FireWire Solo and 10.4.10

Quick question... Anyone running LP 7.2.3/OSX 10.4.10 and using an M-Audio Firewire solo? I'm fine running 10.4.9, but iTunes, and my iPod are acting screwy, and it says I 'need to update'. I'd rather not, and when it gets down to it, my work in LP is more important. But if there are no problems with the FW Solo, then I'll jump on the update.
Anyone?

i'm sure that 10.4.10. is fine...
but i read on this forum that there are some troubles with
firewire devices in general...
check this...
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=4792175
if u make a search u can already find solutions...
anyway ive got also an m audio fw device (think it's the same driver for all)
and ive decided to wait... or better some day try it on a test drive...
actually my set up now is working very well...
good luck for the plunge...

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