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noises crack record and play cubase

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Hi guys,

Already read topics about that but I can't solve anything for the moment.

Suddenly I heard random noises when I play audio files within cubase, it looks like random noises sometimes. More I suspect some noises are also recorded when I record audio sources. Some crack are definitely not random.
Today playback in sound forge os ok whereas yesterday it "cracked" a lot. Waiting for hours can bring back to normal.

All used to work ok for years, what do you think I could check?

Audio cables?
Graphic card?
Ram issue?
Soft issue?
Bios parameters?

Many thanks.
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Forgot to say, gear=

Luna2 + pulsar 2+ ada8200

And it doesn't seem to be related to adat because recording with pulsar analog input has the same issue.

Thx again
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with so little information, one can only guess, at best.

what computer/CPU/motherboard?

what setup steps did you take?

what is sharing irqs with the cards?

have you seen this?:
http://forums.scopeusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31345

what software was recently added?

what hardware was recently added?
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Thanks Gary.


Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Asrock 4Core 1600 Twins P35
No new software no new hardware
I only noticed IRQ 19 shares a USB with the Luna.

I suspect it could be software related as the last time I checked (yesterday evening) everything seems to be OK. I just loaded a new project and built it from scratch. I'll check that again tonight.

Or do you think this could be some kind of material issue with 1 of the 2 boards?
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you should disable the usb controller sharing irq 19 in the device manager.

no, i don't think it's the cards. perhaps a vst? perhaps a random conflict with the usb controller...

have you disabled speed-step?
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I disabled the Usb controller yes.

>have you disabled speed-step?
I don't know where it is in the BIOS I need to check.

I'll give an update when I'll make new tests. Last thing this is an "old" config running under XP sp3.
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I rebooted clicks are back...
Bios parameters:

Enhanced halt state enabled
Intel virtualization tech enabled
Cpu thermal throttling enabled
No execute memory protection disabled
Intel speedtest auto. Regarding this last one I tried to disable it without success.

Should i turn off all of these?

Thanks!
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it's the thermal throttling(intel EIST) that is probably the biggest offender. the usb controller on irq19 needs to be disabled.

it's all here in the link i posted earlier:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31345
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Sometimes it's just loose cables.
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frokka wrote:Sometimes it's just loose cables.
absolutely...
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tweaked a bit these settings, looks now way better!
To be continued....
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It looks ok now.

Thanks again Gary!
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