{"id":30206,"date":"2006-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=30206"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"having-trouble-connecting-multiple-motu-firewire-devices-pc-work","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/having-trouble-connecting-multiple-motu-firewire-devices-pc-work\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m having trouble connecting multiple MOTU Firewire devices to my PC.  They seem to work only some of the time."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is currently an issue with editions of Windows that have Service Pack 2 installed (including XP Home, professional, and Professional x64).  According to MOTU, SP2 technically does not allow for multiple hardware devices to be daisy-chained together via firewire.  However, there are a few workarounds:<\/p>\n<p>1. Uninstall Service Pack 2, or reinstall Windows with Service Pack 1.<br \/>2. Go to a non-64 bit edition of XP.<br \/>3. Use the optical ports (if available) to send ADAT out of one interface into another.  This will allow for a full track count while only having 1 unit in the Firewire bus.<br \/>4. Check with the manufacturer.  Some units have specially written drivers to handle this type of setup.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE:  This technicality does not apply to chaining separate devices together, such as a hard drive to an interface.  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