This is annoying. After all my research, I never heard about a T.I. chipset problem. And even knowing about it doesn't exactly clear it up. In fact, "undesireable" doesn't mean it won't work. Since everything else works, I think there's something else going on. And I might add, I just did a search for a T.I. chipset Firewire card and hardly anything comes up that makes much sense. Where do I buy a new PCI Firewire T.I. Chipset card?

Honestly, I'm very close to packing this thing up and sending it back to GC. While my 30 days has passed, I "stupidly" bought the extended warranty, so I get 60 days. I'm mostly irritated at M-Audio. They should be more clear about what is required. If a T.I. chipset is required then they should say that before people plunk down $400. It's not on written on the box and that's just not right.

BTW, manning, before I pack this thing up, should I be worried about my USB ports now too?