SB Live problems on Epox 8K7A+ (AMD/VIA)

[Indiana]

So noone can explain to me why all those expensive Creative cards sound like the cheapest $25 crap in Win2k (not that they were sounding great in Win98/ME, but at least acceptable), regardless of the mainboards chipset?
Why all the hum/static on the digital!!-out? Why the non-linear frequency-band?!? Why the low SNR?!?

And finally why doesn't Matrox make sound-cards? I couldn't care less for 3D in soundcards, but I do care for output-quality.....

[SteveC]

I don't actually think it's the Live! at fault anymore as my mouse pointer skips at the same time as the audio skips. It happens on HDD reads - is it the highpoint?

[Ali]

Everybody seems to be upgrading.

Ive got a 1.4Tbird, and assosiated accesories sitting on my desk, waiting for my Gigabyte mobo to turn up.

I heard there are USB problems with the Epox board though.

You could try the forums at www.amdmb.com

Ali

[SteveC]

I think I've fixed it! I've installed an older version of the highpoint drivers and so far I've had no skips listening to MP3s!

The version I've used is 1.03b from http://www.highpoint-tech.com/370drivers.htm. Looking back the fix list, I can live without what's been 'fixed' (I think!). Apart from maybe the 'can't install win2k (Epox)' one But I'm not planning on re-installing quite yet.

Revision History:
v.1.2.0612 12June2001
o Fixed problem of Some disks will read error, when the
other disk on same channel get removed
o Fix Windows 2000 "LDM config error" bug
o Fixed bug if one of RAID1(with Spare) member is fault
o Fixed bugs on CF supported

v.1.11.0512 12May2001
o Fix Can't install Win2K (EPoX)

v.1.11.0403 05Apr2001
o Fix some bugs on S3 mode support


v.1.10B 05Feb2001
o Support hot-plug a RAID disk
o Added support for new GUI utility

v.1.0.3b 20Oct2000
o Fix problem of ACPI S3 and S4 mode in Windows 2000
o Fix problem of RAID-1 system locks up if removing one
of mirrored disk from system durng data processing
o Fix problem of system file copy locks up if two RAID
disks are on HPT370

v.1.0.3 05Sept2000
o Performance tune up

[EchoWars]

I heard there are USB problems with the Epox board though.

Yeah...push the bus above, like 170 or something and USB flips out. A non-issue

[Fred H]

Thanks, guys
Now I'm up & running with my 8K7A+ 1,33@1,33 TB AYHJA
Onboard sound disabled
AND waiting for my Sonic Fury (=Santa Cruz in Europe)
I'm exited to get it.
BTW, the 1,33 + Taisol 760092 cooling with Arctic Silver2 is good for 46°-51° C even when video capture.
But need more system fans, to be able to close the box.

Fred H

[Dr Mordrid]

Tips on using & installing the Santa Cruz/Sonic Fury;

1. follow the installation instructions TO THE LETTER, ESP. in Win2K. VERY important!! This is one case where you really do want to read the readme.

2. TOTALLY uninstall your previous cards drivers. If you have to re-install them to get a logfile then do so.

Leftover SBLive driver files are of particular importance. This Santa Cruz FAQ on viahardware.com has info on what to look for with them;

http://www.viahardware.com/scfaq.shtm

You may notice that the guys at viahardware.com like the Santa Cruz

3. if you have another device or program that installs its own mixer then hit the Turtle Beach FTP and download scruz405.zip. This is a multi-mixer patch that puts a mixer menu on the SysTray. That way multiple mixers don't step on each other. This is particaularly important for RT-2000 and RT-2500 users.

4. pay particular note to the programmable Versa-Jack. It can be an analog input or either an analog or digital output. Very nice feature.

5. the digital S/PDIF input for CD or DVD players is a 2 wire header on the board.

Dr. mordrid