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Well, crap [message #104174] Thu, 08 October 2009 23:05 Go to next message
pbraun is currently offline  pbraun   UNITED STATES
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Looks like my pci slots, even though they're keyed to be 5v slots, may not be. As soon as I plug in the EDS card I get a bios beep code that says there's a problem with one of the pci cards.

Damn.

I'm going to call HP in the morning and see if I can find a tech who has a clue who can see exactly what's up with those two slots.

Otherwise, it's off to ebay for a magma. VirtuaVia looks nice, but all they sell is pci-e and I ain't got those.

Hell, ebay is 95% pci-e and express card. Barely a pci version in the bunch.

And most of the guys selling have split them up so I have to try and win TWO freakin' auctions.

I'm being punished. This is what I get for abandoning my G4-based Paris system.



Paul Braun, Certified Music Junkie

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Re: Well, crap [message #104175 is a reply to message #104174] Thu, 08 October 2009 23:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
kerryg is currently offline  kerryg   CANADA
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Ah, the joy. The pain. The suffering. It begins.

Seriously - that doesn't sound right; if it goes in the slot, I would have thought it ought to work. Have you got another PCI card to test in the slot? I had the PCI slots on my first mobo crap out on me before I even got started.


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Re: Well, crap [message #104176 is a reply to message #104174] Fri, 09 October 2009 03:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dnafe is currently offline  dnafe   CANADA
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Why don't you look for a new MB like an ASUS P5 series - they are solid performers with Paris and I picked up my P5B for $55 on Ebay.

You might also look at the P4 series also as I believe that was my previous MB before the latest upgrade
Re: Well, crap [message #104177 is a reply to message #104176] Fri, 09 October 2009 05:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
pbraun is currently offline  pbraun   UNITED STATES
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The problem with that is I have a very solid HP workstation with dual 3GHz Xeons and 4GB of ram and a 600W psu. That was free.

If I start building a pc, it's going to cost me way more than the cost of a used Magma.

I'll try another card tonight. I looked at the pci spec, and the 5v slots are keyed differently from the 3.3v slots, so these should work.

It's entirely possible that this EDS card isn't right, either - I think this is one that I got from ebay and haven't used yet.

That would suck....



Paul Braun, Certified Music Junkie

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Re: Well, crap [message #104178 is a reply to message #104177] Fri, 09 October 2009 07:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
pbraun is currently offline  pbraun   UNITED STATES
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I just found a tech sheet for an Avid system specifically talking about the HP xw8000 workstation.

The two slots are definitely 5v.

I wonder if there's something in bios....or maybe I have a bad EDS card.

Tonight I'm going to pull the card from my Mac, which I know is good, and try it.

I will also put the questionable card into the Mac and see if it works that way.

If the card is bad, I'm wondering how much Thesoniq charges to refurbish them or if I'm better off just watching for another card either here or on ebay....



Paul Braun, Certified Music Junkie

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Re: Well, crap [message #104182 is a reply to message #104178] Fri, 09 October 2009 20:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
pbraun is currently offline  pbraun   UNITED STATES
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Woooooo-freakin'-hooooo!!!

Apparently the bios was yelling at me because it didn't like the sata RAID card I had left plugged in. (Damn thing only understands RAID, won't do JBOD. New card is on the way, since this motherboard is scsi/IDE.

I verified the first EDS card was still good in the Mac. Plugged it back into the XP rig, booted up, and the hardware wizard fired off. Loaded Mike's driver, did the adat and studiocontrol thing, installed PARIS, rebooted, and it all works!!!!

I'm just giddy. I do need to make a video card change, since the Matrox G450 ain't crazy about the native res of my two audio monitors. But I had a project up on three monitors! Just need to get the SATA card so I can start moving my unmixed Paris files over, and I need to reformat one of my firewire drives as FAT32.

Can I just import 16/44.1 Mac paf files directly?

Have I mentioned that I'm excited?



Paul Braun, Certified Music Junkie

"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan Howard
Re: Well, crap [message #104183 is a reply to message #104182] Fri, 09 October 2009 21:52 Go to previous message
kerryg is currently offline  kerryg   CANADA
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Congrats! Yes, absolutely, you can import any PAFs. I believe you can actually just open your old PPJs directly (as long as the PAF files it refers to haven't changed names during the transfer).

Ah, the pain - the joy - Very Happy


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