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| Re: Another questions about ACPI IRQ sharing and Standard PC mode. [message #61494 is a reply to message #61491] |
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Deej [1]
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> Thanks,
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> Deej
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>Pretty zippy... ain't it! ;-)
Imagine going to WinXP64! That would take full advantage of
the dual cores.
David.
DJ wrote:
> OK,
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> All devices and drivers are installed. I've still got to do a little
> tweaking with the Steiny Houston controller. It's not talking to Cubase
> properly yet, but all RME cards, UAD-1 cards and the Matrox cards are
> working properly. The RME cards and ll of the UAD cards are in the Magma.
> Matrox video cards are on IRQ 16, RME Cards are on IRQ 19, one of the UAD
> 1's in on IRQ 18 (not shared) and 3 x of the UAD-1 cards are on IRQ 17
> sharing with the Marvell LAN controller. Hope this doesn't bite me, but I
> can always disable it when using Cubase I guess. I only use LAN to transfer
> files between computers prior to mixing anyway.
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> The Magma seems much friendlier working under ACPI than my old SBS
> chassis..........guess that's why they're recommended.......eh? ;o)
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> System is running fast and smooth, UAD-1 plugs are authorized and working
> and I haven't even gotten into the *in depth* tweaks yet where all
> non-essential background services are turned off .
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> I just opened a 48 track Cubase project with 40 tracks of audio loaded.
> Playing this back on my old AMD XP 3000 system on the ASUS A7V8X mobo
> (333MHz bus speed) used to use up between 40 to 50% of my CPU cycles with
> 512k buffer settings and wouldn't even play back at 64k buffer settings. On
> this new system, it hums along steadily at 12% at 512k buffers and plays
> back at 64k buffer settings with between 30 and 35% CPU usage. That's
> *significant* and is what I was looking for when I decided to build this
> machine.
>
> Once I get my Steiny controller working, I'm Ghosting this one.
>
> So far so good.
>
> ;o)
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> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote in message
> news:43a472e1$1@linux...
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>>My current isnstall is ACPI. I've got a 13 slot Magma here with my 3 x RME
>>PCI cards onboard. The Magma h
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| Re: Another questions about ACPI IRQ sharing and Standard PC mode. [message #61503 is a reply to message #61501] |
Sat, 17 December 2005 16:58 |
Deej [1]
Messages: 2149
Registered: January 2006
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>The immediate future is going to be the hybrid drives IMO.
AA
"Paul Artola" <artola@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:4uq9q1hutoq6mb93viq74oo6vhc5qh8p1g@4ax.com...
>I recall, about 3 years ago, one of the few times I was on the Sunday
> night chat with Brian Tankersley, he mentioned he was beta-testing a
> RAM drive and getting ridiculous thruput. I forget the exact figures
> he had observed, but it was on the order of dozens of simultaneous
> record and playback tracks.
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> The price he quoted was a little prihibitive - something like $3000
> for 100 Gigs or there about.
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> - Paul Artola
> Ellicott City, Maryland
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> On 18 Dec 2005 02:08:16 +1000, "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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>>Some interesting info on RAM drives.
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>> http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/05/hyperos_dram_hard_dri ve_on_the_block/index.html
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>>James
>Well, it's calibrated again, but this didn't make any differe3nce. It's
still not communicating with Cubase SX.
"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote in message
news:43a4dd92@linux...
> I forgot how.
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> ;o}
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>USB right?
Try a different USB port or a add on card.
AA
"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote in message
news:43a50568@linux...
> Well, it's calibrated again, but this didn't make any differe3nce. It's
> still not communicating with Cubase SX.
>
>
> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote in message
> news:43a4dd92@linux...
>> I forgot how.
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>> ;o}
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>......dualprocessor shit;-D).....doublebrains can be a problem if the one
don't know what the other is doing or will do. So, do you have the latest
Cubase revision that's built to take care of these idiotic doublebrains, so
you can calibrate them correct?-)
Erling
"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> skrev i melding
news:43a50568@linux...
> Well, it's calibrated again, but this didn't make any differe3nce. It's
> still not communicating with Cubase SX.
>
>
> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote in message
> news:43a4dd92@linux...
>> I forgot how.
>>
>> ;o}
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>I'll give it a try.
The real trouble started right after my driver load for the Houston
controller hung when installing off the factory CD. I had to shut down
Windows in mid stride and that's when everything went to hell in a
handbasket. I had some other Houston drivers that I had downloaded and
though these didn't hang the system, they didn't work either.
I finally had so much wierdness happening that it eided up with having
BSOD's. I removed it from device manager, uplugged the controller, went into
safe mode and hunted down the driver and killed it by renaming it. Then I
was still gett
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