my adventure

[garyb]

well i did it.last night i got a new hard drive and installed xp on it as my new c drive.i also took out one of my pulsar1 srbs and repaced it with a power pulsar.(pp,pulsar1 & srp=25 dsp)

gee,when you follow directions and install everything fresh,one at a time and in the right order(os-mobo drivers-cw w/cw drivers only-progs-sfp),everything works right away.weelll,xtc mode didn't work right 'till i reinstalled logic and sfp over the first install,but.....

i used acpi mode and now i have 24 irqs.my mobo(intel d850mvl)insists on sharing one of the usb driver irqs with one of the cards,but it works fine,so......(i had a similar situation with 98se)

after heavy testing i find that i have gone from 4 masterverbs with the pulsar1 to 9(respectable)fully functional mvs in a large project.this machine has only sfp,logic and samplitude on it.i will probably add another audio app or two,but i find that keeping the tools simple is often the best move.

8 hours later,this machine has never felt so stable.i pray it stays that way!i don't know what some are doing out there,but things are good here!thanks for letting me share!

[Immanuel]

Thanks Garyb
Always nice to hear of some positive experiences. As you may have seen, I am also in the process of upgrading. What I did not write was, that I may go XP soon too, as 98se + Samplitude + CW ASIO does not work good to me, and others have talked of improvements after going XP. I have my last examination this semester tomorow - after that comes time for experimentation (may get a new hard drive too, if I am lucky ).

[aMo]

Well, if it is sharing irq with a USB controller/device, you probably wont notice anything.. until you try something like transferring large amounts of data over the USB port that is..
Like when I transfer samples to my Akai sampler via usb, if I have any sharing then, my computer will bsod or reboot, guaranteed.

[ChrisWerner]

Well done and good luck for the future.
I don´t dare to change my Win98SE ,yet.
Cheers