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PARIS popping and crackling [message #99360] Thu, 26 June 2008 17:46 Go to next message
Lance Reichert is currently offline  Lance Reichert   UNITED STATES
Messages: 39
Registered: July 2005
Member
Hey Folks,

Over the past month, about a day a week, my PARIS system has pretty much
freaked out.
Pops, crackles, arcade sounds, etc.
It's been hot here in NJ so I figured it was a temprature thing.
I took the eds cards out - cleaned them and re-installed - all was fine for
about two weeks
Now I have the same problem but it's worse.

Any thoughts? Should I consider the power suppy.
The PC runs fine other than the paris problems.

It's probably a bad eds card - hopefull not the one tied to the software.

Windows 98 se
1 CPU AMD - Athlon (~1725 MHz)

3 eds
mec
2 8 in
1 8 out
1 adat


TIA!

Lance -on PARIS since 1999
Re: PARIS popping and crackling [message #99362 is a reply to message #99360] Fri, 27 June 2008 01:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
erlilo is currently offline  erlilo   DENMARK
Messages: 405
Registered: June 2005
Senior Member
What about cleaning inside the computer for dust, motherboard, all cards,
the processor fan/all fans and the powersupply?

Erling

"Lance Reichert" <lance.rocks@nospam.verizon.net> skrev i en meddelelse
news:486484e2$1@linux...
> Hey Folks,
>
> Over the past month, about a day a week, my PARIS system has pretty much
> freaked out.
> Pops, crackles, arcade sounds, etc.
> It's been hot here in NJ so I figured it was a temprature thing.
> I took the eds cards out - cleaned them and re-installed - all was fine
> for
> about two weeks
> Now I have the same problem but it's worse.
>
> Any thoughts? Should I consider the power suppy.
> The PC runs fine other than the paris problems.
>
> It's probably a bad eds card - hopefull not the one tied to the software.
>
> Windows 98 se
> 1 CPU AMD - Athlon (~1725 MHz)
>
> 3 eds
> mec
> 2 8 in
> 1 8 out
> 1 adat
>
>
> TIA!
>
> Lance -on PARIS since 1999
>
>
Re: PARIS popping and crackling [message #99364 is a reply to message #99360] Fri, 27 June 2008 05:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kim W is currently offline  Kim W
Messages: 165
Registered: July 2006
Senior Member
Sounds to me as if the EDS cards are getting too hot.
Leave PC's cover off for a while, and even add a fan to cool the
innards.
Power supplies are cheap.
It's worth considering a replacement, even if this is not the
core problem. You may find that a new supply will be more efficient,
and not generate as much heat.
Worst case... old supplies can go "poof", and fry your mobo and/or peripherals.
(EDS cards!).
Least case... you will have a supply that is up to spec
for the next couple of years, thereby eliminating age related
voltage drop. You don't need to buy anything expensive.
Even a low-end Antec, Thermaltake or similar, is going to be
better than a generic P/S that comes standard with cheap cases.
I have a 4 EDS system here, and in hot weather, I leave the side
panel off, and even blu-tacked a fan to the bottom of the case,
blowing over the EDS's.
Heat, (especially with multiple EDS's), could well be the enemy.
Kim

"Lance Reichert" <lance.rocks@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
>Hey Folks,
>
>Over the past month, about a day a week, my PARIS system has pretty much
>freaked out.
>Pops, crackles, arcade sounds, etc.
>It's been hot here in NJ so I figured it was a temprature thing.
>I took the eds cards out - cleaned them and re-installed - all was fine
for
>about two weeks
>Now I have the same problem but it's worse.
>
>Any thoughts? Should I consider the power suppy.
>The PC runs fine other than the paris problems.
>
>It's probably a bad eds card - hopefull not the one tied to the software.
>
>Windows 98 se
>1 CPU AMD - Athlon (~1725 MHz)
>
>3 eds
>mec
>2 8 in
>1 8 out
>1 adat
>
>
>TIA!
>
>Lance -on PARIS since 1999
>
>
Re: PARIS popping and crackling [message #99367 is a reply to message #99360] Fri, 27 June 2008 08:22 Go to previous message
Chris Ludwig is currently offline  Chris Ludwig   UNITED STATES
Messages: 868
Registered: May 2006
Senior Member
HI Lance,
You also might have other components getting hot such as the power supply.
The power can drop in voltage if over heating and cause other components to act weird or die.
If the machine is that old and you still using a the same power supply you might want to look at getting a newer one.

Chris


Lance Reichert wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>
> Over the past month, about a day a week, my PARIS system has pretty much
> freaked out.
> Pops, crackles, arcade sounds, etc.
> It's been hot here in NJ so I figured it was a temprature thing.
> I took the eds cards out - cleaned them and re-installed - all was fine for
> about two weeks
> Now I have the same problem but it's worse.
>
> Any thoughts? Should I consider the power suppy.
> The PC runs fine other than the paris problems.
>
> It's probably a bad eds card - hopefull not the one tied to the software.
>
> Windows 98 se
> 1 CPU AMD - Athlon (~1725 MHz)
>
> 3 eds
> mec
> 2 8 in
> 1 8 out
> 1 adat
>
>
> TIA!
>
> Lance -on PARIS since 1999
>
>

--
Chris Ludwig

ADK Pro Audio
(859) 635-5762
www.adkproaudio.com
chrisl@adkproaudio.com
Re: PARIS popping and crackling [message #99368 is a reply to message #99360] Fri, 27 June 2008 08:13 Go to previous message
Lance Reichert is currently offline  Lance Reichert   UNITED STATES
Messages: 39
Registered: July 2005
Member
Guys,

Thanks so much for the ideas / help.

I'll do all of the above.

Rock on,
Lance


"Lance Reichert" <lance.rocks@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:486484e2$1@linux...
> Hey Folks,
>
> Over the past month, about a day a week, my PARIS system has pretty much
> freaked out.
> Pops, crackles, arcade sounds, etc.
> It's been hot here in NJ so I figured it was a temprature thing.
> I took the eds cards out - cleaned them and re-installed - all was fine
for
> about two weeks
> Now I have the same problem but it's worse.
>
> Any thoughts? Should I consider the power suppy.
> The PC runs fine other than the paris problems.
>
> It's probably a bad eds card - hopefull not the one tied to the software.
>
> Windows 98 se
> 1 CPU AMD - Athlon (~1725 MHz)
>
> 3 eds
> mec
> 2 8 in
> 1 8 out
> 1 adat
>
>
> TIA!
>
> Lance -on PARIS since 1999
>
>
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