I’m glad you’re getting towards a working solution. All the feedback I gave regarding the drivers still holds and still has relevance. Critical path analysis can take many forms.
I’ve used cards on various PC TOWERS and laptops. What is your “Express Card”? It’s Make and specification? What is it plugged into on your pc/laptop? Do you have a picture of it? What are the inputs? Of course one of them has to be 1394. Anything else? What else have/had you connected to that card? I’m suspecting the intermittences may just be due to another issue/option.
* Grazie
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