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| Re: Colorgraphics Xentera Quad [message #76805 is a reply to message #76796] |
Wed, 06 December 2006 06:47   |
Nil
Messages: 245
Registered: March 2007
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Hey Deej - why don't you set all your Pulsar cards for the same
IRQ #? If you're going to have a conflict, may as well have
like items operating off same-brand drivers be the ones in
conflict (as opposed to a soundcard in conflict with a video
card, etc).
Also, Gary B. had mentioned that most computers have way more
USB port drivers than they need, sometimes up to like 8 of 'em
(although mine doesn't have that many), and that often you can
disable a couple of these (you would do so in the Control Panel
Device Manager) to free up more stand-alone IRQ's for the
Pulsar cards. Easy to undo, too, if you try this & find that
you indeed need to enable all the ones you've got.
BTW, I expect my Pulsar Project Card to arrive today - once I
get it installed & rolling, I'll have another summing comparison
for y'all to check out. If this doesn't work (and I plan to
use it in a STRICTLY summing capacity) then that'll be the end
of my experimentation with Pulsar.
Neil
"DJ" <nowayjose@dude.net> wrote:
>Loaded it up, installed the drivers and it's working great excpet for the
>fact that monitor head #4 seems to be defective, showing a preponderance
of
>green which does not respond to any adjustment. I'm going to contact tech
>support tomorrow and see if I can find a fix because I'd like to keep this
>card in my cubase DAW. It's IRQ situation isn't ideal since it's spanning
17
>and 18 and tow of my Pulsar cards are on those same IRQ's, but so far I'm
>not having any problems with this. I'm playing back 40 tracks in cubase
Sx
>with no lockups. IRQ sharing makes me nervous though. This was an EBay
>purchase ($135.00) so if I can't get a fix for head #3 I think I'll be
>returning it and looking around for another one because I like it. I hate
to
>recommend anything like this because IRQ sharing is such a wild card, but
>having 4 x displays on 1 x AGP card seems stable so far and very responsive,
>IRQ sharing or not.
>
>Deej
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| Re: Colorgraphics Xentera Quad [message #76828 is a reply to message #76805] |
Wed, 06 December 2006 09:22 |
DJ
Messages: 1124
Registered: July 2005
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Hi Neil,
There is a bit of an issue with the STDM cable length I have here so one of
the cards is in a slot that uses IRQ 17 for now. I'll be building another
cable in the future with about another inch of lead to the 3rd card in the
Magma and then all of them will be on IRQ 18. right now this causes some
flex in the PCB's of two of the cards I don't want to stress them.
;o)
Deej
"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:4576ca02$1@linux...
>
> Hey Deej - why don't you set all your Pulsar cards for the same
> IRQ #? If you're going to have a conflict, may as well have
> like items operating off same-brand drivers be the ones in
> conflict (as opposed to a soundcard in conflict with a video
> card, etc).
>
> Also, Gary B. had mentioned that most computers have way more
> USB port drivers than they need, sometimes up to like 8 of 'em
> (although mine doesn't have that many), and that often you can
> disable a couple of these (you would do so in the Control Panel
> Device Manager) to free up more stand-alone IRQ's for the
> Pulsar cards. Easy to undo, too, if you try this & find that
> you indeed need to enable all the ones you've got.
>
> BTW, I expect my Pulsar Project Card to arrive today - once I
> get it installed & rolling, I'll have another summing comparison
> for y'all to check out. If this doesn't work (and I plan to
> use it in a STRICTLY summing capacity) then that'll be the end
> of my experimentation with Pulsar.
>
> Neil
>
>
> "DJ" <nowayjose@dude.net> wrote:
>>Loaded it up, installed the drivers and it's working great excpet for the
>
>>fact that monitor head #4 seems to be defective, showing a preponderance
> of
>>green which does not respond to any adjustment. I'm going to contact tech
>
>>support tomorrow and see if I can find a fix because I'd like to keep this
>
>>card in my cubase DAW. It's IRQ situation isn't ideal since it's spanning
> 17
>>and 18 and tow of my Pulsar cards are on those same IRQ's, but so far I'm
>
>>not having any problems with this. I'm playing back 40 tracks in cubase
> Sx
>>with no lockups. IRQ sharing makes me nervous though. This was an EBay
>>purchase ($135.00) so if I can't get a fix for head #3 I think I'll be
>>returning it and looking around for another one because I like it. I hate
> to
>>recommend anything like this because IRQ sharing is such a wild card, but
>
>>having 4 x displays on 1 x AGP card seems stable so far and very
>>responsive,
>
>>IRQ sharing or not.
>>
>>Deej
>>
>>
>
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