well it could be a driver problem and i've had a serious problem with my pc/828 for the last 3 months. finally, i think i fixed it last week and i boiled it down to the firewire card drivers.

go into device manager. is the firewire card a texas instruments one?

if not, you need to get one. there's known issues with 828 and other firewire cards.

ok... now you have the right card, if that doesn't fix it, you have to roll back the ohci1394.sys drivers.

this is precisely how i fixed my prob on xp:

http://forum.mediaassist.nl/postlist...p;showforum=41

NB: remember to replace your files in safe mode or it'll keep updating back to the drivers you're trying to get rid of!

hope this helps!


ACTUALLY try this first. I remember my 828 poped and crackled when the buffer setting wasn't right. Goto the MOTU panel and make sure the buffer is 256.