ESI QuataFire 610 - Manual (Page 7)

ESI QuataFire 610
5. Preparing for Installation
System Requirements
QuataFire 610 does not depend on CPU resources but your computer specifications are
important to make full use of QuataFire 610’s professional digital audio/MIDI features.
IMPORTANT: Since power is supplied through the FireWire cable, it is highly recommended that
you use at least a 300W power supply. If you use the QuataFire 610 with a laptop, we recommend
that you use the included external power supply.
Minimum system requirements for PC
· Intel Pentium III 500MHz CPU or equivalent AMD CPU
·
256MB of RAM
· Direct X 8.1 or higher
· Microsoft Windows®XP SP1 (Service Pack 1 must be installed)
·
One available FireWire (IEEE1394) port
Minimum system requirements for Mac
· Macintosh with G4 or better processor
· 256MB of RAM
· Mac OS 10.3.6 or higher
· One available FireWire (IEEE1394) port
IMPORTANT: It has come to our attention that some FireWire chipsets on PCI FireWire cards and
in laptop computers have compatibility problems with several FireWire audio interfaces including
the QuataFire 610 under Windows XP. Please refer to the list below with tested compatible
FireWire interface cards. Note that this does not mean that all non-listed FireWire controllers are
incompatible with audio interfaces like QuataFire 610, however compatibility in that case has not
been tested by us. Note that Macintosh systems do not have this problem.
Compatible FireWire PCI card list
Adaptec FireConnect 4300, AUA-3121
BusLink PCIFW
Pinnacle Link
Linx PCI, 1394 DV
Syba SD-FW323-3I
Belkin F5U501
RATOC PCIFU2
I-Will eLink
1394
Digital Research DRFIREWIRE
SIIG NN-400012, NN-2633
Generally we recommend FireWire controllers with Agere / Lucent chipsets. Some other FireWire
chipsets have problems with streaming audio devices and should not be used with QuataFire 610 or
similar audio devices.
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