Game Theater XP in Win XP

[Sugeknight]

Has anyone gotten this to work in Windows XP...

It's sitting on it's own IRQ and it freezes whenever you try to play a sound file
through Windows Media Player...
It will also freeze the system randomly without doing anything sound related...

I have the most current drivers loaded for sound and video...
Is this most likely poor drivers, or hardware conflict, etc?

Any help is appreciated...

My setup is:
Soyo Dragon Plus
XP 1700
2x256 Crucial 2100
GeForce 3 Ti200 Tit
Liteon 16x DVD
Liteon 24x CDRW

 

[Vadatajs]

Do you have the latest bios for your Dragon? Also if you upgraded to XP from anything 9x did you install hercules' special patch?

 

[Sugeknight]

I have not flashed the BIOS yet...
but this is a fresh install of XP Professional...

Should I definitely flash to latest BIOS?

 

[Vadatajs]

<< I have not flashed the BIOS yet...
but this is a fresh install of XP Professional...

Should I definitely flash to latest BIOS? >>



Yes, I would say you should. Most of the reviews I have read about that particular motherboard mention a bios update. Besides your problems with the GTXP, how do you like the soyo? I am considering that particular board for an upgrade (even though I hate via).

 

[Sugeknight]

My BIOS says 2BA1 on boot...which is current according to Soyo's site...
their last revision was 11/15.

I think I'll really like this motherboard when the sound card works, and no longer pisses me off

 

[Vadatajs]

Which pci slot is the soundcard installed in. Slots 4 and 5 on that soyo share an interrupt with the raid controller. If the card is in one of them that might be the problem.

 

[ndee]

I have no problems with mine under XP.

 

[Sugeknight]

I have tried every slot...
switching to W2k sp2 OS...updating VIA drivers
trying 256MB instead of 512MB

I'm running out of troubleshooting ideas...the system
runs like a champ when that card is not in it.
I don't know what else to try.

Is it possible that the detonator drivers could conflict somehow?

 

[Vadatajs]

I'm not having any problems with mine, but my system is significantly different than yours. Check the Hercules forum, you might find an answer there.

 

[Spagina]

Yeah, mine is working fine under Windows XP as well. My setup is also different, so I would say try updating the BIOS and do some slot switching to see if it will change the interrupt and allow it to work right.

 

[DARRIN]

I don't have the Soyo board I have an Epox. Mine is running fine in XP. I thought that that Dragon board had awesome onboard audio. Have you tried it. Also have you made sure that the onboard audio is disables in bios and jumpers?