digital flinching bigtime

mrvinyl · Post by **mrvinyl** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:22 am

my pc is doing my head in, i have a producers nightmare!!!

everytime im full into a project, the pc catches on abit of audio, chucks out at me a horrible digital glitchy sound and reboots itself.

i cannot work out whats causing the problem, it mostly seems to happen when ive got an application already using the asio drivers, and then i launch another editor using the windows drivers, then it usually goes apeshit.

please please write back if you are experiencing similar symptoms, together we can beat this!!!

frustrated!!!!

Music Manic · Post by **Music Manic** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:53 am

We,ve all been through this.
What is your spec.If in XP try restoring system files.Ths helps stability.

mrvinyl · Post by **mrvinyl** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:59 am

my spec:

xp with service pack 1
p4 3ghz hyperthread
pulsar 1 software 3.01
sx

can i restore the xp system files without affecting anything else?

cheers

Plato · Post by **Plato** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:00 am

Standard PC mode?

mrvinyl · Post by **mrvinyl** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:08 am

hmmmm good point
I used to have it in standard mode all the time.

I ve just gone to device manager to have a look though, and all it says is acpi multiprocessor PC, but im sure on my old pc it used to have standard mode aswell, any other ways I can access this setting

thanks for your help

Plato · Post by **Plato** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:58 pm

If it says ACPI, it is.....you must have installed Windows in the normal way (ie not pressing F5 at the Raid/F6 prompt).
Personally, I've not achieved 100%glitch-free running in ACPI mode, & Wavelab would not behave at all due to problems with Wave drivers. Standard PC mode is a completely different kettle of fish on mine....smooth as you like, even when loaded to the max.
You can switch to Standard mode without reinstalling OS, but some people report problems doing this.
Safest bet is to do a new install....you can just have a 2nd version on another disk/partition if you want to play safe/compare the two.

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 1:54 pm

Good to see, that it you got it solved. Also good to see, that you report it back. That makes the tips you got much more usefull to other readers. Thank you.

mrvinyl · Post by **mrvinyl** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:09 am

hmmm sounds like this is my problem then.
i really dont want to be re-formatting if i can help it.
how can i change it to standard mode wothout doing so.
in device manager I can't find an option to change it

thanks for your help

Plato · Post by **Plato** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 12:45 pm

http://www.pcaudiolabs.com/setuptips.asp

there's a section on how to make the switch....basically by updating driver in the properties for ACPI Computer (device mngr)......BUT, it's not guaranteed to work 100%.
Reformatting might not be strictly necessary, but a fresh install is best...remember you can easily have it as ANOTHER installation, alongside your old one if you're worried, but on another HD/partition.
also check this:
http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... &forum=3&1