anyone know a fix for the aureal problem?

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Ok, I have seen countless messages about people having the same proble I am having (sounds cuts off after heavy CPU usage). I don't konw if this has anything to do w/ the via chipset (AMD 1 GHZ, via KT 133a ...) but I just want a fix. I have downloaded/installed the last beta drivers available for an aureal card (specificall mx 300). But the sound still cuts off no matter what application I play the music from. I even tried changing the output (DirectSound ...) but that still doesn't work. Any help would be grealtly appreciated.

 

My system:

AMD 1GHZ

MSI K7-T turbo - R (KT 133a)

mx 300 (aureal chip)

ATI Rage fury Pro

 

anything else?

 

Thanks,

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try the PCI latency patch at www.viahardware.com also look for the latest mobo BIOS because a lot of manufacturers are trying to fix the problem

 

try these settings in your BIOS too if it has them

 

three options to enhance the system compatibility

Delay transaction .

PCI master read caching .

PCI master time-out

Set above options to Disabled / Disabled / 0 may help SB Live 5.1 sound

issue. If the system experiences low performance after these settings, enable the PCI master read caching please.

 

I got it off of Abit's site but try it it might work

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>try the PCI latency patch at www.viahardware.com also look for the latest mobo BIOS because a lot of manufacturers are trying to fix the problem <

 

What PCI latency patch are you talking about. Only patches I see on viahardware are 4 in 1 drivers (which I have all updated), the individual drivers in the 4 in 1, the 686b patch (but that only takes effect if I have SB card ... which I don't) and the AC97 patches (which shouldn't effect me since I don't use the onboard sound).... so, please explain what you are referring to.

 

... but I will try those bios settings to see if they work

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its under the other section

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SOrry, but I still don't have a clue what your talking about. Under the 'other' section, there is only a 686b fix (but that is ONLY for Soundblaster systems) and there is AC '97 drivers available. None of them apply to my mx300 card or to the PCI latency patch you are talking about ????

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If you haven't already done so go to start menu->control panel->sound and multimedia->audio->advanced-performance and set your hardware acceleration to 3/4 or 1/2 setting it to full is a known problem for making aureal cards cut out during heavy cpu usage....

Jope this helps...

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I tried that option too (long ago), but it still didn't work. I did find a fix (kinda). It is a hack I found posted on anandtech's forum. Anyway, it said (using wpcre12a program) to set register 40 (after choosing audio) from 80 to ff. And it worked. I don't see any bad effects from it either (3-D demo still works fine). So all is good. Thanks all for your help

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it was under the VIATweaks section not other my fault. Anyway i was having the same problems with my SantaCruz then i tried the 580_3011.EXE BUS mastering drivers and it fixed my problem.

 

http://www.viahardware.com/download/580_3011.EXE

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yeah george's tweak is pretty much a easy way of doing that instead of using WPcredit and WPcredset. Damn i might have to put XP back on now that i found a prem fix.

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Hey, which version of XP do u have? How do u like it (i.e. is it worth the move from win2000)? How about all that annoying eye candy stuff?