Does every body have probs with G400 & SB live

[mathew]

I have a SB live value on an ABIT BE6 MOBO and I have just ordered my G400 MAX !!!

If anyone else is using this configuration please post some info on this subject so that when it arrives I will be prepared to deal with problems.

Hopefully I won't have any but you never know with computers..

cheers matt {:O)

[Madman]

It seems like that as long as you have the newest drivers for your Live and your Max, you should be fine. Version 3.0 liveware, and the drivers with the turboGL for the Max.


Madman

[mathew]

I have got the liveware 3.0 drivers,but does the retail max from matrox come with there latest turbo gl driver set or will I have to download it from here instead {:O)

[MarcelM]

I have and never had problems or whatsoever with my G400 32 DH (non MAX), different driver-versions of PD, SBLive! (Liveware 2.0 or 2.1 and 3.0), Abit BX6 rev. 2.0 mobo.

Everytime when I look into this Forum, I C a lotta problems. I never had any. I know other Matrox G400 users and they haven't got problems either. Using Abit mobo's, SBLive soundcards etc....
It just works fine.

Marcel
The Netherlands.

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Abit BX6 Rev 2.0, 96 MB, Matrox G400 32 MB DH, Intel PIII ~ 527Mhz, SBLive! - LiveWare 3.0,
3 x 6.4 Gb Hdd's, Adaptec 2940UA SCSIcard

[Kruzin]

I have never had a problem with mine. I have run the Liveware that came with the card, 2.0,2.1, and now 3.0. I have had my G400 since before they where on the market, with more driver versions than I can remember. The worst problem I've had has been purely related to the Live! with it's early drivers, and skipping sounds in some games. My system is(and had been) rock stable, and runs 24/7, often for a week or more without a reboot...

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P2-450(112*4.5=504), Asus P2B (1010), 128meg pc100, MillenniumG400 32meg DH (5.??), 3com 3c905b-tx, SB Live!value, Dual USR 56k Sporsters, WD 8.4&6.4 UDMA, CL PC-DVD, Mitsumi CD-RW

[mathew]

Cool I was just starting to panic when you see a lot of others complaining about configuration probs with the hardware that you already own you start to get a little paranoid.

Im hoping for an uneventfull installation lasting no more than ten minuits so that I can get gaming.

My specs

ABIT BE6
P3 450 o\c to 630mhz + ALPHA P3-125C heatsink
pc 100 sdram {my lucky dimm}
SB LIVE value
10xPioneer dvd
17.3 gig fujitsu udma 66
21"Sony monitor
Supermicro sc-750 full tower case 300w

And last but not least my soon to arrive Matrox G400 MAX [ I can't wait ] {:O)

[Echo|Fox]

I've never had a problem either =)
Odds are the only people you hear talking about the SB Live + G400 are the people who have problems, so you really can't tell the number of happy customers :P
I've used an SB Live and a G200 on a BH6, and an SB Live and a G400 on a BE6, using all different versions of powerdesk and livewire without a single problem.
Like always, keep your IRQ's sorted out and you'll be juuuuusstt fine =)

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P3-450@558mhz@2.1v, ABit BE6, 128megs 7.3125ns PC133 SDRAM, SB Live! Value, G400 32meg Dualhead (@120%), Acer ALN-201 PCI 10bT NIC, 6.5gig Seagate Medalist Pro 7200rpm, 13gig Quantum Fireball CR, Yamaha 4416e Burner, Pioneer 10x DVD-ROM, Panasonic e70 17" Monitor, Antec KS-188 24" Tower, 6 year old Honeywell-SUH 101key Keyboard, Logitech Trackman Marble+

[mathew]

Hi echo

why don't you o\c your 450 any higher than 558 is it a problem with your agp buss speeds,or is it your cpu not wanting to go any higher? what S code is yours?

mine is SL35D and it runs a true 100% at 630mhz without any extra voltage.. {:O)

[SteveC]

No probs here either with Liveware 2.0, 2.1 or 3.0 on my Abit BX6r2.2 with the G400 32mb DH retail.

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Cheers,
Steve

"The chances of anything coming from Mars, are a million-to-one", he said.

[IceStorm]

No problems whatsoever here.



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Primary System: PIII-540 (450@4.5x120), Soyo 6BA+ III, 2x128MB PC100 ECC SDRAM CAS2, G400 MAX in multi-monitor mode. V2 SLI rig. Two Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 900u monitors, 3Com 3C905, SoundBlaster Live!, DeskTop Theater DTT2500 DIGITAL Speaker System (Sweeeeeet!), WD AC41800 18GB HD, WD AC310100 10GB HD, Toshiba SD-M1212 6x DVD-ROM, HP 8100i CD-RW, Epson Stylus Pro, OptiUPS PowerES 650, MS SideWinder Precision Pro USB joystick, Logitech 3-button mouse, Mitsumi keyboard, Win98 SE, Belkin OmniCube 4-port KVM, 10/100 5-port Linksys Ethernet switch (30~40MB/min under Win98SE)

Secondary System: PII-266, Asus P2B BIOS 1008, 1x128MB PC100 ECC SDRAM CAS2, Millennium II, 3Com 3C590, ADSL Modem 640kbit down/90kbit up, 3Com 3C509, Mylex BT-930 SCSI card, Seagate 2GB Hawk, NEC 6x CD-ROM, Linux distro S.u.S.E. 6.1 (IP Masquerade works!), Sharp JX-9400 LJ-II compatible

Tertiary System: DFI G568IPC Intel 430HX chipset, P200MMX, 4x64MB EDO Parity RAM, Millennium II, Intel Pro/100+ client NIC, SoundBlaster 16 MCD, Fujitsu 3.5GB HD, WD 1.2GB HD, Creative Dxr3 DVD decoder card, Hitachi GD-2500 6x DVD-ROM, Win98 SE

All specs subject to change.

[SJRACER]

My System...

-Abit BE6 Mobo
-PIII 450 not overclocked yet...
-Matrox G400 32MB vanilla...gotta luv that card!!
-SB Live Value
-128MB PC100 Ram
-40X CD Rom
-4X4X24 HP CD Writer Plus 8200i
-USR 56K voice int PnP Modem
-excetra, excetra, excetra...

My system runs GREAT. This was the First system I built from the ground up myself with no help. I do recomend you flash your BE6 Bios to the most current version that ABIT has on their web sight, and make sure you get the most recent drivers for your new G400 when it arrives if it didnt ship with them that is. If all else fails, keep playing with it. THis forum is AWSOME. All the advise has helped me to set my system up so it runs great.

SJRACER

[cjolley]

Nope

chuck


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ABit BH6 w/ Celery 333@500, 128mb gh@cas2, 10gb IBM@7200, SB Live Value@44kh, noname CDRom@40x, Mitsumi CDRW@2x2x8, Zoom@56k, Princeton EO75@1024x768x32x85hz, USB mouse,Matrox G400 MAX!!!!

[Gum]

No problems for me with a Super7 setup too!!

:-D

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AsusP5A, K6-400 @ 448, 128Mb Micron PC100 -8E SDRAM, G400 16Mb, IBM 16GP 8.4, Quantum ST 3.2, Toshiba 32X, HP CDWriter 7570i, RIC 17", ProLink WinScan Pro2000, HP Deskjet 710C, SBLive! Value, Altec Lansing ACS45 & ACS295

[SCompRacer]

No problems with SB Live at all. My Live even shares an IRQ with the MAX.

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P III 500 @ 560 via 112 FSB, ASUS P2B-LS w/1011 BIOS, 256 MB 8ns ECC RAM ECC Enabled since 5.13 driver release, current 5.30 drivers, DX 7, Seagate 9 GB LVD Cheetah & 9 GB UW Barracuda, 10 GB IDE DiamondMax, Plextor Ultraplex 32 X/Plexwriter 8/2/20 RW, Hitachi GD 2000 IDE DVD CD ROM, SCSI ZIP Insider, G400 MAX, SB Live/Liveware 2.1, Sigma Hollywood + DVD decoder, US Robotics 56K Sportster, Sony GDM400PS, UMAX 2400S SCSI scanner, Soundworks 5.1, HP 6P Laser & 890C, SCSI, LAN & USB enabled. SB Live shares IRQ w/MAX, bus mastering enabled, Win98 SE and NT 4.0 SP4.

[mathew]

Thanks for all your replies, it looks as though my worries are unfounded and that there seems to be NO compatability probs with the g400 max and the sound blaster live value.

So I can sleep soundly tonight and hope that my MAX comes tommorrow {;O)

Thanks peoples