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Author Topic: PSA: M-Audio Firewire 410 Firmware Downgrade Success! Now Working in Mac OS 9  (Read 333302 times)

smilesdavis

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its a PowerBook G3 after all

ill try to get it running on my "cool boy" PowerBook G4 867 (Ti) as soon as i made progress getting a mac keyboard working on my blackbox kvm client module to finish my mix era marathon rig
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paulkeeley

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A not-so-much-PowerBook, apparently! I guess the firewire ports on the Pismo were designed for external storage more than anything. It was worth a shot though. Very curious to know if it works on your TiBook.
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Strange. I had that interface and a 500mhz Pismo back in the days and did a lot of songs on Mac OS 9 with it. It surely must be some kind of driver incompatibility going on or such? Are you using ASIO drivers with your DAW?
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A not-so-much-PowerBook, apparently! I guess the firewire ports on the Pismo were designed for external storage more than anything. It was worth a shot though. Very curious to know if it works on your TiBook.

how bout a firewire cardbus?

PowerBook G3 Series: PC Card - Can the PowerBook G3 Series computer use PC cards?

https://web.archive.org/web/19991117154325/http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n28512
https://web.archive.org/web/20021005202405/http://www.swann.com.au/products/firewire/cardbus/cardbus.htm#features
https://web.archive.org/web/20070312013337/https://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/CBFW2.html
« Last Edit: August 24, 2026, 12:57:18 AM by smilesdavis »
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paulkeeley

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Strange. I had that interface and a 500mhz Pismo back in the days and did a lot of songs on Mac OS 9 with it. It surely must be some kind of driver incompatibility going on or such? Are you using ASIO drivers with your DAW?

Interesting. Mine is a 400mhz, but this doesn't feel like a CPU speed issue. I've only tested using the Sound Manager, not ASIO. Will have to do some research to see how to set that up. You've got me thinking now that it may be some extension getting in the way. I'll have to try disabling all non-essential extensions to see if it makes a difference.
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paulkeeley

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A not-so-much-PowerBook, apparently! I guess the firewire ports on the Pismo were designed for external storage more than anything. It was worth a shot though. Very curious to know if it works on your TiBook.

how bout a firewire cardbus?

PowerBook G3 Series: PC Card - Can the PowerBook G3 Series computer use PC cards?https://web.archive.org/web/19991117154325/http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n28512

https://web.archive.org/web/20021005202405/http://www.swann.com.au/products/firewire/cardbus/cardbus.htm#features
https://web.archive.org/web/20070312013337/https://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/CBFW2.html

I was thinking about this as well, but had no idea if such a thing existed. Will have to see if I can find one - something tells me they may be difficult to find!
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aBc

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While it is evident that the M-Audio FW 410 AND the M-Audio FW Audiophile are similar and can share some of the same software, they ARE NOT the same. Many people worked for many years in order to actually provide the solution to “downgrade” the firmware on the M-Audio FW 410 and any further posts concerning the M-Audio FW Audiophile can only possibly confuse and dilute the original topic.

So does this topic need to be locked and thus prevent anyone else from adding to (and possibly confusing) the original topic — or should those wishing to consider matters concerning primarily the M-Audio FW Audiophile… simply use this as a reference point / AND THEN begin another topic related to the M-Audio FW Audiophile specifically? (Same goes for the similar, M-Audio Firewire 1814 units.)

This seems to be the most sensible solution, as this topic has already gone 4 pages - and with 31846 views. Topic: PSA: M-Audio Firewire 410 Firmware Downgrade Success! Now Working in Mac OS 9 is now locked and for reference only.

As the topic stands now, you might find yourself reading through and then wonder… hey, how and when did we shift over to the M-Audio FW Audiophile or the M-Audio Firewire 1814?

Now, start another topic / question elsewhere and you can provide a link back to this topic for reference as may be necessary.

       
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Thanks for the clearification, aBc! :)
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