RME User Forum

All our drivers and hardware can be used with Windows 7, both 32 and 64 bit. PCI and PCIe runs straight away. FireWire needs a small tweak.

Windows 7 seems to include at least three different FireWire drivers. As reported in other forums to make the Fireface (and others) run under W7 you just have to change from the incompatible default driver to the compatible one.

- Go to Device Manager, FireWire Contoller.
- Choose Driver, Update Driver Software
- Choose "Browse my Computer for driver software"
- Choose "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer". A list pops up that shows three entries:

OHCI-compliant 1394 Host controller
OHCI-compliant 1394 Host controller (legacy)
OHCI-compliant Texas Instruments 1394-Host controller

- From these three select 'OHCI-compliant 1394 Host controller (legacy)'
- Install the latest FF driver...


In Deutsch:

- Geräte-Manager, FireWire Controller
- Treiber, Treiber aktualisieren
- Auf dem Computer nach Treibersoftware suchen
- Aus einer Liste von Gerätetreibern auf dem Computer auswählen. Es erscheint:

OHCI-konformer 1394-Hostcontroller
OHCI-konformer 1394-Hostcontroller (alt)
OHCI-konformer Texas Instruments 1394-Hostcontroller

Von diesen 'OHCI-konformer 1394-Hostcontroller (alt)' wählen (alt heisst hier alternativ).

Die Treiber zeigen keine verschiedenen Versionsnummern oder Dateinamen in den Treiber-Details. Man kann sie nur anhand der Beschreibung im Geräte-Manager unterscheiden. Der Hostcontroller muss also im Geräte-Manager den Zusatz (alt) haben (englisch legacy), damit das Fireface funktioniert.