On Apr 9, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> At this point I think:
>
> A) You may be running into power supply issues, since the you're
> populating most or all of the PCI slots.
I'm also trying to use multi-purpose cards ... {USB + FW} ... {Stereo
IN + Stereo OUT + MIDI + S/PDIF} ... {NIC 10/100/1000}. Even though
I'm not exercising the audio past Stereo IN + Stereo OUT, perhaps it
still has PCI channels ready in case I need them. Maybe the
interference is in that area ... PCItoPCI Bridge ... especially if
its not handled properly by M-Audio and/or Sonnet. I think M-Audio is
not.
>
> B) Since the reason you're using the ethernet card is because the
> onboard ethernet 'burned out from lightning' you have a damaged
> motherboard. While the overt damage seems to be restricted to just the
> ethernet, you've got ongoing, hard to identify, transient issues with
> this system.
>
> This really leads me to believe that your motherboard is subtly
> damaged beyond just the ethernet and is the root cause of all these
> issues. It's like bad ram (which I know you've tested): it's
> disguising itself as a host of other problems.
Possibly. Things shouldn't really be this hard ...
>
> To put up a Hollywood medical analogy of sorts, you've got a Dr. House
> patient.
>
> Everything's going south and no treatment works because you haven't
> found out what's really wrong yet.
>
> I say get the system healthy first...get a known-good mobo in the
> system and start with a fresh install of OSX.
Ah, yes ... Brainectomy and Total Transplant.
Recommendations for a good source of QS 2002 Dual 1GHz ready mobo?
>
> Then add something and test.
>
> Rinse and repeat until you've either found what's broken or everything
> works.
>
Currently I have running (made it through a couple of Cold Boots and
Restarts):
AGP Slot1 GeForce4 MX
PCI Slot2 empty
PCI Slot3 empty
PCI Slot4 M-Audio Delta 2496
PCI Slot5 Rosewill 10/100/1000
May have to be satisfied with using the KB USB port for my Yamaha
motif es8 USB/MIDI connection.
If this reduced setup continues to work.
Bill Connelly
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