Phoenix from the flames.... - Page 3

Dymetrie · 22-08-2007, 23:16

Rebuilt this evening and am now running on Vista Home Premium 64...

It's nice, am having trouble getting VNC to work (can find and login remotely but then just get an authentication failiure

), am still configuring but so far I'm liking Vista and liking the new setup

One annoyance was that the new board wouldn't let me use all 3 sticks of RAM so I'm reduced to 1GB until I can get it sorted... plus, for some reason my PC3200 is only running at 333.... All stuff to look into on the morrow methinks...

Mark · 22-08-2007, 23:22

Do AMD chips use the same Dual Channel tricks as Intel these days? I've been well out of the AMD market since the Core (and in truth, long before that), so I dunno.

Dymetrie · 23-08-2007, 22:34

No idea Mark, but Phoenix seems to be both sprightlier and more sluggish (this is due to RAM though)...

Only problem I have is that due to a missing soundcard module on this board I've had to use a Creative SB Live! 5.1 PCI card... Drivers installed ok but it's not routing my 5.1 properly (rear speakers are dead)...

If anyone has any ideas how to rectify this (no software available from creative) then I'd appreciate it muchly

Mark · 23-08-2007, 22:47

You can't. There are no drivers for the SB Live! series beyond the generic ones in Vista. Creative, **** that they are, decided in their infinite wisdom to abandon everyone who didn't have an X-fi.

I have the same problem (or would have were I still running Vista on this PC).

Garp · 24-08-2007, 07:24

/me guesses that a trip home to find the sound card module for the mobo may be on the books soon..

Dymetrie · 24-08-2007, 10:52

/me considers asking for a refund on the board as it is not 'fit for purpose'

Stan_Lite · 24-08-2007, 11:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

You can't. There are no drivers for the SB Live! series beyond the generic ones in Vista. Creative, **** that they are, decided in their infinite wisdom to abandon everyone who didn't have an X-fi.

I have the same problem (or would have were I still running Vista on this PC).

On a side note, if you have an ASUS board with an X-Fi, there's a good chance you're screwed with Vista as well - looks like Creative dropped the ball a bit when considering Vista compatibility - ****ers.

I bought a Trust card which was very good and had Vista 32 bit drivers (not sure about 64 bit) which worked (unfortunately, I had to ditch it because they didn't do XP 64bit drivers for it). I'm currently using an M-Audio card which works fine on my dual boot Vista 32 bit/XP 64 bit system (I know it's an odd configuration but I wanted XP on my gaming rig as well as Vista and the 64 bit was the only one I had spare

).

Mark · 24-08-2007, 11:29

I keep thinking of going M-audio myself, or at least someone other than Creative. Problem is I'd like a card with two line inputs, and they seem rare.

Garp · 24-08-2007, 19:23

M-audio do lots of 'bargain basement pro' cards with multiple inputs, I'm just not sure they're necessary appropriate for gaming.

*pats his audigy2-ZS Platinum breakout box*

Dymetrie · 06-09-2007, 20:12

[update]

Well, the soundcard finally managed to install itself properly and I have proper 5.1 (and the option to balance the speakers so it sounds right) so I'm nice and happy with the really old 5.1 Live! card now

This evening (not 90 minutes ago) I installed 2GB of RAM....

WOW

Makes such a difference, Phoenix is now flying and is more stable than with the 1GB I had. Plus, the mobo auto-detected the new stuff as 400Mhz and CL3 (if I tried forcing this on the old stuff, even though it was, then I got BSODs) and automatically runs as dual channel. Vista has changed my 'experience rating' for the RAM from 4.1 with the 1GB to 5.8 with the 2GB!

Only things lagging behind now are the CPU at 4.9 and the GFX at 4.5...

But I'm still loving it

[/update]

22-08-2007, 23:16	#21
Dymetrie A large glass of Merlot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Letchworth with a Lightsaber Posts: 5,819	Rebuilt this evening and am now running on Vista Home Premium 64... It's nice, am having trouble getting VNC to work (can find and login remotely but then just get an authentication failiure ), am still configuring but so far I'm liking Vista and liking the new setup One annoyance was that the new board wouldn't let me use all 3 sticks of RAM so I'm reduced to 1GB until I can get it sorted... plus, for some reason my PC3200 is only running at 333.... All stuff to look into on the morrow methinks... __________________ Khef, Ka and Ka-Tet....

23-08-2007, 22:34	#23
Dymetrie A large glass of Merlot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Letchworth with a Lightsaber Posts: 5,819	No idea Mark, but Phoenix seems to be both sprightlier and more sluggish (this is due to RAM though)... Only problem I have is that due to a missing soundcard module on this board I've had to use a Creative SB Live! 5.1 PCI card... Drivers installed ok but it's not routing my 5.1 properly (rear speakers are dead)... If anyone has any ideas how to rectify this (no software available from creative) then I'd appreciate it muchly __________________ Khef, Ka and Ka-Tet....

24-08-2007, 07:24	#25
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	/me guesses that a trip home to find the sound card module for the mobo may be on the books soon.. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

24-08-2007, 10:52	#26
Dymetrie A large glass of Merlot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Letchworth with a Lightsaber Posts: 5,819	/me considers asking for a refund on the board as it is not 'fit for purpose' __________________ Khef, Ka and Ka-Tet....

24-08-2007, 19:23	#29
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	M-audio do lots of 'bargain basement pro' cards with multiple inputs, I'm just not sure they're necessary appropriate for gaming. pats his audigy2-ZS Platinum breakout box __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

22-08-2007, 23:22	#22
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Do AMD chips use the same Dual Channel tricks as Intel these days? I've been well out of the AMD market since the Core (and in truth, long before that), so I dunno.

23-08-2007, 22:47	#24
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	You can't. There are no drivers for the SB Live! series beyond the generic ones in Vista. Creative, **** that they are, decided in their infinite wisdom to abandon everyone who didn't have an X-fi. I have the same problem (or would have were I still running Vista on this PC).

24-08-2007, 11:29	#28
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I keep thinking of going M-audio myself, or at least someone other than Creative. Problem is I'd like a card with two line inputs, and they seem rare.

06-09-2007, 20:12	#30
Dymetrie A large glass of Merlot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Letchworth with a Lightsaber Posts: 5,819	[update] Well, the soundcard finally managed to install itself properly and I have proper 5.1 (and the option to balance the speakers so it sounds right) so I'm nice and happy with the really old 5.1 Live! card now This evening (not 90 minutes ago) I installed 2GB of RAM.... WOW Makes such a difference, Phoenix is now flying and is more stable than with the 1GB I had. Plus, the mobo auto-detected the new stuff as 400Mhz and CL3 (if I tried forcing this on the old stuff, even though it was, then I got BSODs) and automatically runs as dual channel. Vista has changed my 'experience rating' for the RAM from 4.1 with the 1GB to 5.8 with the 2GB! Only things lagging behind now are the CPU at 4.9 and the GFX at 4.5... But I'm still loving it [/update] __________________ Khef, Ka and Ka-Tet....