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Fireface 400 Working Now on ThinkPad

I recieved my RME Fireface 400 today and got it running with my ThinkPad and Max, with a $15 Adaptec Cardbus/Firewire adaptor I bought (recommended by someone on the list also using it for a ThinkPad).  As hoped, everything setup perfectly and the unit sounds great. I'll be using it at Y2K7. What a huge difference in clarify and headroom from the stock laptop soundcard. And these FW400s are built like tanks...very sturdy.
 
Question to FW400 users, A yellow sheet in the product box warns against "hot plugging" and recommends to plug the firewire connection from the FW400 into the computer only when both the FW400 and computer are off. Is this really necessary? What a pain. This means that everything time I want to use the FW400, I have to turn my computer off, plug in the FW cable, and then power both the FW400 and computer up.
 
Kris
 
p.s. the new $80 Siig ExpressCard/firewire 800 adapator I bought did not work....it would not let me install the FW400 driver.  The adaptor must be too new or something. But I doubt I need that Firewire 800 speed anyway.