VIA PCI latency patch v0.19

[Guru]

We have just posted a new version of the patch that so many people have already used to solve their IDE- and audio-related problems on VIA-based motherboards. The new version is 0.19, and it has several enhancements over the older versions:

* More VIA chipsets are supported
* "Standby" and "Hibernate" power management is supported on Windows 2000 and XP
* Installation is simpler
* More patches included: Aureal Vortex, Radeon LE
* CPU Idle bit is no longer patched, so CPUs run cooler
* VIA's MWQ patch is included (VIA's current patches have bugs)

Early feedback has been good, with unexpected bonuses like higher disk benchmark scores in Sisoft Sandra and some reports that it cleans up the output of video-capture cards

http://download.viahardware.com/vlatency_v019.zip

[Lucid]

I had some sound problems (buzzing mainly) and now they are gone!

Good patch.

[Technoid]

Guru,
How does this work on your MSI K7T Turbo?

Curious becase I got this Motherboard.

[Kastuvas]

I cant believe my ears the crackling has gone, wow well done via

[The PIT]

Using Via chipsets no Via patches installed using sblive and sblive 5.1 and no crackling problems. Haven't had any for months.
By the way if you're using the patch George doesn't work for Via rather he finds solutions for their problems they nick them and then give George no credit.
It's time they him some credit. After all he's helped a lot of Via users out. If he hadn't some may have dumped there motherboards and gone for an Intel solution instead.

[Fred H]

The patch is not supported by some motherboards, with mixed chipsets, eg. AMD761 + VIA SouthBridge.
Read the FAQ.html file in the vlatency_v019.zip

Fred H

[PowerHungry]

It worked well on my MB, and not only solved the crackling with my Live! (even with the Win2k standard drivers), but with garbage being displayed on the upper few lines on my WinTV window.

I also checked out another download on viahardware.com. The 4-way memory interleaving. This increased my memory performance 15 percent, but I think it is interfering with my USB devices. I'll have to get back on that one.