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Hello,

i'm a new luna II user and asked a few questions before.
now i got all the parts together to (hopefully) record my own songs.
but i want to ask all the users how i install and configure windows98se and cubase 5vst correctly, to have the optimal system.
Here my parts:
pIII 850Mhz
abit BE6 (100mhz)
512 MB Ram
Promise udma 100 controller
IBM dtla 307030
fast WD harddrive (udma66)
lunaII

Software:
Windows98se
Cubase5 VST
Gigasampler

(excuse my poor english, i'm german)

thanx Marco

First, this probably belongs in the Troubleshooting area.

On the ABIT BE6, be sure you <b>avoid the highpoint</b> controller. I actually don't suggest this board for anyone, if at all possible, since that controller is nothing but trouble causing blue screens, blackscreens, and random lockups. So, stick with your Promise controller card.

Be sure your Luna II is <b>not sharing</b> an IRQ with anything else. To get a list of used IRQs quickly: Winkey+Pause > Device Manager > Properties. To change an IRQ, sometimes you can do this within windows (select the conflicting device and try to change the IRQ) but most times you will have to change the IRQ in the BIOS. Look in your motherboard manual, as some PCI slots are forced to share with other resources, to decide which slot is best for Luna.

Then <a href=http://planetz.ghostwheel.com/phpBB/vie ... 6>optimize your machine for audio a bit</a>, and install the latest versions of your sequencer and the Luna software, drivers. You might then check out <a href=http://planetz.ghostwheel.com/phpBB/vie ... rum=1>this thread</a>, which lists the important "install the drivers for Luna before installing the Luna software" hint, amonst other stuff...

Have fun.

Hi !

I use BE6-II (with the Highpoint 366 controller) with Pulsar I and Pulsar II SRB.

I do not have (serious) problems as long as I do not connect an UDMA100 drive directly to the board. If I do, I get a lockup within 2-3 minutes and subsequently very mad

The BE6-II Bios will let you assign IRQ's ot boards easily, and I guess that goes for BE6 as well.
You may also want to disable USB (if you don't use it, that is!) now you're at it, this may give a slight increase in performance. Did for me anyway. This is probably not relevant for newer boards (815E-chipset) ?

The normal procedure for installation would probably be to install W98 without Luna installed, install drivers for your UDMA100 controller card, install Luna and then Cubase, any other opinion on this ?

On BE6-II, the slots that work best for me is slot 2 and 4 (slot 1 is nearest to the AGP-slot), so again, that may also work on BE6.

Hoope this helps you.

Cheers
Stubbe

Stubbe, nice

Yes, the BE6-II is a little better, uses the newer HPT370 chipset instead, more FSB adjustments. It's probably best to disable USB on a BX board. You're right, you can use it without problems on the 815 chipsets.

Hi Subhuman !

Fearing that you might call me something not very nice for going into (not very relevant) detail , I have to state the the BE6-II is actually running Highpoint 366 (UDMA66).
The BE6-II v 2.0, on the other hand, is running Highpoint 370 (UDMA100).

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And now to something completely different:
Looking at the big picture, the BE6 seems pretty similar to the BE6-II, except for 2 ISA-slots as opposed to 1 on BE6-II.

What scares me a little bit in relation to the original post from singalong, is that it seems that it will only support celerons up to 700 MHz, even with the latest BIOS

I hope you bought this combo under good advice ?

Best of luck
Stubbe

Hello Stubbe,

i must correct you. from update B6QP 26/06/2000 on the BE6 supports PIII up to 850mhz (funny it is not the latest update.

but thank you for your warning. it is good to feel that in this forum you get uselfull hints and not that everybody is laughing at the newbie.

marco

Some of us are Demented enough to enjoy getting people up and running and making music on their computers

Anyway if you have any other problems feel free to ask...

Well I don´t know this board exactly but if aou´re running an asus BX board and you disable the USB you´ll expereience some nasty graphic problems sins the AGP controller uses the same ressources...