Windows 10: 1394 Legacy Driver Crashing Windows 10

Hi, I have recently bought a new PC. My RME UCX Firewire interface crashes Windows 10 repeatedly, an issue which did not happen with Windows 7. I have read on numerous sites that the legacy 1394 firewire drivers will work but, having downloaded the drivers and installed them, every time I try to change the legacy drivers in the device manager, it crashes Windows and forces a restart. I have uninstalled and disconnected the audio interface and ensured permissions are correct to make changes to the drivers. Does anyone have any ideas regarding why Windows 10 won't allow me to swap to the legacy drivers?
Many thanks, Guy.

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Unable to install IEEE 1394 legacy driver on Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Since when are you facing this issue?
   
2. Have you recently made any changes on the device prior to this issue?
   
3. Which version of Windows Operating system is running on your device?
   
4. Is your computer connected to domain network?
   

This issue might be occurring possibly due to below mentioned reasons.

1. It seems like you do not have the IEEE 1394 Host Controller plugged in properly, otherwise Windows would be able to detect it (and show "Unknown Device").
   
2. Windows installed the wrong driver, thus it is appearing in a different name thus you can't use it.
   

What I would suggest is, download the IEEE 1394 Host Controller device from the manufacturer's website, and run the Setup file there. It should replace the wrongly installed driver.

You may also refer the suggestions from
Wei Mao (MSFT) dated, July 30, 2015
regarding the installation of FireWire Legacy drivers.

Please refer this blog
from Microsoft for more information.

Hope it helps.

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

need 1394 legacy driver for windows 10

Have old Focusrite Saffire. Needs legacy 1394 driver. It doesn't show up in the choices in windows 10. It was there for windows 7.1 before the upgrade to 10. Upgrade must have deleted it. How can I download legacy driver and install it?

Thanks

John

 

Installing 1394 Legacy Driver on Windows 10

I recently bought an HP Pavilion desktop and installed a StarTech 1394 firewire card so I could import ("capture") video off my Canon XH-A1s DVD video cam. I'm using the latest version of Cyberlink PowerDirector (17). In Capture mode, only audio plays (no
video).

After reading all the posts about downloading & installing the 1394 Legacy driver to fix glitches like this, I did so. The file downloaded just fine, but when I try to open the file using Windows installer, a message pops open for about a half-second that
says "Please wait while windows configures 1394 compliant controller. Getting required information." Then it disappears without installing the driver. When I examined the properties of the downloaded files I ran the compatibility troubleshooter which showed
the driver as incompatible.

Any ideas on how to get the Legacy driver to install?