pci capacity limit reached

ARCADIOS · Post by **ARCADIOS** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:12 pm

why do i get this message of pci overflow?

symbiote · Post by **symbiote** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:13 pm

Because PCI capacity limit has been reached? =P =P

Might happen if you load lots of reverb/delays/samplers with lots of ASIO channels open.

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:35 pm

I also had an incident recently where I got that message as I lost power and my ups kicked in. Strange. Glad I got to save the project file tho..

ARCADIOS · Post by **ARCADIOS** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:53 am

i have scope pro + pulsar 2
i use 2 stdm cables(max i can)
abit ic7g
crappy chipset?? what do you mean?
is it amatter of motherboard?
i have loaded "asio fit64"
so i use 32 stereo asio io's on stm4896.
when i try to play a video file the system says "pci capacity reached........."
any solutions?

ARCADIOS · Post by **ARCADIOS** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:06 am

forgot to tell that i use nuendo.
do you think it might be a nuendo prob?
actually the pci overflow message comes in a creamware graphics message.

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ARCADIOS · Post by **ARCADIOS** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:11 am

it happened with stm2448 and 24 asio2 as well.
it happened when i just recorded a reason rewired song and tryied to playback.
why can't i use many asio io's?
how can i use them without probs.

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at0m · Post by **at0m** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:48 am

I get this error sometimes when the Firewire and NIC LAN transfers are running hot... Seems like the DSP cards don't have enough time then to do their thing on the PCI bus.

ARCADIOS, have you recently added a PCI device, maybe one that likes to keep long time connection to the PCI bus?

virtualstudio · Post by **virtualstudio** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:33 pm

did you check the support section on the Scope 4.5 manuel?
check the topics "error messages" and in the optimization tips "BIOS settings"

I use to have this messages a lot, but now after tweaking the systems, I very seldom see them.luckely nothing bad happens (like crashes) just press retry and go on with you projekt.

good luck

symbiote · Post by **symbiote** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:33 pm

On 2006-02-03 04:53, ARCADIOS wrote:
i have loaded "asio fit64"
so i use 32 stereo asio io's on stm4896.
when i try to play a video file the system says "pci capacity reached........."
any solutions?

So you are using 64 (mono) 32bit float ASIO channels to, and from, your application? That's 128 different 32bit float channels running over the PCI bus. That might be a bit much, so if you also add sending a video over that PCI bus to the vidcard, then the PCI capacity limits reached message is fairly normal.

Try reducing the number of ASIO channels to the amount you actually use/need.

darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:14 pm

Looks like a mediocre motherboard design to me. I had fairly bad PCI problems with intel systems (Asus P4PE and P4C800-E) but the new system (AMD64/Nforce3) is amazing, haven't seen a PCI error except when I loaded 15 masterverbs

Did you try the PCI latency tools which were recommended to you here:

http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... orum=19&11

PCI Dawg for example is really not very difficult to use at all.

Shayne White · Post by **Shayne White** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:54 pm

I once had a massive PCI overflow problem when I bought a defective motherboard. I returned it for another one of the exact same kind, and I never had another problem again. But it usually is attributed to a faulty chipset. What motherboard and system chipset are you using, Arcadios?

ARCADIOS · Post by **ARCADIOS** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:09 am

well i use abit ic7g.
prescot 3.0
478.
2gb ram
today i managed to put the pro14dsp card on the 2nd pci slot(had problems with too litle space for sata plugs), and pulsar6dsp on the 4th pci slot.
thats the normal way since i use as 1st the big one without the need of entering "bordid0 and 1" at cset.ini file.
i tested like this:
i loaded all asio2 channels with stm48965.
i opened a nuendo project of 32 stereo asio in and outs.
i loaded many wavs at nuendo and put them play all together.
i loaded a video file in nuendo while this video file was playing... (it was me singing Hai gia vinta la causa, aria of conte from le nozze di figaro, mozart)

at the same time i played this video from a windows player.
at the same time fl studio rewired a,d reason playing rewired.
well the cpu went up to 100%, but no pci message.
latencys: 96 for scopes and 32 for rest stuff
i don't know if it is the order of the cards that made it more stable.
but ok, it seems fine now. i hope it stays like that.