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Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:49:56 --+AD4APA-h1 class+AD0AIg-linkback+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIg-https://rec-autos-simulators.net/+ACIAPg-rec.autos.simulators+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h1+AD4- +ADw-h2 class+AD0AIg-topic-title+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL...+ADw-/h2+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-action-bar top+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-pagination+ACIAPg- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p1+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg2+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile1+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Mark Daviso+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content1+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p1+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Mark Daviso+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Wed, 08 Jan 2003 05:33:02+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPg-I'm getting those s-s-s-stutters having swapped out my SBLive for a +ADw-br+AD4- Fortissimo III. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-It's gotta be related to the sound. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-If I disable the Forti and enable +ADw-br+AD4- on-board sound it works. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Tried latest drivers, tried all levels of sound accelleration, got latest +ADw-br+AD4- bios, tried reinstall, tried slot swappage, tried removing the only other +ADw-br+AD4- pci card in the system, etc, etc. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-How do I check for available IRQs? +ACY-nbsp+ADs-Ti4200 is using IRQ 11, ISDN is on 12, +ADw-br+AD4- Forti is on 10, SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host +ACM-1 is using 5, and +ACM-2 is on 10 +ADw-br+AD4- (same as Forti but no conflicts listed...) +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Some have mentioned that PCI latency can affect GPL. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I don't what that is +ADw-br+AD4- other than an option in +ACo-some+ACo- BIOSes. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I can't find it in my AMIBIOS. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-I've linked here to my BIOS settings. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-Can anyone tell me what I can try +ADw-br+AD4- changing here? +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-http://www.racesimcentral.net/+ADw-br+AD4- http://www.racesimcentral.net/+ADw-br+AD4- http://www.racesimcentral.net/+ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Anyone solves this I'll buy them a pint or six. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Cheers, +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Mark +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p2+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg1+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile2+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Rick Baumhaue+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content2+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p2+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Rick Baumhaue+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Wed, 08 Jan 2003 06:31:01+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPg-All I can tell you is that I +ACo-never+ACo- cured the stuttering after swapping my +ADw-br+AD4- SBLive+ACE- Value for the (supposedly superior, less-processor-intensive) +ADw-br+AD4- Fortissimo III. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-In the end, I just swapped them back and got back to +ADw-br+AD4- enjoying GPL. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-The swap was made to try to cure crashes in another game, +ADw-br+AD4- which doesn't get played nearly as often as that 4+-year-old +ADw-br+AD4- dinosaur................. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p3+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg2+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile3+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Mark Daviso+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content3+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p3+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Mark Daviso+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Wed, 08 Jan 2003 06:57:43+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPgA8-div class+AD0AIg-gQuote+ACIAPg------ Original Message ----- +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4- Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators +ADw-br+AD4- Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 9:31 PM +ADw-br+AD4- Subject: Re: PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL... +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- All I can tell you is that I +ACo-never+ACo- cured the stuttering after swapping +ADw-br+AD4- my +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- SBLive+ACE- Value for the (supposedly superior, less-processor-intensive) +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- Fortissimo III. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-In the end, I just swapped them back and got back to +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- enjoying GPL. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-The swap was made to try to cure crashes in another game, +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- which doesn't get played nearly as often as that 4+-year-old +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- dinosaur................. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place here. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-I swapped to the FIII because GPL was rendered undriveable (seriously - the +ADw-br+AD4- engine not did wierd things so I didn't have a clue when to shift) by the +ADw-br+AD4- screwed up SBLive sound - it's now undriveable because of the stutters... +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-No matter what I did with the SBLive - and I think I tried pretty much +ADw-br+AD4- everything ever suggested here - I couldn't get to the bottom of it. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I just +ADw-br+AD4- went with a non-Creative product in the end and only now do I find out about +ADw-br+AD4- the stutters with these cards... +ACY-nbsp+ADs-It's a damn shame how much research you +ADw-br+AD4- gotta do for compatible hardware... +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-PC World are +ACo-highly+ACo- unlikely to take this FIII back as it's not faulty, +ADw-br+AD4- but I think I'll try. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-If they do, then I'll just wire up the on-board sound +ADw-br+AD4- with a switch box for GPL purposes and pocket the money. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Regards, +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Mark +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p4+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg1+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile4+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Mark Daviso+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content4+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p4+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Mark Daviso+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Wed, 08 Jan 2003 07:07:43+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPgA8-p+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-p+AD4- FWIW I switched the FIII to yet another PCI slot, got IRQ 12, no difference. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Damn this is pissing me off... +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Mark +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p5+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg2+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile5+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Goy Larse+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content5+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p5+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Goy Larse+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Wed, 08 Jan 2003 07:33:11+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPgA8-p+AD4APA-div class+AD0AIg-gQuote+ACIAPg- +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- How do I check for available IRQs? +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4AJg-quot+ADs-Start+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ACY-quot+ADs-Settings+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ACY-quot+ADs-Control Panel+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ACY-quot+ADs-System+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ACY-quot+ADs-Device Manager+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-quot+ADs-Sort by IRQ+ACY-quot+ADs- (Win98) or +ACY-quot+ADs-View+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ACY-quot+ADs-resources by connection+ACY-quot+ADs- (WinXP) +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-That'll give you a list of which units using which IRQ's, as you prolly +ADw-br+AD4- know you've got 16 of them, 0 through 15, of which but a few are +ADw-br+AD4- available for you to mess around with, usually 5,9,10 and 11, for your +ADw-br+AD4- various hardware like Vid card, Sound card and NIC, however, there's a +ADw-br+AD4- few tricks you can do depending on whether you use certain types of +ADw-br+AD4- hardware or not.... +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Do you use any serial devices, external modem, old type serial mouse ? +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-If not, disable Com's 1 and 2 in BIOS, that gives you another 2 IRQ's (4 +ADw-br+AD4- and 3 respectively) +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Do you use an LPT printer ? +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-If not, disable LPT in BIOS, another IRQ (7) +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Do you use a PS-2 mouse ? +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-If not, disable PS-2 support in BIOS and free up IRQ 12 +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Beers and cheers +ADw-br+AD4- (uncle) Goy +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-http://www.theuspits.com +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-quot+ADs-A man is only as old as the woman he feels........+ACY-quot+ADs- +ADw-br+AD4- --Groucho Marx-- +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p6+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg1+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile6+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Damien Smit+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content6+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p6+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Damien Smit+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Wed, 08 Jan 2003 09:04:31+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPg-It's a real pain - I've got a perfectly good SBLive sitting in my drawer +ADw-br+AD4- because of GPL. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I don't know whether it's Creative, Papyrus or Microsoft +ADw-br+AD4- that's to blame. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-You could try getting a Santa Cruz sound card. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-They seem +ADw-br+AD4- pretty good from what I've seen and might be a lot cheaper than an Audigy. +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p7+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg2+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile7+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Glen Pittma+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content7+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p7+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Glen Pittma+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Wed, 08 Jan 2003 09:16:57+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPg-I agree about the Santa Cruz. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-It is a great card. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I had one, and didn't +ADw-br+AD4- have any problems with it. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I replaced it with a Hercules Game Theater XP +ADw-br+AD4- which I love just as much as the Santa Cruz. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-The reason I changed was +ADw-br+AD4- trying to solve gameport jitters, which turned out to be a bug between the +ADw-br+AD4- 50K pots in my TSW and WinXP. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-The card was fine. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Glen +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p8+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg1+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile8+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Mar+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content8+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p8+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Mar+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Wed, 08 Jan 2003 16:55:23+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPgA8-p+AD4APA-div class+AD0AIg-gQuote+ACIAPg- +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs- How do I check for available IRQs? +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-quot+ADs-Start+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ACY-quot+ADs-Settings+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ACY-quot+ADs-Control Panel+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ACY-quot+ADs-System+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ACY-quot+ADs-Device Manager+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- +ACY-quot+ADs-Sort by IRQ+ACY-quot+ADs- (Win98) or +ACY-quot+ADs-View+ACY-quot+ADs- - +ACY-quot+ADs-resources by connection+ACY-quot+ADs- (WinXP) +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- That'll give you a list of which units using which IRQ's, as you prolly +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- know you've got 16 of them, 0 through 15, of which but a few are +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- available for you to mess around with, usually 5,9,10 and 11, for your +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- various hardware like Vid card, Sound card and NIC, however, there's a +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- few tricks you can do depending on whether you use certain types of +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- hardware or not.... +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- Do you use any serial devices, external modem, old type serial mouse ? +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- If not, disable Com's 1 and 2 in BIOS, that gives you another 2 IRQ's (4 +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs- and 3 respectively) +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- Do you use an LPT printer ? +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- If not, disable LPT in BIOS, another IRQ (7) +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- Do you use a PS-2 mouse ? +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- If not, disable PS-2 support in BIOS and free up IRQ 12 +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4-I thank you, sir. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-Some handy tips there. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I'm pretty sure now that +ADw-br+AD4- it's not an IRQ conflict, but the knowledge may well come in handy... +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Cheers, +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Mark +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p9+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg2+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile9+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Rick Baumhaue+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content9+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p9+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - Need BIOS help for GPL...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Rick Baumhaue+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Thu, 09 Jan 2003 02:08:11+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPg-Mark, +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-I assume you're running Win2k/XP? +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I recently had to switch to 2K only, as +ADw-br+AD4- GPL refused to start up under 98 after I added a USB2 card. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-The sound in 2K was, originally, awful - heavily distorted and worthless. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I +ADw-br+AD4- found that switching views via the replay screen would sometimes fix it, but +ADw-br+AD4- I wasn't satisfied with that. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-Then I remembered some advice I'd seen +ADw-br+AD4- somewhere about turning the audio acceleration features down, and tried it - +ADw-br+AD4- voila+ACE- +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I found that setting audio acceleration to the second-from-lowest +ADw-br+AD4- notch cured most of the audio quality problems I was having - I still get +ADw-br+AD4- occasional lockups that seem sound-related, but the sound quality is back to +ADw-br+AD4- what I was used to in Win98. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Not sure if this applies to your problem, but I figured I'd throw it out +ADw-br+AD4- there. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Rick +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-hr /+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-action-bar bottom+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-pagination+ACIAPg- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-navbar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-br/+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-1. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-bdbefd1bc037733a+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-PC Gurus - HELP+ACEAIQA8-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-2. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-28761ebb251d905e+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-GPL-server with PC-Duo or PC-Anywhere?+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-3. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-7d846f382257691b+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-GPL needs medical attention (or my pc does...)+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-4. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-ab64d1d10ef329dc+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-Attn:Larry or any PC guru :)+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-5. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-2d85f48741a4d65a+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-UPDATE:Was,Larry or any PC Gurus :)+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-6. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-c97132932add2821+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-Help+ACE- VROC GPL PC Crash+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-7. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-981f931489c3c681+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-help+ACE- my GPL freeze my pc ...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-8. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-9d87c7d2248987b5+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-new pc voodoo 3 GPL +AD0- HELP+ACEAIQAhADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-9. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-c88481bdbccb042f+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-GPL does funny things to my BIOS+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-spacedbox+ACIAPgA8-div class+AD0AIg-adbox+ACIAPg- +ADwAIQ--- Large Footer --+AD4- +ADw-ins class+AD0AIg-adsbygoogle+ACI- style+AD0AIg-display:block+ACI- data-ad-client+AD0AIg-ca-pub-4601021536021499+ACI- data-ad-slot+AD0AIg-8598264538+ACI- data-ad-format+AD0AIg-auto+ACI- data-full-width-responsive+AD0AIg-true+ACIAPgA8-/ins+AD4- +ADw-script type+AD0-'text/javascript'+AD4- (function() +AHs- var done +AD0- false+ADs- var script +AD0- document.createElement('script')+ADs- script.async +AD0- true+ADs- script.type +AD0- 'text/javascript'+ADs- script.src +AD0- '//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'+ADs- var createScript +AD0- setTimeout( function()+AHs- document.getElementsByTagName('HEAD').item(0).appendChild(script)+ADs- +AH0-, 400 )+ADs- script.onreadystatechange +AD0- script.onload +AD0- function(e) +AHs- if (+ACE-done +ACYAJg- (+ACE-this.readyState +AHwAfA- this.readyState +AD0APQ- 'loaded' +AHwAfA- this.readyState +AD0APQ- 'complete')) +AHs- (adsbygoogle +AD0- window.adsbygoogle +AHwAfA- +AFsAXQ-).push(+AHsAfQ-)+ADs- +AH0- +AH0AOw- +AH0-)()+ADs- +ADw-/script+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-div style+AD0AIg-margin:0 auto+ADs-clear:both+ADs-max-width:990px+ADs-text-align:center+ADs-padding:20px+ADsAIgA+-rec.autos.simulators is a usenet newsgroup formed in December, 1993. 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