Is the Live! not ACPI compliant?

[BKnight]

I have been messing around with my PC and trying to get my sound card (SB Live) working correctly under W2K SP2 and I have not had a whole lot of success. If I turn off ACPI by upgrading Windows 2K as a "standard PC" then all I get is BSODs. I am now back to all devices using IRQ 11 and now I am wondering why this setup does not work. Is it that the SoundBlaster Live! series of cards is not fully ACPI compliant? Does anyone know this? If it is not, is the new Audigy series?

BKnight

 

[John]

I run a SB Live 5.1 and disable ACPI in my bios, and set to standard PC when installing Win 2K. No problems here. Anyhow, several PCI devices sharing the same IRQ in Win 2K is acceptable.

 

[AndyHui]

It is ACPI compliant, (or at least, the drivers are supposed to be if they want WHQL certification, or be certified for use with Win2K), but the card itself is not busmaster compliant, which is where the problem stems from.

 

[BKnight]

I don't see an ACPI option anywhere in my BIOS. I am running the Abit KG7R motherboard and as far as I can tell they don't show ACPI or give the option of installing a PNP OS, which I assume they default to NO on now. Anyway, any advice? Maybe I should pull out all the cards and then try to install Win2K again with no ACPI.

 

[BKnight]

<< It is ACPI compliant, (or at least, the drivers are supposed to be if they want WHQL certification, or be certified for use with Win2K), but the card itself is not busmaster compliant, which is where the problem stems from. >>



Any ideas on whether the new Audigy series is busmaster compliant then?

 

[AndyHui]

All we can do is hope...

 

[BKnight]

Thanks Andy

 

[BKnight]

I just pulled this from Creative Labs website. Does this mean that the card with support busmastering?

"Available half-length PCI 2.1 compliant slot for Sound Blaster® Audigy? card"

 

[AndyHui]

Not necessarily. Every PCI card on the market is PCI 2.1 compliant....it says nothing about ACPI or busmaster compliance.