Doing a quick search you will find that there are no Windows 7 64 bit drivers for this device and if you try to run the Vista installer (FA_101_Vista_x64_Ver.1.0.4) you will get an error that it will not run for this version of Windows.
All you have to do is run Windows 7's (very cool) "Troubleshoot compatibility" wizard.
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I have found the FA-101 to be much less susceptible to problems under Windows 7 than under Vista. Although the FA-101 driver did not contribute to my former 64 bit Vista's instability, the driver itself would frequently seem to get stuck. I was very used to powering off the FA-101 to un-stick it. So far, that has not been necessary with Windows 7. It continues to shine!
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This is encouraging news!! I specifically got the FA-101 because of 64-bit support, and I find it won't last more than 30 minutes, but most times maybe 10 minutes before it stops working, and I need to power-cycle it again. I'm glad to hear there is a chance this might get better with Windows 7 (which I'll hopefully install the day it hits MSDN next week!) thanks
Kick ass, thanks for the info!
Thanks!
Works with the FA-66 too.....
I have the same problem with Windows 7 64-bit and the Edirol FA-101 Vista x64 v1.0.4 driver: Playing some music works fine, but when you click pause in Windows Mediaplayer or Winamp, it stops playing. Then click the play/pause button again to start the music, but there is no sound for about > 30 seconds or more. Sometimes I have to power-cycle the Edirol... No problems with reaper which uses ASIO.
I just contacted Roland about the audio pause/playback problem in Windows 7 64-bit. They came back with this answer:
10-28-2009
"We have sent a request for 64 bit VISTA/Windows 7 drivers to our corporate Roland/BOSS/Edirol headquaters in Japan. At this time, we do not have any information regarding when, or if, they plan to release them."
Hopefully they will fix this problem. In the mean time I use the Reaper DAW as a workaround which works fine to play and edit audio with ASIO 2.0.
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