From: PrinceGaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 5:06 PM
Subject: MD: Bus congenstion
> I was very worried when a guy said my Creative Savage4 card may have
> "problems" with PC100 RAM. That scared me a bit. But I think it's more
> likely the peeps havent been geeks like me who spend hours fiddling with
> BIOS settings etc [needing a boot floppy on numerous occasions], to get
> everything running. My vid card is cooking with gas now-- much faster
> than b4 adjusting BIOS stuff that can only be described as "esoteric".
I have, but it is actually a problem with the synchronisation on the card.
You need to get some sort of patch to adjust the clock setting og the card
ig you want to use PC100 RAM. I don't know any more than that at this stage,
as I am waiting on an EMail from Creative Labs, and a CD or floppy with the
patch on it, as it is not yet on their web site.
> The soundcard is not so good-- it seems to be emulated DirectX SB16
> compatability and thats just not good enough. I need real DirectX and
> may put my old SB16 ISA back in if the LiveWare 3.0 drivers do nought!!!
> It may be IRQ5 M220 and DMA 1 & 5 (for 8 &16-bit) but I don't want a c**p
> driver.
That's a contradicrion - the idea of DirectX compatibility is it eliminates
the need to access the hardware of the card directly - the DirectX drivers
do that for you. THe only time you would need 100% SB16 compatibility would
be to run your old DOS games that don't use DirectX - or early Windows
titles before DirectX became the accepted standard.
> If I disable SB16 emulation, and put my old SB16 in with only sound
> enabled would that work? Or will they fight with each other?
>
You can run as many sound cards as you like as long as you ensure there are
no conflicts. I have 4 running at the moment:
SB16 for games compatibility
PCI Sonic Vortex 2
PCI Yamaha XG Synthesizer (MIDI only enabled)
Event GINA
Just go into the BIOS setup (I'm guessing you know where that is? ;o) ) and
manually adjust the settings for mapping PCI cards to IRQs. Ensure there are
no conflicts, and away you go! I have to admit that having up to 420 real
wavetable MIDI voices simultaneously running through a quad speaker setup
sounds.... well... absolutely unbelievable!! I'm just waiting for a Minidisc
recorder that will take quadrophonic input, then I'll be one happy bunny!...
Now if I could just get my flippin' joystick working..........
Magic
--
"Creativity is more a birthright than an acquisition, and the power of sound
is wisdom and understanding applied to the power of vibration."
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