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Errors and more Errors lol!! [message #105705]

Mon, 11 October 2010 06:56

lance

Messages: 47
Registered: December 2008
Location: Hamilton / Trenton / Prin...

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Hey Folks,

After replacing a bad eds card in my computer I tried ghosting the system drive with a shareware program. Didn't like the way it worked so I uninstalled the software. It's the only change I made to the computer other than the eds card. Up until the software swap the system worked fine;

Athalon 1 gighz machine
532 meg ram
win 98se
3 eds - 1 mec
1 system dr - IDE - DMA off
I swap IDE data drives - They defaulted to DMA on - not sure if that's right.

Here's what's going on.
1st - My computer soundcard will not interface no matter how many times I remove and reinstall the driver

When Paris boots I get "Could not restore old MTC code set up".
Probably because the sound card or DX is not working properly.

I get an i/o config error but it's no big deal. The Mec etc work fine.

Here's the big one. On playback I get the "Can not stream data fast enough".

The system works fine; rec and playback for about 6 tracks, so my 3 card 24 track projects are not usable.

I have a hunch this is something to do with DirectX but I have no idea how to fix it.

I'm pretty sure I have Dx9 installed right now. I tried re-installing it etc but I'm still stuck. I also tried loading an old registry but win 98 isn't so great at making that happen.

I know this is old gear and I'd like to build another machine in the near future. Still need a working system in the meantime.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks,
Lance

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Re: Errors and more Errors lol!! [message #105709 is a reply to message #105705]

Tue, 12 October 2010 06:52

drfrankencopter

Messages: 137
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

You need DMA on. Otherwise disk transfer will be very slow. This is likely the problem.

If for some reason you can't turn the DMA on, it could be a sign that your disk is dying (I've had that happen).

Cheers

Kris

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Re: Errors and more Errors lol!! [message #105710 is a reply to message #105705]

Tue, 12 October 2010 11:06

mani1147

Messages: 130
Registered: May 2009
Location: NB Canada

Senior Member

Hey Lance, in case you didn't notice the link up-top, check out "setup/win98" and " Bugs and troubleshooting/data streaming" at http://kfocus.com/paris/

Lot's of good info.

Keep us posted.
Rob

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Re: Errors and more Errors lol!! [message #105715 is a reply to message #105710]

Tue, 12 October 2010 20:32

lance

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Registered: December 2008
Location: Hamilton / Trenton / Prin...

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Thanks guys. I'm getting great performance now. No streaming errors etc.

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Re: Errors and more Errors lol!! [message #105716 is a reply to message #105715]

Wed, 13 October 2010 00:07

kerryg

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Registered: February 2009

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What was it that fixed it, DMA? Let me know if you're pretty sure what it was and I'll pop it up on the Wiki for the next person along.

"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon

[Updated on: Wed, 13 October 2010 00:07]

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Re: Errors and more Errors lol!! [message #105720 is a reply to message #105716]

Fri, 15 October 2010 15:39

lance

Messages: 47
Registered: December 2008
Location: Hamilton / Trenton / Prin...

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Hey Kerry,

I went through the win 98 setup list in parisfax. Couldn't say for sure what stopped the errors. I changed the DMA first and PARIS froze on playback
Then, after changing all other suggested parameters (inc vcache to 32768) the system started working perfectly. My only remaining issue has been with my computer soundcard but that's not a big issue.

Thanks for all your help - past, present and future.

Lance

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