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« on: March 14, 2011, 04:12:03 pm »


The below does NOT count for the NOS1 USB version !


As it turns out, too many people run into some sort of "PCI Speed" problems, which I ever had myself;
Back then it seemed just my new PC, but by now I can tell that it is a general problem of some sort, unrecognized so far (Google etc.), but which problem really seems to be there. It is BIOS related and seems to have its influence from various settings of which you see the list below. All I can say is that for the 4 people who ran into this kind of problem, giving them the below list helped.
Otherwise there has been one occasion of the symptom occurring after changing some harddisks and installing a new OS. Flashing the BIOS helped here ...

Symptoms

a.
Sound which starts to break up a couple of minutes playing into a track. Depending on the below combination of settings, this can start right away, or later. In all cases it will happen at some point, and keep on playing will end up in totally distorted sound.

b.
Slomotion sound. This is harder to recognize, because with some experience you can recognize this is not slomotion sound at all, but just the missing of a lot of samples. The effect is almost the same as slomotion sound, weren't it for the severe distortion which comes along with this.

c.
Strangely jumping VU meters in the soundcard's control panel (at not playing), up to the meters giving a full readout while no sound can obtained from it (when attempted). Stalls may go along with this, up to sudden reboots.

Above a, b and c may come together or stand alone.


The involved BIOS settings

My own settings are between the braces. The both "Possibly" denotations are highly suspect.

- Either Firefire support or USB3.0 support (or both); (now both Off)
- Possibly normal (Legacy) USB support; (now Off)
- Hardware Prefetching; (now On)
- CPU Speed; (now Max (no overclocking))
- C1E support; (Now Off)
- Possibly PCI Memory Remapping; (now Off)

From the reports of others, I do not recognize a relation to the motherboard brand.

Hope this helps someone.
Peter
« Last Edit: July 18, 2011, 05:53:12 pm by PeterSt » Logged

For the Stealth III LPS PC :
W10-14393.0 - July 17, 2021 (2.11)
XXHighEnd Mach III Stealth LPS PC -> Xeon Scalable 14/28 core with Hyperthreading On (set to 14/28 cores in BIOS and set to 10/20 cores via Boot Menu) @~660MHz, 48GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 14393.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/0/0/*1*/ Q1Factor = *4* / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = *10ms* / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = *10.13*  (max 10.13) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / Stop Desktop, Remaining, WASAPI and W10 services / Use Remote Desktop / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD Off (!) / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *62* / Nervous Rate = *1* / Cool when Idle = n.a / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = Optimal / Time Stability = Stable / Custom Filtering *Low* (16x) / Always Clear Proxy before Playback = On -> USB3 from MoBo -> Lush^3
A: W-Y-R-G, B: *W-G* USB 1m00 -> Phisolator 24/768 Phasure NOS1a/G3 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (16ms) -> B'ASS Current Amplifier -> Blaxius*^2.5* A:B-G, B:B-G Interlink -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers. ET^2 Ethernet from Mach III to Music Server PC (RDC Control).
Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere (also from the PC).

For a general PC :
W10-10586.0 - May 2016 (2.05+)
*XXHighEnd PC -> I7 3930k with Hyperthreading On (12 cores)* @~500MHz, 16GB, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit build 10586.0 from RAM, music on LAN / Engine#4 Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/1/1/1 / Q1Factor = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 4096 / ClockRes = 1ms / Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = 0.10  (max 60) / not Invert / Phase Alignment Off / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 3-5 / Not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ Playback Drive none (see OS from RAM) / UnAttended (Just Start) / Always Copy to XX Drive (see OS from RAM) / All Services Off / Keep LAN - Not Persist / WallPaper On / OSD On / Running Time Off / Minimize OS / XTweaks : Balanced Load = *43* / Nervous Rate = 1 / Cool when Idle = 1 / Provide Stable Power = 1 / Utilize Cores always = 1 / Time Performance Index = *Optimal* / Time Stability = *Stable* / Custom Filter *Low* 705600 / -> USB3 *from MoBo* -> Clairixa USB 15cm -> Intona Isolator -> Clairixa USB 1m80 -> 24/768 Phasure NOS1a 75B (BNC Out) async USB DAC, Driver v1.0.4b (4ms) -> Blaxius BNC interlink *-> B'ASS Current Amplifier /w Level4 -> Blaxius Interlink* -> Orelo MKII Active Open Baffle Horn Speakers.
Removed Switching Supplies from everywhere.

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