Poll on SBLive combinations

[sirhardi]

P3 1GIG DUAL
Asus CUV4x-DLS
SBLive5.1 Platinum
1GIG MEm
ATI VE
Nec DVD Plextor 16x12x40
Matrox RT2000

Video Card was changed from Voddo3 1000
Same probs, no Digital, sound , noise and crackling.
3 HD's
2 SCSI 160's and an IBM 75 GIG
Intel Ethernet

[Dr Mordrid]

Don't even ask

SBL Platinum x 5

Never worked in an editing system; AMD, PII, PIII.

Dr. Mordrid

[gibverse]

System specs:
Case: InWin Q500 full tower ATX w/ 300W PowerMan supply
MB: Asus A7V133 (rev 1.04) BIOS 1004
CPU: AMD SocketA Athlon (Thunderbird) 1.2 gig, 266 FSB
RAM: 2x 256 PC133 CAS 2 Crucial in DIMM slots 1 & 2
Video: Matrox Millenium G400 DH 16meg AGP
W/ RR-G add-on (in PCI slot 5, power only)
Sound: Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live Value (CT4830) in PCI slot 3
NIC: 3Com 3c905B rev B in PCI slot 4
HDD: 2x IBM 30 gig 7200 RPM ATA100 (DTLA307030) as PM, SM on Promise ports.
Pioneer DVD-115, firmware 1.22 as PM
Plextor 121032a, firmware 1.05 SM
BIOS settings available upon request.

OS/Software: Win2K + SP1 (no Via drivers, running MS default SB Live driver). Matrox 5.20.016 display drivers, with 2.0 beta video tools.

I don't capture on this system, waiting for new drivers. I did have Win98SE on another partition, and captured a few times with no sound problems. However, 98 itself was so unstable I just gave up.

John

[J1NG]

Note: Anthing after the slash is an updated item on the system. All systems have functioned with the Sound Blaster Live! (Value, 1024, extras, Platinum and 5.1) All systems I use, have used Win 95, 95b, Win 98SE, Win NT 4 and Win 2000. No problems... yet (Touch wood...)

My first old system (That's now dismantled)

P166 Intel Pentium/ 400Mhz Evergreen Spectra (Amd K6/2)
32/128MB EDO SIMM RAM
Abit PR5R2 moetherboard (Intel VX430 Chipset)
Matrox Mystique/ Matrox Marvel G200 PCI (All bells and whistles )
Creative Labs SBlive! Value (First gen)/ Createive Labs SBLive! 1024 (With all accessories)
Adaptec SCSI 1410b/ Adaptec SCSI 2940UW
And the usual extras (mouse, keyboard, blah, blah, blah...)

Second System
PII 400Mhz Intel/800Mhz PIII Intel
Gigabyte GA-6BA 440BX Chipset motherboard
1GB ECC Registered CL2 Micron PC100 SDRAM
Matrox Marvel G200 PCI (All bells and whistles )
Sound Blaster Live! 1024/ Sound Blaster Live! Platinum
Adaptec SCSI 2940UW
extras....

Current System
Intel 800Mhz PIII
Gigabyte Apollo Pro 266 GA-6RX motherboard
1GB ECC Registered CL2.5 DDR PC2100 DRAM
Matrox Marvel G200 PCI (Gosh this things got a long lifespan! )
Sound Blaster Live! Platinum 5.1
Adaptec SCSI 39160
even MORE extras...

All chipsets I've used a Creative Sound Blaster Live! on have been working 100% fine. (Maybe I'm just lucky?)

Hope this helps
J1NG

[This message has been edited by J1NG (edited 03 May 2001).]

[This message has been edited by J1NG (edited 03 May 2001).]

[Frank Marshall]

Motherboard: AOpen AX6BC
CPU: C500
OS: Win98SE
Video Card: G200 Marvel AGP
Sound Card: SB Live! Value
Experiences: No problems

[This message has been edited by Frank Marshall (edited 03 May 2001).]

[AndrewDV]

Poll on SBLive combinations

Hello,

I'm hoping that this thread could be used to gather info on successes/failures with the SBLive. I noticed that some SBLive users are having no problems while others are just having a horrible time.

If you can, please list some basic info about your system (CPU, motherboard, and OS should do OK) along with your personal experiences with the SBLive and G400 (keep your other personal experiences to yourself ). If you want to add more, that is up to you.

So far, here is what I have:

Machine1
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Motheroard: Soyo 440BX
CPU: PII-500
OS: Win2K
Experiences: Can experience the 'green flash' syndrome, but no sound problems.

Machine2
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Motherboard: FIC AZ11
CPU: Duron 700
OS: Win98
Experiences: 'Green flashes', sound poping in VS4/5, MSP6 and MGI VW3.5 has no problems.

Machine3
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Motherboard: IWill KK266-R
CPU: Athlon 1.1Ghz
OS: WinME/Win2K
Experiences: Same sound popping as in FIC AZ11 (WinME only, I did not test under Win2K), zero to acceptable 'green flashes.'

[JLP]

MB: Abit KT7-RAID
CPU: AMD Thunderbird 900 MHz
SCSI adapter: Adaptec AHA-2940U2W
NIC: 3com 3c905b
Graphics card: Matrox G400 32 MB
Harddrives:
2x IBM DTLA-307030 in RAID0 on HPT370 controller
1x IBM DHEA-38451 in VIA controller
OS: Windows 2000
Old soundcard: SB Live! Value
New soundcard: Hercules Game Theater XP

With SB Live I had nothing but troubles. Hanging, poping and clicking sound and so on. It was even worse with LiveWare installed (BSODs in LW driver).
With GTXP no problems at all, much richer and clearer sound. Also tried with another non-Creative soundcard and also no problem. So in my case I have to blame Creative.

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Live long and prosper!

[FM]

CPU: Athlon 1.2GHz
RAM: 256MB, Eudar
MB: EPoX 8kta3
Sound: SB Live Value! (2 years old)
HDD: 2xMaxtor VL40 40Gb
CD#1: Creative Infra 40x (actaully Panasonic)
CD#2: Mitsumi CR-4804TE (CD-RW)
NIC: 2xRealtek

VIA KT133A chipset + 4.29 drivers + sb drivers (latest from SB site).

No problems with SBLive Value!

[Brian Ellis]

CPU PIII 650
RAM 128 Mb SDRAM
M/B Baby Bravo
Chipset Intel BX
3 IDE HDDs
1 CD-ROM
1 CD-writer
Matrox Marvel G-200
SB Live! (original version)
1 PCI networking card
1 8 bit SCSI card (for CD writer)
WIN 98SE

Not the slightest problem for capture/editing etc. Sound is free of blemishes. Virtually no frame dropping (may drop one or two frames if capturing across a sequence where I stopped tha camera altogether and then restarted it, but I'm sure that this is not the computer's fault, but a change of synch from the tape).

Similar set-up with different Asus M/Bs and P200Pro, PII and PIII CPUs: absolutely hopeless!

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Brian (the terrible)

[Technoid]

Short parts history of things that has been in my computer case:

Case history:

Second system version:

MSI 6163 BX mainboard
P3 450 (later 550)
256mb cas222 PC100
G200 & RRG (later G400)
SBLive value
13 + 30 quantum 5400 drives
OS: win98 --> Win98SE & Win2000 (no capturing in w2k)

Almost perfect captures in MJPEG, no other sound anomalies.

Third system version:

MSI Irongate AMD motherboard
700 & 900 Mhz Athlon classic cpu?s
256mb cas222 PC100
G400 & RRG
SBLive value
13 + 30 quantum 5400 drives
OS: Win98SE & Win2000 (no capturing in w2k)

No problems at all with capturing or sound.

Fourth system version:
MSI 6337 Intel815 mainboard
Intel FCPGA 800/133 MHz
2*128 pc133 cas233
G400 & RRG
SBLive value
2*IBM DTLA 30GB HDD

No problems at all with capturing or sound.

Has then changed motherboard and graphics card twice and still no problems with my SBLive value

[RoGuE]

I have an SBLive Platinum 5.1, a regular SBLive, and 2 SBLive Value's. Never had a problem

MSI 694D-PRO-AR
2 x PIII 866MHz
512MB RAM
Millennium G450
SBLive! Platinum 5.1
Pinnacle DV500+
Netgear NIC
1 x 40GB Maxtor HDD
2 x 30GB IBM HDD (Using on-board RAID)
Windows 2000 Pro

Abit KT7A-RAID
AMD Duron 850 @ 1GHz
256MB RAM
ATi Radeon DDR
SBlive! Player 1024
Netgear NIC
1 x 30GB IBM HDD
Windows Me

AOpen AX34 Pro-II
Celeron 566 @ 850MHz
256MB RAM
Millennium G400 Max & RRG
SBlive! Value
Linksys NIC
1 x 13GB Maxtor HDD
Windows 98SE