This is such a great unit, so well designed and built.  The owner mentioned the input pot was not working. The unit arrived with what looks like impact or shipping damage.  The left corner of the front panel place was bent slightly back.  On inspection I found the input pot sheared off.

I found the  sheared input pot first...

Hey there,

Hi, been a while since i posted on here,

I made a daw a year ago,

AMD 3200 64bit
K8V-X Mobo Via chipset, (which most of you said was garbage)
1G Cosair Value Ram
128 Ati Graphics Card
2 Maxtor HDD 120G & 200G
External DVD burner
Emu 1820 Soundcard

Just an FYI to anyone looking into buying a Firepod that uses Windows...

CHECK YOUR FIREWIRE CHIPSET SETTINGS by going into My Computer, right click and select Properties. Look for the firewire card, and verify says either "TI" or "VIA" for the chipset.

If it says "NEC" based or anything involving "NEC", the firepod will most likely not work.

I'm about to put together a system for a friend and I was just wondering which chipsets and/or motherboards everyone thinks are best for digital audio work. I'm almost positive I want to use an Athelon processor.