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Joeybear
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This is the second thread that I've posted this in, and I apologize for that, but I figured that this info needs it's very own thread. And most of all, if it saves somebody from aggravation, it's served it's purpose...
During the past week, I've read a lot of posts here, and yet I purchased an M-Audio Delta 66 anyways. To make matters worse, I run dual AMD CPUs with a VIA chipset.
Yes, I may seem like a gluten for punishment, but this card was EXACTLY what I was looking for in matters of ins and outs, etc. And since I repair computers for a living, I was already in the mood for a computer based challenge. LOL
All of which leads to tonight...
I installed the card, and as expected, there were plenty of random "rice krispies" with the SPDIF output. After an hour of tweaking and adjusting and re-adjusting, I wasn't getting anywhere. So I got busy with bigger things...
First, I checked the PCI latencies with the DoubleDawg and Powerstrip utilities. As expected, my ATI Radeon was set at a whopping 255, and the Delta 66 at 64. Unfortunately, changing the settings to more reasonable numbers had no effect.
I then set my video acceleration to it's lowest setting. Still no luck.
The next thing to do was to update Windows with a Service Pack.
Before all of this, I was running W2000; with no service packs. (I had no reason to update the OS; everything was running fine.)
I had SP4 sitting in my shop, so I went for it. And guess what?
NO MORE RICE KRISPIES!
Considering all of the aggravation that this card has been putting people thru, and the posts I've read, I've hardly seen any references to OS updates.
I know for a fact that service packs can make huge differences in these types of situations, and I also know that different versions of Windows handle even the simplest of tasks differently, and so on and so on.
In summation, from my experience tonight, is it possible that M-Audio has been getting the bum's rush when perhaps the real culprit all along has been Windows???
During the past week, I've read a lot of posts here, and yet I purchased an M-Audio Delta 66 anyways. To make matters worse, I run dual AMD CPUs with a VIA chipset.
Yes, I may seem like a gluten for punishment, but this card was EXACTLY what I was looking for in matters of ins and outs, etc. And since I repair computers for a living, I was already in the mood for a computer based challenge. LOL
All of which leads to tonight...
I installed the card, and as expected, there were plenty of random "rice krispies" with the SPDIF output. After an hour of tweaking and adjusting and re-adjusting, I wasn't getting anywhere. So I got busy with bigger things...
First, I checked the PCI latencies with the DoubleDawg and Powerstrip utilities. As expected, my ATI Radeon was set at a whopping 255, and the Delta 66 at 64. Unfortunately, changing the settings to more reasonable numbers had no effect.
I then set my video acceleration to it's lowest setting. Still no luck.
The next thing to do was to update Windows with a Service Pack.
Before all of this, I was running W2000; with no service packs. (I had no reason to update the OS; everything was running fine.)
I had SP4 sitting in my shop, so I went for it. And guess what?
NO MORE RICE KRISPIES!
Considering all of the aggravation that this card has been putting people thru, and the posts I've read, I've hardly seen any references to OS updates.
I know for a fact that service packs can make huge differences in these types of situations, and I also know that different versions of Windows handle even the simplest of tasks differently, and so on and so on.
In summation, from my experience tonight, is it possible that M-Audio has been getting the bum's rush when perhaps the real culprit all along has been Windows???