pentium vs celeron problem

skeeter wrote on 11/17/2003, 8:59 PM

i just got a new computer with a pentium 2.6 , 512 meg pc 400 ram, and i have two st audio adc dac 2000 sound cards. my last computer had a 1.1 celeron with 512 meg pc 133 ram, and the same sound cards. i am having major glitches playing back audio with any sonic foundry product, vegas, sound forge, cd architect, with just stereo tracks or multitrack projects. i didn't have this problem with my last computer. is this a processor issue?i notice the celeron processor use to run at 100% at all times, but this pentium runs much lower.

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Cold wrote on 11/18/2003, 7:46 AM

Is everything updated? (drivers, direct x, windows...)
Steve S.

Rednroll wrote on 11/18/2003, 9:33 AM

I would highly doubt the processor difference in the problem you're seeing. What else is different between the 2 setups. Is the OS the same? What about the hard drives? Also the video card is a big factor to look at if it is different. Make sure your drivers are updated for the video card, and also make sure you've done any Windows updates. Check to make sure that the hard drives have DMA enabled.

Geoff_Wood wrote on 11/18/2003, 4:16 PM

Your Celeron used to run at 100% all the time ! Something was not right there. On my Celeron 1GHz i get 35% playing 10 tracks while recording 2.

In your new scenario, I would guess that your new motherboard (?) or WIndows has assigned the soundcard IRQ as shared with another device. You need to move it onto it's own. best method id\s by manually assigning an IRQ to the specific PCI slot in BIOS.

geoff

skeeter wrote on 11/20/2003, 2:43 PM

yay, i figured it out. i uninstalled the sonic DLA software that came pre-installed and everything was peachy. i've heard that DLA has caused other problems, so it's something to remember.
thanks, wes

Rednroll wrote on 11/20/2003, 2:55 PM

Microsoft's Netmeeting has similar problems, where it doesn't play well with other apps. I've ran into many problems with things functioning improperly, and just not being able to even launch certain apps because of Netmeeting. I have this installed on a work laptop, and it starts up from the work server everytime I log on, so I can't even get it off my system. That's IS at it's finest there.

MJhig wrote on 11/20/2003, 3:25 PM

I'm assuming you have to keep Netmeeting installed because your employer requires it so I won't address removing it although I use it all the time to remotely service other's pre XP PCs and have yet to experience a conflict with it and an audio or any app.

You can however launch Netmeeting > Tools > Options, uncheck "Run Netmeeting in the background when Windows starts". You will have to launch it manually though when you expect your employer to contact you.

There has been a few times where I've had to reinstall it after either myself or a client updates MSN Messenger, that's why I keep the Netmeeting *.exe burned to disk.

MJ

Rednroll wrote on 11/21/2003, 6:40 AM

Thanks for the advice, I'll check that to see if it's an option. Yes, it's a requirement for it to be on my work PC. I've found bugs in Sound Forges spectral analysis due to netmeeting in the background. None of my DVD player software can run with it. I find I can't open Adobe Acrobat. I just click on the shortcut, and it sits there and does nothing. I right click on the netmeeting icon in my task bar and stop netmeeting and all those problems disappear. Microsoft? Aren't they the ones who make the OS that all this runs on? You think they could get it right if anyone.