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Help me, this sucks...
I'm re-posting this 2 years old problem, because it's still there and I
have run out of solutions... Please help! I've just assembled a new computer system dedicated only to audio use. Yesterday I bought Terratec DMX 6 Fire sound card and was very pleased with the results. Good sound quality (for the price) and surprisingly low latency (2ms without any clicks and pops!). However, it turned out to be more than that (as usually). Lately, the system has been crashing several times with full reboot of system! I noticed that every time it crashed, I was working with LiveSynth Pro DXi in Sonar, for example arming a track with output selected to LiveSynth. I tried to increase the DMA Buffer size, but it still crashed maybe 1 or 2 times. I was recording at 24-bit / 44,100. Any advice? Could it be a faulty memory module or some other hw-related problem? ~BB~ Sonar 2.0 XL / 3 / 4 WinXP Pro LiveSynth 1.04 Asus A7M266 mobo (audio jumper-disabled) 512 MB Kingston 266 RAM Seagate Barracuda V 80GB Matrox G450 32MB Q-Tec 400W PSU Edimax network card Terratec DMX 6 Fire 24/96 I'd really appreciate some help. I've spent too much time messing up with the computer. I'd like to be finally able to concentrate in making music... |
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ha scritto nel messaggio
oups.com... However, it turned out to be more than that (as usually). Lately, the system has been crashing several times with full reboot of system! Software is original? |
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It COULD be a memory issue, but since Windows manages mememory, it
would come up in any program that happens to use that space, so I doubt it. It COULD be a hardware issue, but that's hightly unusual. More likely it is a driver issue. Try to uninstall the sound card's drivers and install the newest non-beta release. If that doesn't help, try to uninstall and reinstall the software you are using. There could just be a compatability issue between that software and hardware, but these are usually resolved via driver updates. Contact the software and hardware manufacturer if these steps don't resolve the issue. It could also be an issue of the two programs communicating, but generally plug-ins are designed to be universally compatible based on format, or install specifically in a limited list of software packages that they are designed for. PS. This is assuming that you meat the software's minimum requirements. On 2 Sep 2005 06:59:01 -0700, wrote: I'm re-posting this 2 years old problem, because it's still there and I have run out of solutions... Please help! I've just assembled a new computer system dedicated only to audio use. Yesterday I bought Terratec DMX 6 Fire sound card and was very pleased with the results. Good sound quality (for the price) and surprisingly low latency (2ms without any clicks and pops!). However, it turned out to be more than that (as usually). Lately, the system has been crashing several times with full reboot of system! I noticed that every time it crashed, I was working with LiveSynth Pro DXi in Sonar, for example arming a track with output selected to LiveSynth. I tried to increase the DMA Buffer size, but it still crashed maybe 1 or 2 times. I was recording at 24-bit / 44,100. Any advice? Could it be a faulty memory module or some other hw-related problem? ~BB~ Sonar 2.0 XL / 3 / 4 WinXP Pro LiveSynth 1.04 Asus A7M266 mobo (audio jumper-disabled) 512 MB Kingston 266 RAM Seagate Barracuda V 80GB Matrox G450 32MB Q-Tec 400W PSU Edimax network card Terratec DMX 6 Fire 24/96 I'd really appreciate some help. I've spent too much time messing up with the computer. I'd like to be finally able to concentrate in making music... |
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I had something similar to this and switched to 16/4100 and I think it cleared up. Can't really remember though.... Try it out if possible... I might have been at 24/4800 though... |
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Here's the system requirements for the card he's using:
Minimum Windows: Pentium II 450 or higher VGA graphic card, 800x600 / 256 colors 128 MB RAM Windows 98SE/ME/2000 or Windows XP Recommended Windows: Intel Pentium III 1 GHz, Celeron 900 MHz or AMD K7 Athlon 1 GHz ULTRA DMA or SCSI Controller VGA graphic card, 1024x768 / Hi-Color 256 MB RAM Try switching asio, mme, wdm... which are you using anyway? |
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It might be the synth is corrupted to... maybe reinstall the synth, and
sonar. |
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Thanks for the advice.
Here's what I did today: - took off the ethernet card - set the VIO1 jumper at 2.9V - switched to ASIO drivers in Sonar 4.0.3 (latency 5.8ms, which is ok for me) I've now running test for 4 hours and so far no crashes (I'll keep my fingers crossed though...) |
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wrote in message oups.com... I'm re-posting this 2 years old problem, because it's still there and I have run out of solutions... Please help! I've just assembled a new computer system dedicated only to audio use. Yesterday I bought Terratec DMX 6 Fire sound card and was very pleased with the results. Good sound quality (for the price) and surprisingly low latency (2ms without any clicks and pops!). However, it turned out to be more than that (as usually). Lately, the system has been crashing several times with full reboot of system! I noticed that every time it crashed, I was working with LiveSynth Pro DXi in Sonar, for example arming a track with output selected to LiveSynth. I tried to increase the DMA Buffer size, but it still crashed maybe 1 or 2 times. I was recording at 24-bit / 44,100. Any advice? Could it be a faulty memory module or some other hw-related problem? Most likely a driver problem. Have you updated everything ? Try swapping out a new HDD and reinstalling everythiong from scratch, with latest drivers and Windows and application updates. You really should have done all this basic stuff 2 years ago ! geoff |
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eh, I've clean-installed everything like 30 times during these 2 years,
and yes, I have the latest drivers... Also I have tried the older ones to see if there's any difference. Sorry for the tone but it just gets to me... Tried also numerous jumper setting combinations, it can be a faulty mobo, memory... who knows. |
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wrote in message oups.com... eh, I've clean-installed everything like 30 times during these 2 years, and yes, I have the latest drivers... Also I have tried the older ones to see if there's any difference. Sorry for the tone but it just gets to me... Tried also numerous jumper setting combinations, it can be a faulty mobo, memory... who knows. Mobo incompatiibility witht the card ? Got a spare PC to try it on ? Faulty soundcard ? geoff |
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Just bought a brand new Nexus PSU. That didn't help either.
I've tested the computer without a soundcard also, but the random reboots persist. Only thing left could be one of these: memory, video card or processor. Will borrow some memory from a friend and see what happens. The mobo is a7m266 rev 1.05 Mobo incompatiibility witht the card ? Got a spare PC to try it on ? Faulty soundcard ? geoff |
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oups.com Just bought a brand new Nexus PSU. That didn't help either. I've tested the computer without a soundcard also, but the random reboots persist. Only thing left could be one of these: memory, video card or processor. Will borrow some memory from a friend and see what happens. The mobo is a7m266 rev 1.05 Or, the motherboard. The m266 says that its effectively a legacy product. |
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Randon reboots are most often caused by a faulty or underpowered power
supply, or a CPU overheating. Since you have your new PSU, try checking that the CPU heatsink is seated firmly. Use extra gunk on it if necessary. Also make sure that all fans are working to their full potential. If any are caked with fluff and dirt, they wont be delivering sufficient cooling airflow. -- Lynn Wobbly Music "Supporting the Mature Artist" ============================= http://www.wobblymusic.net Latest Release... "Friends" by John McKeon Order your copy now and get 2 FREE bonus tracks! http://www.johnmckeon.wobblymusic.net wrote in message oups.com... Just bought a brand new Nexus PSU. That didn't help either. I've tested the computer without a soundcard also, but the random reboots persist. Only thing left could be one of these: memory, video card or processor. Will borrow some memory from a friend and see what happens. The mobo is a7m266 rev 1.05 Mobo incompatiibility witht the card ? Got a spare PC to try it on ? Faulty soundcard ? geoff |
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OK, I think I've found the cause for the problem.
I borrowed Samsung PC3200 DDR ram from my friend and I've been running now Sisoft Sandra for 2 days non-stop without a crash. I didn't find any problems when I checked my faulty / incompatible Kingston memory with memtest86. My A7M266 just seem to like this specific piece of Kingston ram. |
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