trouble is back

cream · Post by **cream** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:54 am

I removed some dirt from the contacts and it worked. But for how long..?

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:24 am

another one close to the sea ?

cream · Post by **cream** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:45 am

not me. The problem returned.

Casper · Post by **Casper** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:44 am

What happens when you only have your videocard and creamware card in your system?

quote"

I get high sounds when I load the Creamware graphic EQ in while audio plays.
Some plugins just cut audio off until they're active.I know it's bad practice but I guess it's probably related to cards communication with MOBO.
"

Is it possible for you to record that high sounds ?
Maybe some of us can tell you something about it....

greet,
Casper

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cream · Post by **cream** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:17 am

well, I only have a videocard and 2 creamware cards installed.Nothing else..
I can't produce that sound anymore. I used to have that when loading a specific song with difficult asio routings and other things.I deleted it and when I started from scratch (new project) I didn't hear that sound anymore.

symbiote · Post by **symbiote** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:41 am

On 2005-04-14 09:17, cream wrote:
well, I only have a videocard and 2 creamware cards installed.Nothing else..
I can't produce that sound anymore. I used to have that when loading a specific song with difficult asio routings and other things.I deleted it and when I started from scratch (new project) I didn't hear that sound anymore.

Sounds like a specific device is the source. I've had some weird behavior with Horus the Chorus, when loading it with a track playing, I usually get some mildly nasty sounds.

cream · Post by **cream** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:41 am

My default project is this:

one sts-4000
stm2448

ehm that's it really..No strange 3d party devices.

cream · Post by **cream** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 1:30 pm

indeed, but my problem was that the dsp's sometimes do not load at the startup. Rebooting doesn't help. Switching off the computer and try it again works sometimes but not always.

cream · Post by **cream** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:57 pm

How can you see which ID a board has? In the cset.ini you can swap it, that's nice, but how can I see what I swap? Is 0 the first CW-card in the PCI slot and 1 the last or something?

Post by **garyb** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:18 pm

usually.
the description of problems you give may indicate a faulty board. if so, it can be fixed, but you'll probably have to wait for it to fail to know for sure. dirty contacts will give the same symptom.

Herr Voigt · Post by **Herr Voigt** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:35 pm

Quote:

My default project is this:

one sts-4000
stm2448

... but my problem was that the dsp's sometimes do not load at the startup.

Well, as I got my big Scope card, I happily tried a similar startup project with the 2448 and got also problems as you.
I think the 2448 isn't good to take it for default projects. I replaced it with the 1632 - no problems anymore. Don't ask me why ...

Post by **garyb** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 3:45 pm

hmmm,
my basic project has always had the stm2448 and i have never had a problem, but then i don't use a startup project. i always open my starting project manually after the (unchanged from the scope installer) startup project loads....

cream · Post by **cream** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:58 pm

Well, I cleaned the back of the card. It had some dust on it and many weird tiny white spots.I tought it was normal but I rubbed it of and after that I didn't have any problems anymore.Hope it stays like this forever now. I tested it for two days now. Maybe some spots where blocking datastream or something? Strange story.

Post by **garyb** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:25 pm

white spots?
sounds like corrosion..i forgot, are you near the ocean? probably moving the card helped to improve contact connections as well...

cream · Post by **cream** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:45 am

I'm living in Nijmegen, near the german border. No ocean here, just a river Waal.

I was wondering...

if I bought a pulsar2 card a long time ago and never used stdm. IF I had a faulty board with bad stdm connections, can I bring back my card to creamware after 3 years and say: My card is probably from the beginning defect, fix it or buy me another?

Post by **garyb** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:50 am

nah, that won't work. if the card works at all, i'd guess that the whole thing does anyway. white spots would definitely be corrosion in my experience... got any cats?

cream · Post by **cream** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:57 pm

No cats or other animals. I think it's corrosion too. Any idea of preventing?

Post by **hubird** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 5:16 pm

It can't be the river Waal, as I live a few meters along it, in the same town

Climate conditions in the computer's room however can be determating.
Humidity is the keyword here.
good luck

cream · Post by **cream** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:34 am

update..

Eventually cleaning wasn't the problem. The error came back.The S/TDM cables where the problem.I could not connect them right. When I moved the cables a bit I saw the dsp load get higher.Problem solved, but it's pretty crap how it works.