Apr 15, 2004 04:25 am I think I would contact m-audio if that is happening, might be a hardware problem. As far as their drivers, yeah, a little bit better instructions for installing them would be nice, eh?
m-audio omnistudio pci problems
Posted on Apr 15, 2004 04:04 am
super john
Member Since: Apr 14, 2004
Hi,
further to my cubasis problems yesterday, I have a recurring problem with my m-audio omnistudio pci. Sometimes when I turn my computer on, it claims to have found new hardware - and the delta control panel says 'cannot find audio hardware'. i've checked all the connections, etc, but there's no problem as far as i can see.
the only thing i can think of is that the card is set to some kind of sample frequency at startup that isn't what i was recording on, leading to problems. but this has happened twice before, and resolved itself just by me rebooting. i even downloaded the latest drivers for the delta 66 off their website, but (besides the fact that there are no instructions at all for where to put the files) nothing changes.
i find it incredibly hard to believe the stupid thing can't locate hardware when it's physically attached to it. what a bloody stupid thing! maybe it's windows xp...?
any help appreciated..
John
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Apr 15, 2004 04:25 am I think I would contact m-audio if that is happening, might be a hardware problem. As far as their drivers, yeah, a little bit better instructions for installing them would be nice, eh?
Apr 15, 2004 05:49 am Hi,
I had a read of their website support and think I *may* have found something that could be the problem - it says make sure you don't install the PCI card next to your video card. There are only 3 slots on my computer for PCIs and the middle one is taken. However, I'm pretty sure that's the network card. Maybe it's a conflicting IRQ or something?
I think I'll just take my computer apart and ram the damn card in properly. : )
John
Apr 15, 2004 06:40 am Yes, the slot right next to the AGP (video) slot is generally "bridged" meaning they share an IRQ. You should be able to safely move your network card to the slot next to your video card, as network cards are very low resource users, video and audio cards are both very high (video VERY high). You never want two high resource componenets sharing IRQ's if you have a choice.
Apr 15, 2004 07:56 am Thanks for that. But do you think that's what'd stop the audio card from registering at all as being installed and present? Would an IRQ conflict do that?
Apr 15, 2004 07:59 am IRQ conflicts often just flat-out lock your computer up solid, but they can do all sorts of weird things. I can't say as though I have seen what you are describing before, but it wouldn't entirely surprise me.
That said, you shouldn't be sharing anyway, so it would be a good idea to change them around whether or not either of us think it will solve the problem, just cuz it's the right thing to do. Hopefully it will though...
Apr 16, 2004 03:40 am well, thanks for your help, but i got home, took it out of the slot, put it back in the slot, put the computer together again and it works again now. i don't know what's going on but it's a bit dodgy to say the least! ho hum.
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