revenge of the freezing computer
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Posted on Feb 08, 2004 07:19 pm
Clansonkid
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Member Since: Mar 05, 2003
AAHhh, im running a processor at about 700mghz and i have 383 or so ram. my computer is still crashing like crazy.I even used the boost xp article. if i run more than one track in cubase the mofo goes haywire! does anyone else share my grief??? does anyone know of a good site to get a mac recording machine!
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juesContributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002
Feb 08, 2004 07:32 pm 700 Mega-Giga Hertz! - that's like 70,000,000Mhz wow, l337ness ;)
No, seriously, a 700Mhz machine will easily be able to do more than 1 audio track. I need more details in order to help you.
Full system specs
Sound Card being used
Which version of cubase
Which Audio drivers are you using (asio, wdm, mme)?
give me answers to those questions and maybe I can help you out.
jues.
Feb 08, 2004 07:43 pm ok, i got around 383 ram, 700mhz, cubase sx 1.01 or something, audiophile 2496, and asio drivers. i also am running it on windows xp with sp1...i forgot to mention, my sync with the audiophile and cubase is terrible...
Feb 08, 2004 08:14 pm What make/model of PC, or if custom built what make/model of motherboard and CPU.
Feb 08, 2004 09:10 pm its a hewlit packard 8300 series i believe
CrashIgnorance Is StrengthMember
Since: Nov 10, 2002
Feb 08, 2004 10:42 pm Heres what I do on my Mac G3/300. I have Cubasis VST.
First I gave Cubasis about 200megs of ram. I have 512. I disabled every extension I could, lets face it, I'm not gonna be printing or getting on the web while trying to record. I adjust the monitor to 800x600 at thousands of colors. Turn apple share off in the chooser. Adjust disk cache memory from default to 512 and the damn program still craps out on me. Sometimes it will be nice and won't freeze, get stuck, or start crackeling but sometimes, and I dont know why, it's just a pain and I get frustrated and quit. With a 700mhz Mac it should run like a top but I would still make these adjustments. Good luck.
If I could only come up with a couple of grand for a G5 *sigh*
CrashIgnorance Is StrengthMember
Since: Nov 10, 2002
Feb 08, 2004 10:44 pm OOps I misread the original post, sorry, I thought you were talking about a Mac.
Feb 09, 2004 01:29 am i've got a 700mHz with 384 too. I've also got an m-audio card using asio drivers, but i'm not running windows XP. i heard too many stories of people installing it on P3s and it doing just what you're saying.
but don't listen to me. dB's the computer wizard around here./
Feb 09, 2004 01:29 am oh btw, great thread title. i laughed just reading it!
Feb 09, 2004 04:27 am Well, I looked in to the Pavilion 8300 and I doubt that is what you have, it says those are 333-450 mHz machines that run on a 440BX chipset. which is a very "mature" (old) chipset that couldn't even take a PentiumIII 700 because the 440BX is very sketchy running on a 133 Front Side Bus. If it truly is this PC I highly suggest NOT running XP on it cuz it just doesn't have enough power.
If, however you find out what it really is, please post it. If it IS the above PC, there is pretty good reason it's locking up, and it should lock up regardless of the OS running on it, cuz a 440BX should not run a 133FSB system.
Feb 09, 2004 03:33 pm DOH! sorry db its actually a 8500 series
Feb 09, 2004 03:34 pm hey jamie, if not xp, what os are you using, and how well does it work?
Feb 09, 2004 03:38 pm Ah, so is it a Pentium Celeron? If so, that would explain a bit too, Celeron are very low-end Pentiums...but it appears that the 8500 are custom configured models so there are several different ones...
Feb 09, 2004 03:42 pm im guessing its probly the xp thats running me down, the only other option i have is windows 2000
Feb 09, 2004 03:45 pm all ive seen is pentium3 i dont think its a celeron, i dont have much knowledge about computers.
Feb 09, 2004 04:58 pm I dunno, I ran XP on a 600 PIII for quite a while and it ran great...I am thinking youhave some hardware issues, often times hardware ocnflicts can cause frequent freezing as well. IRQ sharing and such things.
Feb 09, 2004 05:07 pm hrmph, my irq was around 10 or 11 for my audiophile, would you say that's high enough?
Feb 09, 2004 06:15 pm Uuumm, yeah, it's about as high as it can get, it's not how high it is, it's whether or not other devices are sharing that IRQ. Also, it's not only your sound card, it's any device, the Audiophile, from my experience shares IRQ's pretty well.
Feb 09, 2004 06:25 pm hmm any way i could configure this?
Feb 09, 2004 06:36 pm On an HP, probably not, very few brand name PC's give their customers credit for being smart enough to do it themselves. That is another benefit of custom building.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Feb 12, 2004 11:01 pm Indeed, I will back dB up on the PIII running XP. I have been running a PIII 667 coppermine with 786 meg of ram and have no problems running XP. No crashes at all unlesss I mess with something that I know will crash it.
But I have been over 28 tracks in Sonar with this box and never did it cry out for mercy.
