| MOBO [message #94604] |
Fri, 11 January 2008 15:39  |
jim drago
Messages: 41
Registered: June 2006
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I want to build a new comp for my PARIS 1 or 2 card system. Running for the
most part nothing else so old school is OK very cheap is a must. What older
MOBO and chipset combos would best serve these criteria. Any info SOOO appreciated
as I am nearly comp illiterate. Thanks Jim
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| Re: MOBO [message #94616 is a reply to message #94604] |
Sat, 12 January 2008 01:39  |
John [1]
Messages: 2229
Registered: September 2005
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from my notes at www.kfocus.com/paris under setup/motherboards
A bit hard to find these days, and a bit "old school", but they are still
out there.
Gigabyte K8NS Ultra 939. Works like a charm with XP and 4 EDS cards, and
two dual-head Nvidia VGA's.
I Highly recommend it. No problems with IRQ's etc, just plug in
all cards, and install XP. Easy.
and
Subject: Re: BTW: Paris XP, K8NS ultra939...any pitfalls??..IT SEEMS
NOT! (yet..)
Date: 13 Jul 2006 22:02:56 +1000
From: "Kim W."
Newsgroups: IDEA.EMUEnsoniqPARIS
Hi, John.
No sound card, as all slots are full.
For any multimedia sound, I use the spdif out into my old Sony
DAT recorder.
The first two slots have the Nvidia Quadro dual heads.
(Obviously the first slot being the AGP, and the PCI version is
next to it.)
The other four PCI slots (The K8NS ultra 939 has five), have
my four EDS 1000 cards.
As mentioned, I disabled SATA, as I don't use it, and also the
parallel and game ports.
Firewire is active, so if I need to I can hook up my Maudio
Firewire Audiophile. (The K8NS has the Texas Instruments 1394
chipset, which is cool!).
RAM is generic 768mb DDR in DDR slots 1&3. (Dual channel would be
better ofcourse, but I used what I had in my old comp.)
Drives are Western Digital 2500JB (boot) and whatever else I have in my removeable
caddies (Mainly WD's), for audio. I use the boot
drive as backup storage for works in progress.
Nice and quick, as the two are on seperate IDE channels.
One thing I did initially during windows install, was to use a
single Nvidia MX400 geforce graphics card. After a flawless setup,
I then installed both Quadras with drivers, then the EDS's.
Yes, and I HAVE imaged every step of the way.
(Haven't had to roll-back yet.)
BTW John,
In case you were referring to my actual Paris.cfg when you
asked about my final config, here is a cut/paste:
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*** PARIS Configuration ***
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*** ENGINE configuration parameters ***
* Cache Size in MB
CacheSize=40
* Overview cache size in KB
OvwCacheSize=8192
* I/O configuration
IOSize=96
* SubMix Cache Size in KB
SubMixCacheSize=256
ManualRecDelay=8192
RecXFadeLen=20
Use32BitWinMTC=0
DisableDirectX=0
MIDIPlayDisabled=1
MasterOutputCard=0
ScrubMaxRate=1
WheelSensitivity=20
WheelInertia=68
CSProVersion=EFGH
VSTDirectory=C:\Program Files\E-MU\PARIS Pro\Vstplugins\
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| Re: MOBO [message #94636 is a reply to message #94616] |
Sat, 12 January 2008 23:27 |
Deej [5]
Messages: 373
Registered: March 2008
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Agreed. I'm using this mobo on both my Cubase rigs. Best AGP based 939 mobo/chipset
ever made, IMO..........the only conflict I ever had with mine was when I
attempted to insert a thumb drive with an image of Ron Paul which crashed
it immediately.
"John" <no@no.com> wrote:
>
>from my notes at www.kfocus.com/paris under setup/motherboards
>
>A bit hard to find these days, and a bit "old school", but they are still
>out there.
>Gigabyte K8NS Ultra 939. Works like a charm with XP and 4 EDS cards, and
>two dual-head Nvidia VGA's.
>I Highly recommend it. No problems with IRQ's etc, just plug in
>all cards, and install XP. Easy.
>
>and
>
>
>
>Subject: Re: BTW: Paris XP, K8NS ultra939...any pitfalls??..IT SEEMS
>NOT! (yet..)
>Date: 13 Jul 2006 22:02:56 +1000
>From: "Kim W."
>Newsgroups: IDEA.EMUEnsoniqPARIS
>
>Hi, John.
>No sound card, as all slots are full.
>For any multimedia sound, I use the spdif out into my old Sony
>DAT recorder.
>The first two slots have the Nvidia Quadro dual heads.
>(Obviously the first slot being the AGP, and the PCI version is
>next to it.)
>The other four PCI slots (The K8NS ultra 939 has five), have
>my four EDS 1000 cards.
>As mentioned, I disabled SATA, as I don't use it, and also the
>parallel and game ports.
>Firewire is active, so if I need to I can hook up my Maudio
>Firewire Audiophile. (The K8NS has the Texas Instruments 1394
>chipset, which is cool!).
>RAM is generic 768mb DDR in DDR slots 1&3. (Dual channel would be
>better ofcourse, but I used what I had in my old comp.)
>Drives are Western Digital 2500JB (boot) and whatever else I have in my
removeable
>caddies (Mainly WD's), for audio. I use the boot
>drive as backup storage for works in progress.
>Nice and quick, as the two are on seperate IDE channels.
>
>One thing I did initially during windows install, was to use a
>single Nvidia MX400 geforce graphics card. After a flawless setup,
>I then installed both Quadras with drivers, then the EDS's.
>Yes, and I HAVE imaged every step of the way.
>(Haven't had to roll-back yet.)
>
>
>
>BTW John,
>In case you were referring to my actual Paris.cfg when you
>asked about my final config, here is a cut/paste:
>
>***************************
>*** PARIS Configuration ***
>***************************
>
>
>*** ENGINE configuration parameters ***
>* Cache Size in MB
>CacheSize=40
>
>* Overview cache size in KB
>OvwCacheSize=8192
>
>* I/O configuration
>IOSize=96
>
>* SubMix Cache Size in KB
>SubMixCacheSize=256
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>
>ManualRecDelay=8192
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>
>RecXFadeLen=20
>Use32BitWinMTC=0
>
>DisableDirectX=0
>
>MIDIPlayDisabled=1
>
>MasterOutputCard=0
>
>ScrubMaxRate=1
>
>WheelSensitivity=20
>
>WheelInertia=68
>
>CSProVersion=EFGH
>
>VSTDirectory=C:\Program Files\E-MU\PARIS Pro\Vstplugins\
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