- May 24, 2000
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System specs:
P4 2.4C @ 3.33 GHz
P4P800
512 MB PC3200 Corsair TwinX
WD Raptor hdd
Radeon 9200 128MB
16/40 DVD-rom
52/24/52 cd-rw
Zip100
floppy
Acoustic Edge sound card
I have installed the sound card using the drivers supplied on the cdrom. It installed without a hitch...but whenever I first enter WinXP, it will make a cracking sound right before playing the proper sound. I have also had nothing but problems trying to uncompress the latest drivers from the Phillips website. I have gotten a "Catastrophic Error" every time. I have downloaded the drivers twice and used a burnt copy off a cd-r.
Anyone else having problems like these?
EDIT:
I finally managed to "unzip" the installer .exe file. I used a different computer and then copied the driver folder over to my main system. I think the installer doesn't approve of SMP or HyperThreaded systems. I have run into some other software that doesn't approve of HT either. The new drivers really made a nice difference.
No more crackling like a SBLive!
But, I still can't get 5.1 sound output to work other than stereo, which sucks. I don't want to have to use analog cables to get a decent 4 point sound. If I wanted that, I would've used the integrated SoundMax audio on my motherboard.
Oh well, nothing will be as good as my old nForce2 mobo, should've kept it around I guess........
P4 2.4C @ 3.33 GHz
P4P800
512 MB PC3200 Corsair TwinX
WD Raptor hdd
Radeon 9200 128MB
16/40 DVD-rom
52/24/52 cd-rw
Zip100
floppy
Acoustic Edge sound card
I have installed the sound card using the drivers supplied on the cdrom. It installed without a hitch...but whenever I first enter WinXP, it will make a cracking sound right before playing the proper sound. I have also had nothing but problems trying to uncompress the latest drivers from the Phillips website. I have gotten a "Catastrophic Error" every time. I have downloaded the drivers twice and used a burnt copy off a cd-r.
Anyone else having problems like these?
EDIT:
I finally managed to "unzip" the installer .exe file. I used a different computer and then copied the driver folder over to my main system. I think the installer doesn't approve of SMP or HyperThreaded systems. I have run into some other software that doesn't approve of HT either. The new drivers really made a nice difference.
No more crackling like a SBLive!
But, I still can't get 5.1 sound output to work other than stereo, which sucks. I don't want to have to use analog cables to get a decent 4 point sound. If I wanted that, I would've used the integrated SoundMax audio on my motherboard.
Oh well, nothing will be as good as my old nForce2 mobo, should've kept it around I guess........