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From: Peter Roussy on 5 Apr 2010 21:45
So I took the plunge and bought a new system from Mwave.

Basic Ark case and P/S
Gigabyte GA-P55-USB motherboard
Intel i5 750 chip
2x2gig Kingston DDR3 1600 ram
(2) WD 750 gig caviar black drives
GForce 220 1 gig video card (Msi)
22" Hannspree monitor
LG DVD RW drive

I got everything up and running alright. I'm using winxp sp3 and I am using
a M-Audio audiophile 2496 card. I also have a Delta 1010 I plan on
installing as well.

With all this new speed and power I am still getting pops in my audio using
reaper. So I viewed my IRQ table in control panel and found that the 2496
card was sharing with all kinds of things. This MB has 3 pci slots and no
matter which one I use it only gives me choices of either IRQ 16, 17 or 18
and all of these have multiple things on them. I have attached a pic showing
the delta card currently on IRQ16 (3rd Pci slot). (Actually, this post
wouldn't allow me to attach a pic)

Of the research I have done so far, it doesn't seem like I can even force an
IRQ in the BIOS because win xp will just over look it and load it where it
wants to using ACPI.

Does anyone know a solution or workaround for this problem. I feel like I
just wasted a lot of money for nothin.

Thanks

Pete



From: Steve_Karl on 5 Apr 2010 22:48
How many processes running in the background?

Also run DPC checker
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
.... and report the findings.

sk




"Peter Roussy" <rugzy(a)telus.net> wrote in message news:inwun.911$z%6.769(a)edtnps83...
> So I took the plunge and bought a new system from Mwave.
>
> Basic Ark case and P/S
> Gigabyte GA-P55-USB motherboard
> Intel i5 750 chip
> 2x2gig Kingston DDR3 1600 ram
> (2) WD 750 gig caviar black drives
> GForce 220 1 gig video card (Msi)
> 22" Hannspree monitor
> LG DVD RW drive
>
> I got everything up and running alright. I'm using winxp sp3 and I am using
> a M-Audio audiophile 2496 card. I also have a Delta 1010 I plan on
> installing as well.
>
> With all this new speed and power I am still getting pops in my audio using
> reaper. So I viewed my IRQ table in control panel and found that the 2496
> card was sharing with all kinds of things. This MB has 3 pci slots and no
> matter which one I use it only gives me choices of either IRQ 16, 17 or 18
> and all of these have multiple things on them. I have attached a pic showing
> the delta card currently on IRQ16 (3rd Pci slot). (Actually, this post wouldn't allow me to attach a pic)
>
> Of the research I have done so far, it doesn't seem like I can even force an
> IRQ in the BIOS because win xp will just over look it and load it where it
> wants to using ACPI.
>
> Does anyone know a solution or workaround for this problem. I feel like I
> just wasted a lot of money for nothin.
>
> Thanks
>
> Pete
>
>
>


From: Peter Roussy on 6 Apr 2010 01:27
I'm running reaper in 16 bit with asio 64 samples latency as well and I
didn't tweak reaper at all. I'm also using the same AP2496 driver as you.
I'm not loading this thing up at all but it still pops and clicks. I had
this same problem in previous systems until I could get the card on it's own
IRQ. The thing I notice about this new system is that there are a cajillion
things using up all the IRQ's and yet some numbers are not even listed (like
2,4,5,7,10,11,12,14,15 & 20). I tried to attach a picture of this but OE
won't let me post an attachement to this group and I can't seem to imbed it
in this message.
I'm wondering what your IRQ table looks like? Is your AP2496 sharing with
anything?

Peter

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>
>> Basic Ark case and P/S
>> Gigabyte GA-P55-USB motherboard
>> Intel i5 750 chip
>> 2x2gig Kingston DDR3 1600 ram
>> (2) WD 750 gig caviar black drives
>> GForce 220 1 gig video card (Msi)
>> 22" Hannspree monitor
>> LG DVD RW drive
>
> Some of this list is what I'm using in my new machine, (i5 2gig Kingston
> RAM) but my mobo is an Asus P7P55D, and my vid card is an Asus/nVidia
> 9800GT. My audio card is an AP2496, and I'm running it in Reaper ASIO
> mode, set to 64 samples latency. Driver version 5.10.0.5074 in WinXP SP3.
>
> Most of my tracks are audio, with the exception of my drums which are a
> half a gig of softsynth samples, I do use a lot of FX on my tracks
> though. Are you running Reaper un-tweaked? I am. The only thing I've
> changed in the audio settings was to select M-Audio ASIO. I do run 16
> bit audio depth too, as I've never really seen an advantage to go higher
> then have to dither down. The audio rocket scientists might say you
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From: Peter Roussy on 6 Apr 2010 01:51
Quite a few actually. 40, to be exact, but they aren't using hardly any
memory or CPU. I hear other talking about doing audio while emailing,
browsing and running video, all the while with anti virus going. I would
like to see how many proccesses are going on in those systems.

I D/Led the checker and found that I had no more than 1000us latency.


"Steve_Karl" <nospam(a)noway.com> wrote in message
news:hpe7d4$s8m$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> How many processes running in the background?
>
> Also run DPC checker
> http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
> ... and report the findings.
>
> sk
>
>
>
>
> "Peter Roussy" <rugzy(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> news:inwun.911$z%6.769(a)edtnps83...
>> So I took the plunge and bought a new system from Mwave.
>>
>> Basic Ark case and P/S
>> Gigabyte GA-P55-USB motherboard
>> Intel i5 750 chip
>> 2x2gig Kingston DDR3 1600 ram
>> (2) WD 750 gig caviar black drives
>> GForce 220 1 gig video card (Msi)
>> 22" Hannspree monitor
>> LG DVD RW drive
>>
>> I got everything up and running alright. I'm using winxp sp3 and I am
>> using
>> a M-Audio audiophile 2496 card. I also have a Delta 1010 I plan on
>> installing as well.
>>
>> With all this new speed and power I am still getting pops in my audio
>> using
>> reaper. So I viewed my IRQ table in control panel and found that the 2496
>> card was sharing with all kinds of things. This MB has 3 pci slots and no
>> matter which one I use it only gives me choices of either IRQ 16, 17 or
>> 18
>> and all of these have multiple things on them. I have attached a pic
>> showing
>> the delta card currently on IRQ16 (3rd Pci slot). (Actually, this post
>> wouldn't allow me to attach a pic)
>>
>> Of the research I have done so far, it doesn't seem like I can even force
>> an
>> IRQ in the BIOS because win xp will just over look it and load it where
>> it
>> wants to using ACPI.
>>
>> Does anyone know a solution or workaround for this problem. I feel like I
>> just wasted a lot of money for nothin.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>
>
>


From: Steve_Karl on 6 Apr 2010 04:49
1000us is way high
.... and 40 processes ... that's reduculous sloppy for any home built XP machine ... even if it's an internet box.
Just my opinion :-)

My weakest audio PC: ( an other os partition on this machine )
.... no more than 12us on DPC latency checker and 17 processes running.
It's an AMD 3000+ Single core Barton core, with 2GB of ram running XP SP-1.
ABIT NF7-s mother board.
I never get any audio glitches that can't be addressed by just upping my latency slider
or freezing tracks.

Generally I can run the SP-1 OS of this pc at 1.5ms latency when cutting tracks
and have finished projects with 80+ audio tracks, mixing at about 11 oe 12MS.

=====================
It's a tripple boot machine.
On "this" OS partition ( same machine ) as I write 26 processes running
on XP SP-3 and 49us max. Over here my audio is only hobby level.
Sure, I can have email open and record a few guitar tracks, but I'd never attempt anything
serious.

If I had your problem I'd:
Reinstall the OS and do a bare bones clean install ( no windows updates and earliest
SP you can use.) No AV nothing internet oriented and no browser newer than IE6. ... just audio software.
Nothing but bare bones and audio software. Nothing but bare bones and audio software.

GO into the bios and disable anything not needed for audio including any on board audio,
wireless, ports etc. Firewire ... all OFF in the bios.
Then retest.
If your DPC is still up near 1000 then you've got something (hardware) begging for too much attention.

Just my opinion.

Check with the pros over at the real forum.
Jim Roseberry and Scott from ADK.

SK






"Peter Roussy" <rugzy(a)telus.net> wrote in message news:fZzun.1024$Z6.520(a)edtnps82...
> Quite a few actually. 40, to be exact, but they aren't using hardly any memory or CPU. I hear other talking about doing audio
> while emailing, browsing and running video, all the while with anti virus going. I would like to see how many proccesses are going
> on in those systems.
>
> I D/Led the checker and found that I had no more than 1000us latency.
>
>
> "Steve_Karl" <nospam(a)noway.com> wrote in message news:hpe7d4$s8m$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> How many processes running in the background?
>>
>> Also run DPC checker
>> http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
>> ... and report the findings.
>>
>> sk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Peter Roussy" <rugzy(a)telus.net> wrote in message news:inwun.911$z%6.769(a)edtnps83...
>>> So I took the plunge and bought a new system from Mwave.
>>>
>>> Basic Ark case and P/S
>>> Gigabyte GA-P55-USB motherboard
>>> Intel i5 750 chip
>>> 2x2gig Kingston DDR3 1600 ram
>>> (2) WD 750 gig caviar black drives
>>> GForce 220 1 gig video card (Msi)
>>> 22" Hannspree monitor
>>> LG DVD RW drive
>>>
>>> I got everything up and running alright. I'm using winxp sp3 and I am using
>>> a M-Audio audiophile 2496 card. I also have a Delta 1010 I plan on
>>> installing as well.
>>>
>>> With all this new speed and power I am still getting pops in my audio using
>>> reaper. So I viewed my IRQ table in control panel and found that the 2496
>>> card was sharing with all kinds of things. This MB has 3 pci slots and no
>>> matter which one I use it only gives me choices of either IRQ 16, 17 or 18
>>> and all of these have multiple things on them. I have attached a pic showing
>>> the delta card currently on IRQ16 (3rd Pci slot). (Actually, this post wouldn't allow me to attach a pic)
>>>
>>> Of the research I have done so far, it doesn't seem like I can even force an
>>> IRQ in the BIOS because win xp will just over look it and load it where it
>>> wants to using ACPI.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know a solution or workaround for this problem. I feel like I
>>> just wasted a lot of money for nothin.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Pete
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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