SYBA SY-PEX30016 3 Port IEEE 1394 Firewire 2x 1394B & 1x 1394A PCIe 1.1 x1 Card TI XIO2213B Chipset

Pros: I'm very happy with this device. I've been using it as part of my digital audio interface for a few weeks now. So far it has been flawless. I run an EVGA x85 mobo with a M-Audio 2626 interface. The on-board firewire used the same IRQ as my raid driver. That might be OK for external drives but it's not(!) ok for time sensitive ins-and-outs needed for music production. The SYBA card was the silver bullet for my audio lag. I have sub 7ms latency for instruments through the DAW to the monitors. Nice work SYBA.

Cons: Not the cheapest available. But I can't vouch for the others.

Pros: None that I have been able to discover.

Cons: Adobe Premiere cannot detect the camera or other DV or HDV device attached to this adapter. HDVSplit cannot detect a camera connected to this device. A Firewire drive connected to this adapter is not detected by Windows 7.

Overall Review: It may be possible that I got a dud out of many that work for others, but in this case, it appears to be non-functional. I didn't discover the problem until I tried to capture DV video for the first time, a month after I built the system.

Pros: Simple set up MS site has legacy driver - you need this! https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2970191/firewire-port-based-device-does-not-work-correctly-in-windows-8-1-or-w Needs power from PS. Works with Focusrite - Saffire 40 Pro

Cons: None

Pros: Works perfectly with new Windows 10 build, Presonus FireStudio Project audio interfaces. See optional section below for trouble shooting. ASrock H170 Pro4 Motherboard powers the card, no Molex needed. The hot swapping between my laptop and desktop works beautifully as well.

Cons: Not one

Overall Review: So... anyone that is having issues with Windows 10 and firewire 400 ( 4 pin, 6 pin). Trouble shot this for a long while. The built-in firewire drivers Windows 10 provides no longer support firewire 400, only firewire 800. Using this card with a Belkin FW 400 (6 pin) to FW 800 (9 pin) worked perfectly. Both FireStudios synced perfectly and have never worked better.

Pros: So I upgraded my audio studio pc mobo and proc only to find out that the onboard firewire as completely inoperational. This started a 2 month trek to find a card that would work with my presonus firebox and nforce mobo. This card worked! Apparently, nforce boards only work with pci-express firewire cards. Not pci, but only pci express. and Presonus firewire products will really only work with texas instruments firewire chipsets. the card is very stable

Cons: needs a molex cable ... would be nice if it could operate of pci-e power alone.

Overall Review: this is a xio2213b ti chip. it is on the approved presonus firewire chipset list. don't use via, ricoh or any other chip for firewire audio interfaces.

Pros: It is recognized right out of the box. No need to load drivers.

Cons: I am getting a digital hum/hiss when connecting this to my Focusrite Saffire 24 DSP. I've never had any issues with my interface. I will be ordering a different brand of FireWire card to replace this one, and will be sending this one back.

Overall Review: I do audio production work, and can't have this constant his. I've tried different firewire cables, and also used my interface on a mac with a firewire port. No hiss.

Pros: Fast I/O Easy installation Comes with small form factor backplate you can change out Windows 10 recognized and installed it immediately

Cons: A bit more expensive but, if you need speed, worth it.

Overall Review: After trying 3 other PCI-e cards I gave this one a go. Maximum delay over a period of 5 minutes was 400usec with an average around 90. This is 5 to 8 times better than other cards tried and is important as I am using the card for real-time Digital Radio. It Installed painlessly on Windows 10 (1909 update). Starting with this card would have saved me a lot of frustration.

Pros: -Arrived quickly -Packaged adequately

Cons: -Minimal Documentation -Will not detect my external ADC Sound Card (MOTU UltraLite mk3) no matter what I try, even though the 1394 card is a Texas Instruments Chipset, which the MOTU ADC asks for. It BUS POWERS it, and I can SEE the IEEE 1394 PCI-X bus host controller in "Device Manager", but the connected device will not be seen by Windows 7. I've tried all available drivers, including the (Legacy) driver for the 1394 PCI-X bus. I've tried multiple BIOS configurations, I've tried re-seating the card several times, and using a different slot. I've Tried re-seating several molex connections on the card to the PSU. I Don't know what else to do at this point. Think I'm gonna have to RMA this thing...

Overall Review: So I'm an Audio guy, and I built a system recently: [OS]: Windows 7 Ultimate [MOBO]: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP SLI [CPU]: Intel i7-6700k Skylake Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1151 [Cooler]: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO [GPU]: EVGA GTX 1070 8GB [RAM]: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 [PSU]: Antec 750W Modular Power Supply [HDD(s)]: PNY 240GB SSD - Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM - Seagate 1TB 7200RPM [Audio ADC]: MOTU UltraLite mk3 Hybrid (1394 Bus Powered -or- USB w/ DC Adapter) The system has been rock solid, but I wanted to switch over to a 1394 for my MOTU UltraLite mk3 ADC instead of using USB 2.0 which has some driver flaws in Windows 7. I was hoping to pick up this card and set it and forget it so to speak... but after scouring Newegg, The Syba Website, Tech Forums, & spending several hours and several days to no avail, I'm gonna have to throw in the towel and assume I either received a faulty or incompatible 1394 PCI-X unit.