The Abit and the Audio.

[phanatik]

I just upgrade an Athlon Thunderbird 900, 256mhz mem. system to An
> AMD Athlon XP, 1700xp chip using an Abit KR7A -RAID m/b. but 4 some
> reason it is not working. I use Logic Audio 5, MOTU 2408mk2, MOTU
> MidiXpess, for our digital stuff w/ Win98. B4 the change in CPU/mb, i was having
> some puases on the system- outside of the recording. but it recorded
> fine. What I want 2 b able 2 do is record 8 n(which I can), and then do the
> mixes(processing,etc.) on the computer - hopefully w/ no problems!!?May I
> add that i do not yet having any DDR memory installed. though this may b
> the problem. And I also have an older video card - Radeon, that is no
> longer being made.


gear:

AMD Athlon 1700+
30G
MOTU 2408 MK2 + MidiXpress
Emagic logic Platinum 5
Sound Forge 5
WaveLab 4
Mackie 24x8
Roland 2480
other outboard gear
Radeon v/c
Win98 - desktop

Sony VAIO:
AMD Athlon 4
20G
WinXP

What can b the best operating solution, tweaks and/or anything else 4 our studio 2 b more productive fluently - computertwise?

thnx

[AcousticPro]

Have you gone over our optimization guide in the knowledge base section of our site? That is the best place to start and then if you continue to have problems we have removed many of the variables.

http://www.sweetwater.com/support/ts/detail.php?index=12701&skip=1&max=1&keyword=98+optimization

[phanatik]

yeah i read it and it help for my laptop. but my desktop..... it isnt up yet. i think i need memory cause it comes on but i cant c anything. its not reading my v/c. so i dont know whats goin on yet.

[AcousticPro]

Are you saying that you have not RAM in the machine right now? Have you updated your BIOS and all drivers for your motherboard in relation to the VGA drivers?

[phanatik]

i now have 256mb of mem. when i turn it on it just beeps!
i dont know what is wrong

[phanatik]

i got it now. it was the memory n the wrong slot. its up-n-running.
thnx 4 not callin me back Acoustic

[TeeCee]

So your system is running. Are you still having audio issues? I'm assuming the pauses were on the desktop and I suggest we try to get one working at a time.

Jeff mentioned drivers. Are you using VIA's lates 4 in 1 drivers for your mother board?

Another thing to check - when you first boot your desktop, before you run anything, press Ctrl+Alt+Del and list what you have running.

[AcousticPro]

Phantik,

Don't forget to check PM messages. When I get a busy signal or can't call back immediately I send an e-mail or post something to you there. Sorry for the confusion.

[phanatik]

...and now my floppy is not readin. but there is nothing on/in the desktop, just the xplorer.