Originally posted by: mechBgon
1) if the card has a power coupling on it, which many Firewire cards do have, then is that hooked up?
It does, but I didn't connect it because the manual made it seemed that it was only necessary if many Firewire products were going to be connected to it.
2) have you tried removing the offending Firewire card as a fact-finding step?
No, not yet, but that was my next step.
3) why aren't you using the Firewire port on your Audigy X-Gamer, out of curiosity?