PCI overflow problem with Asus P4C800-E Deluxe

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PCI overflow problem with Asus P4C800-E Deluxe

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I been trying everything now changing PCI latency in bios every setting installed new chipset drivers old drivers
and i can only load 4 Masterverb on 5th i get the msg
soo i cant load a shit Asio Channels mayby 32 IO on a lucky day

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P4 3.0 Ghz
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
Asus ATI X800 card
4 GB Ram
1 ATA 80 GB HDD
1 SATA 120 GB HDD
and 14 DSP scope card offcurse
WinXp Pro

Pls i beg for help
im been trapped in this nightmare for soo long now
i even buyed a hole new PC with the result that everythign got even worse soo went back to this pc again
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Post by garyb »

go to start/programs/accessories/system tools/system information/hardware resources/conflicts-sharing and see if there are any irqs shared with the scope card.
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Post by Wasp »

forgot too say that i allrdy looked in manual and saw what pci ports that aint sharing sooo i dont got any irq share with scope card
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Post by voidar »

In BIOS, disable all the shit you don't need like USB, on-board audio, plug-n-play etc.

Disable hyper-threading, in Windows too.

If your system is configured for ACPI it might be wise to change to "Standard PC".
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Post by Wasp »

the first stuff u said i allrdy tried didnt have any kind of effect and i need usb ports for my virus ti and keyboard and mouse ect

but what makes Standard pc better than ACPI mode ?
cuzz the dude i buyed my scope card off told me that standard pc was not allways a good idea
and he uses acpi mode him self with no pci problems
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Post by astroman »

are you absolutely certain that it's a 14 DSP card of recent production and not a 15 DSP version first generation ?
You wouldn't be the first one to mess the 2 versions unintentionally.
I ask because 4 masterverbs are exactly the value you can reach with the latter, 5 with optimal tweaking of all settings.

Otherwise you must have overlooked something very obvious, as that mobo isn't that infamous for bad PCI performance (afaik)

cheers, Tom
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Post by garyb »

oh, so you have an irq shared with usb?

you don't have to disable all the usb ports, in fact all of them will likely work after you disable the controller that is sharing....that is, assuming that i am reading you properly.

there's no magic involved. it's mathmatical the way the thing works. if you set it up properly, it will work properly everytime. i've put together many machines, i can assure you it works like that. don't just disable stuff though. you need to disable the right things and leave the things you need. i'll help if you need it...
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Post by Wasp »

garyb : i dont got any IRQ share problem with Scope and usb
Pci Port 5(i think its there too lazy too open pc) is not supposed too share with anything , took some screens of it , my OS is in danish soo i hope u still understand it

astroman: on the Scope card there is 15 Dsp's but in SFP it says i got 14 dsps. and i have been able too fill out my scope card one or 2 times before with masterverb's . So now im even more confuzed than before i posted the help LOL :).

Well u dudes still been a good help , and keep it up. 8)

Peace Wasp
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Post by astroman »

it's normal that a 15 DSP card shows only 14 active chips - one is used to control the others
I'm almost certain that you have the original Scope card with generation one IO system - if you open the latency control panel and you cannot select a rate below 13ms at 44.1k then it's generation one, which cannot do more than 5 masterverbs due to it's way of PCI bus handling.
Here's a picture of a generation 2 card, it's labeled wrong as the Adat version is shown, but still should look different from yours
Did you get the complete original software with the card ?
I might be interested in a purchase, but only if it's the oldie and complete - drop me a line in case you feel adressed.

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Post by Wasp »

Astroman i think your right :( cuzz i cant get lower than 13 ms so that means this version cant load many asio channels ?

the card was not new when i got it

i have been thinking of invensting in 6 more dsp in the future
so if i get that one and connect my old 14 dsp by STM cables u think that could fix the problem ?
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Post by katano »

hi wasp

yes, unfortunately, generation 1 boards have a limited pci-bandwith, also means reduced asio channels, which are pci demanding when using effects like reverbs, delays etc. on it...

BUT you can easily improve pci perfomance if you add just 1 card of the second generation, could be a Scope Home. I recommend at least a Scope Project card.

Then you'll also be able to lower the latency

merry xmas
roman
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But u think a scope Home mayby would be enouth
or is one STM cable not enouth ?

i dont think i need 6 extra dsps after all
i allrdy own a Roland V-Synth XT and a Virus TI
soo i got all the synth power i need in this

all i need scope for is for the Mixer i think it sounds 5 times better than cubase mixer and hole alot FX , dont realy need Masterverb , i got my Powercore MegaReverb witch i think sounds awesome.
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Post by katano »

the only reason i think a scope home is not enough is because i'm shure you'll be a dsp addict, too! ;-)
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ok your are right at that point :-P

I AM TOTALY DSP JUNKIE

Virus TI = DSP
V-Synth = DSP
Powercore = DSP
and offcurse Scope = ALOT of DSP


but i think a scope home would be enouth then that gives me 17 dsp's
the Scope mixer does such a nice job
that i dont have too waste that much dsp on mastering tools
like i had too do when i used just Cubase
i work on Distorted Techno atm soo it requires alot of dynamics , here is where scope mixer and alot of asio channels comes into the picture :-P

But PPLs THX alot you been great
now i better fill out my SDK pdf
soo i can start sharing my crazy ideas with u ppls u deserve it ^^
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Post by astroman »

Wasp, you may not even have to do so...
as that was the reason for my offer to buy the card (or exchange it for a current one...)
if it's not a 'dealer card' (labeled NFR - not for resale), then it was delivered with Scope DP when it was new. You would have an unrestricted developer license.
Unfortunately this license cannot be extended by the current CWA corporation, as it's predecessor (owner of the license) doesn't exist anymore.
That's why I also asked for complete original software - I didn't know you were interested yourself.
Maybe the previous owner still has it.

cheers, tom
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Post by Wasp »

Astro its ok
i could use the 3 extra dsps anyway
plus the other reason why i wanted another scope card is i need one more midi port and the emulated seems too work like shit soo i complety removed em , cuzz they allso made some problems with some other programs like my midi program that reveives signals from my Sony PSP so i can use that one as midi controller 2 ^^
and since u can only use CC then 16 midi channels is not enouth for me
i got alot of stuff in scope i want too control with my Novation SL and BCR/BCF2000
Im not gonna produce Track but Hole Mixes all made of loops i made so i need alot of tweak power :)
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Post by siriusbliss »

Make sure the card is in the middle PCI slot on the motherboard so that the BIOS doesn't force the IRQ's to be shared by video or network stuff.

I had 3 older (Pulsar I / SRB / PowerSampler (Luna) on my machine with the P4C800, and this alone solved the problems with overload (unless I REALLY went overboard with modules).

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Post by Wasp »

The problem is not my Motherboard
its cuzz its a first gen of scope cards shitty pci bandwide
i just need a new gen scope home card and a STM cable and then problem should be fixed

but thx anyway
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Post by siriusbliss »

I had 3 'first generation' cards on my PC400 with STDM for 6 years with no problems. PCI overflow issues were VERY rare.

Adding more RAM helps. Turning off background tasks helps.

Greg
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Post by frokka »

Wasp wrote:The problem is not my Motherboard
Do you know which revision of the motherboard you have?

I am suspicious that there are some problems with rev1 and not the later ones.
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