M-Audio Delta 1010LT Installation HELP!!

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Member Since: May 08, 2004

Hi everyone

I've recently bought a new computer and I haven't been able to install my M-Audio Delta 1010LT because every time I put it in a PCI slot, my computer won't boot! I get no signal going to my monitor, and the diagnostics LED that came with my motherboard hang on the video initialization step. Here are my computer's specs:

Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2GHz
Video card: Sapphire Radeon X1800XT
RAM: Kingston KVR 400MHz DDR 1Gb
Hard drives: Maxtor IDE 7200RPM 250Gb
Western Digital SATA2 7200RPM 250Gb
Power Supply: Thermaltake 500W

I tried different PCI slots and different drivers for the Delta. I've searched the Internet but haven't found any solutions. Did anyone have or heard of a similar problem? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

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Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002


Nov 26, 2006 06:55 pm

Is that video card a PCI or PCI-e card by chance? You may have that in the wrong type of slot if it is PCI-e and that can cause a problem as well.

I have never heard of anyone having any issues installing a PCI card at all, unless the card itself is defective. That can cause issues if it is not seating properly.

Member
Since: May 08, 2004


Nov 26, 2006 07:04 pm

The video card is a PCI-E. I'm pretty sure the Delta card was well seated before I powered up. I made sure it was all the way in. I'll try installing the Delta card on another computer to see if it still works. Thanks

Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002


Nov 26, 2006 07:24 pm

Ya, keep us posted. I am curious as to what may be up with the set up. I use MSI MoBo's and haven't had any issues, but I haven't switched to boards with the PCI-e on them as of yet either. So I would be curious as to what is causing the problem.

jimmie neutron
Member
Since: Feb 14, 2005


Nov 27, 2006 04:30 pm

Do you have an "el cheapo" vid card to try, instead of the ATI? Some of the ATI cards (model numbers are unknown by me...) are resource hogs and do not like audio. But, for the system to not boot, no matter what PCI slot the 1010 is put in... How many PCI slots are on your board? Do you have the onboard audio disabled? Are you certain your system memory is good? Does the system run fine and do "burn-in" OK, so long as the Delta isn't inserted? Do you have another computer to try the Delta in to see if it works in that particular box?

Member
Since: May 08, 2004


Nov 27, 2006 07:10 pm

Unfortunately I don't have another video card. I have 4 PCI slots, but one of them is blocked by my video card. Once I remove the Delta card, my PC runs very well; no problems at all. I haven't disabled the onboard audio; I'll have to try that later on. I'll test the Delta card on another computer tonight, and I'll give you an update once that's done. Thanks for your reply.

Member
Since: May 08, 2004


Nov 28, 2006 11:05 pm

Hi everyone. Good news: I tried the Delta on another computer, and it works fine; so that means I don't have to go buy another one!! On the other hand, my problem remains. An M-audio technician told me there might be an IRQ conflict on my system. He suggested I disable the "Hardware acceleration" for Sound. I also noticed looking through my Device Manage that I have in the Sound category an entry for "ATI T200 Unified AVStream Driver". I will try to disable this driver and reinstall the Delta card. Perhaps that is what's causing the conflict.

Prince CZAR-ming
Member
Since: Apr 08, 2004


Nov 29, 2006 04:52 pm

Seems like your board is telling you what the problem is. You've removed the 1010 from the problem list, and you know the vid card and the mobo are working, as they work with each other. Now it's the combination of the three that's causing the mobo to not find the vid card.

I'd bet a doughnut that a different vid card would fix the problem.

< perusing to investigate vid card . . . >

Holy smokes, that's not just an ordinary vid card, is that.

Well, you can't move the vid card, as it pci-e, and you tried all slots on the mobo for the 1010 (i think) so that's not helping. Now, I'd suggest searching for new updated bios for that mobo. Maybe there's an update that'll fix this prob. If that doesn't work, I'd hit their customer support up for ideas.

Oh, I don't think it's gonna change anything working inside of windows, as this problem is low-level related, way before windows even gets started loading.

A small pie will soon be eaten
Member
Since: Aug 26, 2004


Nov 29, 2006 05:15 pm

Check that your power supply can handle all your devices.

Try removing one of your hard/optical drives and see if it boots up then.

your PSU looks like it should smoke it but you never know.

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