Re: Kona LHi - CalDigit S2VR crashing

Cal Digit discontinued the S2VR because of all the issues with the Sil3124 chipset (the same chipset used by Sonnet, and other companies that make port multipler products). You own a Cal Digit Fasta 4e, and I assume that you have properly downloaded the correct drivers for your operating system from the Cal Digit site.

First, if you have an older MAC Pro, make sure that none of these cards are running in a x1 lane slot (Kona LHi or Cal Digit Fasta 4e). I would certainly try getting out of slot 2, and putting the card in slot 3 (against AJA's advice).

If this fails, transfer a little media onto your internal boot drive. Now, disconnect the S2VR, and fire up FCP, and see if you can play your media (your Fasta 4e is still in your computer, and if there is a conflict with the driver, it will fail again). But I bet it does not fail. I bet there is no conflict with the driver.

This is probably your fix, and you will not want to do it. I have gone thru this crap with both Sonnet E4P and Cal Digit Fasta 4e cards. Reinitialize your S2VR drives as a clean RAID 0 group (you are now saying "ARE YOU CRAZY - all my media is on this drive array). When you do this, I bet you 10 bucks your problem goes away.
So why does this happen - ask Silicon Image for the wonderful port multipler chipset, that has plagued every manufacturer that incorporated it into their products.

Bob Zelin