2496 maudio card problems

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Member Since: Jan 08, 2005

I have been struggling with this card for the last couple months. I have bought 2 motherboards over the last while thinking that the mobo was the problem for my crashing/freezing. I have now discovered that my problems have stirred up from this audio card (hence the motherboard i replaced now works totally fine without crashing now that the 2496 has been removed and onboard audio going). So i have come down to the conclusion that it is a irq problem which maudio strongly reccomends to have set 15 or lower. Wellk, in bios i set my irq setting for this card to 5 (no conflicts) but yet when i enter windows and check my irqs for everything, it reads 17. So regradless of my efforts to change this, it ceases to improve anything. There is an onboard card for this mobo (7n400pro2) which is totally disabled. Im starting to think that this onboard card is always set at irq 17 and so any other audio that is connected is automatically set to that same. This is a real endless struggle of frustation and misery. My computer is used souly for production..MUSIC. I'll have part of a track done and all of a sudden CRASH. If anyone has any solutions please help. I dont want to use my onboard crap. Thats not what i payed 150 bucks for.....

cheers (thanx in advance)

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Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002

Jan 08, 2005 06:45 am

Thats unusual, M-Audio products are typically very stable. That said, have you tried hard-setting the IRQ for the slot you have it in in the BIOS? Not letting BIOS set the IRQ itself? Also, have you tried moving the card to different slots to see if it is assigned different IRQs as it moves slots...that generally will work.

Also, have you went to m-audio.com and gotten their most current drivers?

Welcome to HRC.

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Member
Since: Aug 26, 2004

Jan 08, 2005 07:41 am

What's your Operating system? They all handle IRQ's differently for the most part.

I have a Delta and i'm on IRQ 22 - no Drama's at all.

If your using XP i'd leave the BIOS right out of it and let the OS handle the resources.

Member
Since: Jan 08, 2005

Jan 08, 2005 09:29 am

op:xppro sp2
mobo:7n400pro2
cpu:amd2000sempron
audio:2496maudio
3dcard:mx4000



I have installed all the necassary drivers for the card including my motherboard drivers and everything else. As for the pci slots, I did some research on what slots were usable for the audio and what werent. I have a sata drive and its very fussy, conflicting with things. OUt of all the slots, slot 4 (from what i've read and tried) works properly. So...i've left it in this slot and im iffy on changing it (considering it doesnt click and pop as much when i use 4). So at this point im very lost as to what im supposed to do. I looked up knowledge base on maudio site to figure out the issues at stake and nothing really solves the problem. This "award winning bios" doesnt seem like it deserves any medal of any sort. Award winning for suberb unreliablity. I have set the audio card to another slot just now but things are worse. All hope is lost...maybe maudio wasnt meant to be with this mobo, or its way beyond my knowledge on how to config bios/windows.

thank you for your response. I appreciate it.


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

Jan 08, 2005 09:35 am

Could be that the card is a lemon.

See if a mate will let you install it on their machine! (back up first).

That will at least eliminate the card as the problem.

just a thought

Member
Since: Jan 08, 2005

Jan 09, 2005 02:16 am

well. I think i've determined that the soundcard is fine because in my old old computer it had been working with no errors. So with that in mind i think the major problem at stake right now seems to be the irq settings. I've realized that putting it in slot 5 lets it run at irq3. Trying this out i figured it would be flawless...but no...yet again...a crash

what a piss offf.....can anyone reccomend me another soundcard made by a diffrent company. I want one with more rca outputs thats not maudio.

Member
Since: Jan 08, 2005

Jan 09, 2005 02:22 am

I've just realized a solution. Im gonna buy a usb external soundcard. that way i wont have to worry about all these irq settings. Anyone reccommend one thats a small price but with lots of audio outputs?......oh...and if anyone lives in Victoria B.C. i have the 2496audiophile for sale...it will probably work fine in your computer..just not mine

I'm scary! Boo!!!
Member
Since: Jul 25, 2004

Jan 09, 2005 01:47 pm

How do you set your own IRQ instead of Windows doing it for you?

Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002

Jan 09, 2005 03:14 pm

Set it in the BIOS, sometimes Windows will override that anyway, but I have rarely had the problem.

Member
Since: Jan 08, 2005

Jan 16, 2005 12:38 am

I've just discovered that when i first install the sound card, it reads as the bios setting irq number that i designated. But, as soon as i install the drivers required for the soundcard it sets it to numbers 16 or higher, which doesnt make a bit of sense to me. There is no manual way of setting these irq numbers when i install the driver, so what to do next?..i dont know. the only way i can get this card to output sound and work is using the drivers required for it. Anyway...looks like i might invest towards an external card or something..i';ll put up with the crashes for now unless someone has a solution to this...if you do, god bless you!!!..

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