I thought my PulsarII had died...

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:59 am

I was working away happily when a started getting some crackling and my host started stuttering as if there was a CPU overload. I stopped everything and it seemed OK CPU-wise, but the performance was still terrible.

So I rebooted.

Scope booted up fine, everything looked normal, but no audio app could find any ASIO drivers or CW MIDI Oh no, gloom all round.

I could add synths in Scope, play with all the parameters, do everything except get any sound !

So I cracked the case, reseatyed the card, blew my compressed air bottle everywhere amongst the dust (but not too bad), and rebooted.

And now everything works again.

So was this just a case of it needing a reseat, and maybe dust, or is it a sign that in fact the card is ill and may be about to die ? Is this how Scope cards die ?

Post by **hubird** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:35 am

as PCI traffic (asio, midi) is involved, you could also think on temperature/motherboard problems

studioblabla · Post by **studioblabla** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:13 am

pops, cracks, lost samplerate, hiss, breaks... I had them all.

First hour no problem, after One hour trouble in paradise...

Cleaned the contact with alcohol (and saw golden contacts again), but no improve in stability.

Bought an MOTU 2408 mkII which was my samplerate masterclock.

no improve.

Bought a pulsar card (My first card is a pulsar II) with stdm cable, even worse!
lost connection to board...

The I had the Idea of using only the pulsar card for the recording sessions. (nuendo) Hours of studio recording and...
NO CRASH AT ALL!

So I contacted cwaudio. Did an repair upgrade or whaterver they call it.
I got a brand new board. Plugged te pulsar II to the pulsar 1 And no problem at all! great stable system!

After 5 years of "is it the software, is the computer to slow, is it durt in my contacts" I can sleep again. It was my card.

No sound at all is easier to spot! I think my problem was temperature related to.

Try an other computer (bether an more recent computer with a clean install), and if you have the same problems, contact Ralf at creamware (cwaudio or soniccore or whatever you want to call it).

succes,

Bart

Lima · Post by **Lima** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:23 pm

hubird wrote:as PCI traffic (asio, midi) is involved, you could also think on temperature/motherboard problems

Yes, I've also noticed it.
Another thing could be the power supplier. If it lacks of stability then all the system does the same

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:22 am

Well, everything is still working fine so hopefully it was just that the contacts needed a clean.

But it did make me really appreciate the card all over again - I couldn't think of anything else that would come close.

Post by **garyb** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:41 am

glad you're back in business!