OK Tore. So that was false alarm, right ?

Regards,
Peter

Hi Arjan,

Yes, that is what I would assume too. But I don't see that happening. But careful : for net result when playing with XTweaks acative.
So yes, the by XXHighEnd "boosted" speed is higher (when XXHighEnd is up) but this is only comfortable.
And if you don't use XTweaks at all, it also matters.

One more thing to be careful about : For me this has been an ad-hoc change possibly not 100% all the way thought over. So I most certainly won't be the know-it-all here. So keep 'm coming ...

Regards,
Peter

Zheng, my previous post made me think of one other prerequisite (maybe I already told it somewhere) :

In XXHighEnd's settings the "Decode HDCD/MQA" field must be inactive in order to let the MQA DAC decode MQA.
So without that setting, the MQA DAC will not recognize MQA because it already isn't MQA any more (it has become normal WAV which of course sprung from MQA material)

Regards,
Peter

Hi Arvind,

That is appreciated. But most of what's in this topic has been eliminated via XXHighEnd 2.10, so ...

Once you are confident with Tidal, I don't see the problem anywhere any more.

And to be sure : how people may not understand how their MQA DAC works or how it should be addressed so it decodes MQA, well, this is "any player" related for the very same.
But blame MQA for that.

Anyway and summarized - there is no MQA decoding issue remaining. This topic is obsolete regarding that ...
This won't prevent you or anyone having similar problems, but it can't be related to how it's obtained from Tidal any more.
OK ?

Best regards,
Peter

Tore, the BIOS doesn't know about MinOS as such.
So no, that does not matter.

Peter

Thank you Tore !

Peter

Hi Arnt,

No, I don't think it is. What you observe is the "current setting" after XXHighEnd is brought up with the "Boost at XXHighEnd startup" setting active. You can check it via

a. deactivating that setting (not 10% proof);
b. checking the processor speed with TaskManager (Performance tab) when you quit XXHighEnd. And keep in touch with it when you startup XXHighEnd again.

Best regards,
Peter

Hi Tore,

No, not normal. But you said similar in the beginning (of this topic) but then I couldn't understand (or believe).
Maybe I still can't believe it.

Try this please (and nothing else) :

1. Set to 18 again.
2. Save the settings (normals Save BIOS procedure). If it implies a restart that's OK but go into the BIOS again.
3. Use the "Save" function and now enter a name like XX02. Enter saves it (also see instructions in the right hand side). Do NOT overwrite XX01 ever.
4. Restart and go into the BIOS again. Do you still see the 18 ? (but also notice the speed the processor runs at - this shows in the top. It will not be 2400 if all is rright.
5. Load back the XX02.

And now you sort of say that the 18 has disappeared and has changed to Auto again ?

Restart to make whatever it is effective. Go into the BIOS again. You should be in the state of which you claim it happens after loading back XX01.
... Which I don't believe.

So now you have done this :

6. Load back XX01. Restart to be sure what's in there for sure.

... And I say that all is fine and it shows 18.
But is it ?

You can leave the XX02 be. But if XX01 does not work for you, then XX02 does for the future.

Best regards,
Peter

Ha !

Not necessary !

Hey Arjan,


If all is "normal" (?) that doesn't work.
This one does and is fine (as far as I myself can see) :


Regards,
Peter

Hi Tore,

All I asked (or told about) was setting TurboBoost to Disable.
Of course you can drag in a 200 other settings in the game (you again mentioned something else) but this is nit what I wanted anyone to do.

For now (if you want to play with this setting at all) :

1. Load back XX01;
2. Disable Turbo Boost;
3. Save and reboot.

Then you have the same as I do (if you leave all other settings alone ).

Best regards,
Peter

March 29, 8am (GMT/UTC + 2) the forum will be down for hopefully not more tan 4 hours.

Peter

What ? ... OK, that implies we forgot that. This is possible.
So you mean that you can't find any XX01 to load back, while you sure found were to be for that ? (like Save to Disk is also an option) ?


This is already less plausible because I test this all myself.
Still can happen, but now it would mean two subsequent errors. Normally we make none ! haha
Really ?


For the answer to my question "how ?" The crucial part seems to be missing - how do you end up with Turbo  Boost disabled and the ration not to 100. But also : you talk about "Cache" Ratio, and that is not right ...

Regards,
Peter

Hi Zheng,

If i was you who asked the question to which the text you quoted was the answer, than you asked about an MQA DAC and let that decode. So only then the -0dBFS (-0dB relative to Full Scale) is required. And if yuo then don't have a pre-amp or other attebuation means behind it (or in the DAC) you are out of luck.

XXHighEnd's MQA decoding works reardless.

Regards,
Peter