Sep 17, 2003 05:35 pm standard mode? do you mean safe mode? if so, press F8 right before windows starts to boot.
Standard pc mode
Posted on Sep 17, 2003 05:28 pm
Clansonkid
MegaMan
Member Since: Mar 05, 2003
hey, i was just wondering how i could switch into standard pc mode with windows xp?
thanks.
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Sep 17, 2003 05:35 pm standard mode? do you mean safe mode? if so, press F8 right before windows starts to boot.
Sep 17, 2003 05:41 pm sorry, i should have told u more. im using a m-audio audiophile 2496, with an hp pavillion of some sort with windows xp, and i am having pops and clicks. i read about standard pc mode and would like to know the best way of getting there?
Sep 17, 2003 05:43 pm or do you mean just switching the way it looks to the "Windows Classic" theme?
Start > Control Panel > Appearence and Themes > Change the Computer's Theme
Select "Windows Classic" from the drop-down box and viola!
Sep 17, 2003 05:57 pm um.... there's ACPCI mode then standard, i want to get into standard
Sep 17, 2003 06:08 pm Short and brief answer - don't.
Complicated and hell ridden answer.
Go to the "My Comptuer" Properties page
Goto Device Manager
Select the "Comptuer" Branch (first item on the list)
Right mouse button and then properties on "ACPI UniProcessor PC" (or whatever yours currently displays
Click the "driver" tab
Click "Update Driver"
Select "Install from a list or a specified Location (Advanced)"
Click Next
Select "Don't Search, I will choose the driver to install."
Click Next
Choose "Standard PC" from the bottom of that list"
Click Next
Pray to God your PC still works (and I do mean that, I, nor HRC, takes any liability for what happens next)
Personally, I would reccomend either trying a new PCI slot, or manually steering the IRQ's of specific PCI slots from the BIOS.
Either way, Good Luck!
Sep 17, 2003 06:49 pm I did the switch to Standard PC mode as well, and my problem was fixed. The computer works fine, but I think it may have slowed it down. If there's another way to go about it then I would recommend doing it that way (The BIOS and all that). The other way you can switch to standard PC mode is by totally reinstalling XP and selecting Standard PC as the mode you wish to use. This way your computer will continue to run at top performance.
Sep 17, 2003 07:32 pm looks like I must have been typing a my message at the same time Clansonkid was typing his!
Sep 17, 2003 08:42 pm if i choose to reinstall xp, when does it ask wether i want standard pc mode or acpci?
Sep 17, 2003 09:10 pm Hmmmm... That's a good question. Perhaps you should contact your computer's manufacterer for that. That's what I did when I was going through the same issue.
Sep 17, 2003 09:58 pm It doesn't. You have to hit F5 when you see the Hit F6 prompt at the bottom of the screen to install other disk drivers etc.
I would strongly recommend against installing in Standard PC mode. By doing so you remove XP's ability to share interupts and manage the hardware efficiently. There is no good reason to do so. If your having a problem with a given piece of hardware and changing the PCI slot it occupies doesn't resolve it the fault is likely with the hardware/drivers, or another piece of hardware/drivers.
Sep 18, 2003 04:16 am I am with olddog on that. If you want to not you ACPI feature,w hat you are best off doing is going into BIOS and disabling ACPI on the MoBo, then when you reinstall XP it won't see ACPI and won't use it.
That said, I wouldn't do that. I have an Audiophile as well and ACPI has given me no problems at all. What else have you done to do try to fix it? Have you moved the card from slot to slot and tried? Are you sure you have the newest drivers from M-Audio? Whatever app you use to record, are you sure you are using the best driver type?
Sep 18, 2003 09:22 am yea, ive tried about 3 slots total, and they all seem to have the same problem....my creative (piece of junk) card has and irq of 11 while my audiophile has one of 10, and so forth... i was wondering if bouncing my irq on the audiophile would be the thing to do? the only problem is, i dont know how to get into bios, or change the irq in the first place?
in contrast to other posts, ive read a lot of posts saying standard mode fixed thier problems with the audiophile.
Sep 18, 2003 09:26 am Since you are on a brand name system they may not allow you to set IRQ's manually or to disable the ACPI via BIOS (pre-fab system suck like that), but it may. When your PC first starts there is usually a message that say "Press F2 for setup" or something like that. That is where you get in to BIOS. You want your Audiophile on thehighest IRQ possible, only behind your video card. Video cards are suaully on the 11 IRQ, sound card 10, secondary sound card 9 and all the other crap under there.
Otherwise you can alwasy call HP and try to get some help.
Sep 19, 2003 09:49 am k, im basically gonna try it out in standard mode by reinstalling my comp, if that doesnt work, ill just customize my irq's.
thanks guys.
Sep 19, 2003 11:00 am I would reccomend going about things the other way round if I were you...
Sep 19, 2003 11:55 pm i finally got the pops and clicks gone!! standard pc mode worked. i am finally at rest.
Sep 20, 2003 10:20 am Awesome! I hope things continue to work out fine. Good job :)
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