Thank you to all the folks that posted their experiences and insights along the way - you guys rock!!! I'll report back after I test it a bit. I'm trying to attach some pics here so you can see the various states of not-working and then.poof - working!!! I hope others can benefit from ideas and info here. The TASCAM devices themselves are SICK - for the price!?! I've used the frickin thing for years and years and it only cost me around $1K originally. So add that to the list of weird things you can do to get these beautiful devices working again in modern OS. Such a longshot.I felt like a total idiot!!! However, the jokes on me or I guess - not on me, in this instance! Saweeeeeet!!! and I was not trying to offend any jackasses out there. I can find the Drivers and I can see the unit but cant get them to connect.' Like a jackass' I switched to Windows 10. I thought it would maybe 'spike' the firewire/1394 bus and the system would see it, lmfaooooo. and on the download from Tascam there where no Setup drivers so my system would not allow the FW-1082 to see the drivers nor the drivers find the unit. As a total long-shot, I left the device on and unplugged the firewire cable from the back and then plugged it in while the machine was on. I thought maybe the powering on and off of the FW-1082 was somehow not enough to get the PC to 'notice' it was there and ready to rock. I read some posts about the boot order and thought hmmmm firewire/1394 sometimes used to give issues with device recognition and power. I was so desperate that I thought to myself.'self, what haven't you tried? Good or bad!' Update - I got it working and now I'm restarting to test stability.

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