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If anyone is going to configure their 9300 to be a "Standard PC"

post #1 of 5
3/24/05 at 1:38pm
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Just an FYI.

I do music production, and I've been working on getting the 9300 ramped up for it. Generally, that means changing it from using ACPI functions to the old "Standard PC" in Device Manager.

If anyone else tries to do this, I would recommend not installed Service Pack 2. I am a big supporter of having the latest patches/packs, so you know where I'm coming from.

Service Pack 2 installs something (haven't nailed it down yet) as a device - (PCI Device?)...and once you install it (automatic) your video card no longer works. You will get an error in Device Manager that your PCI to PCI Bridge cannot find enough resources to use. This is what your go6800 runs off of.

Uninstalling SP2 fixes it. If anyone has any ideas to get it to run (without being in ACPI mode), I'm all ears.
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post #2 of 5
3/24/05 at 2:08pm
Why do you turn off ACPI? Some kind of latency with music hardware?
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post #3 of 5
3/24/05 at 2:11pm
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Jada,

That's exactly right. I'm using a firewire card, so it's basically the latency on the firewire bus.

When I had the 9200, I couldn't even play an mp3 in Winamp with ACPI. Once I went to Standard PC, worked flawlessly.
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post #4 of 5
3/24/05 at 3:15pm
Hmmm...somethings fubar. I run ACPI on my NForce2 Desktop no problem. Winamp and every other music programmy I can find. I'll be installing it all on my 9300 also soon, after I install XP Pro w/SP2. (which my desktop runs)
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post #5 of 5
3/24/05 at 3:17pm
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Desktops and laptops are 2 completely different animals. Desktops are very easy to configure for doing audio/video stuff.

Laptops try to cram everything on IRQ 9, which causes a lot of problems.

You can't really compare the 2.
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