Firewire Interface , TC electronics, Konnekt 48..16xinput and 24xoutput
Do you have any exxperince with DAW and Dell laptops, or just connecting external audio, video or other demanding equipment to your Dell Firewire port - the don´t