Hi,

I'm new to the forum - came across this forum after spending days trying to get an answer to whether the Samsung R522 has a Texas Instrument chipset.

The reason I ask, I want to hook up this laptop (although not bought one yet) to a RME FireFace 400 firewire interface. I have read that there are firewire chip compatibility issues with almost all laptops when using the Fireface 400 unless the laptop uses a TI chipset.

I cannot find out from Samsung (UK) if the R522 has such a chipset. I have also not been able to find out if I could work around the firewire issue, if I used a express card that used TI.

RME have not been able to confirm from their records if there are any compatibility issues with the Samsung R522.

Can anyone advise me?

Thanks,

Monty

Using an expresscard with a TI chip in it will get around it(Assuming of course there aren't issues with your particular expresscard setup, but that is much less common than FW issues due to cheap chipsets).

Sorry no clue on what chipset the Samsung has, but these days I would almost bet it isn't Ti sadly. Seems people are more interested in going as cheap as possible than building quality these days.

Seablade

Hi Seablade,

Thanks for the quick reply. So, as you say I can get around the problem by using a TI express card.

Is there any way of finding our which laptops use TI chips?

Monty

Sadly not really. It is a lot of trial and error unfortunatly and hope that someone else posted it up on the net. Probably wouldn't hurt to ask down in the "Other Brands and Manufacturers" section of this forum though to see if anyone else has one of those that can check for you.

Seablade