rec.autos.simulators

>What motherboard.

>Mike Grandy
>Proud Member of Precision Racing Internet Race Team
>3 A Champion Forever-Godspeed Dale


>Hi all,

>Well, having struggled for the last few weeks to get my new setup
>working successfully with N4 I finally gave up the ghost tonight and
>pulled the SBLive out of the box and went back to the OnBoard sound
>system. Now I have a new problem :O(

>The engine sounds in N4 don't play right... they just sound like a
>scraping \ screeching noise. The gear changes, sound effects
>(crashes,etc.) and spotter voice all sound fine it just appears to be
>the engine sounds that are screwed.

>I checked GPL and that seems fine.

>Anyone have any clue what the problem could be.

>AMD Athlon 1.2, 512MB, V5 5500 64MB, VIA AC'97 onboard audio.

>I am really gutted that I could not get the SBLive working in this rig
>but am even more frustrated now that the onboard stuff has a problem
>as well.... I just want to run N4 for a while without having to worry
>about it locking up!!! I managed to get enough time in over the
>weekend between freezes to get myself entered on N4Rank but am now
>struggling to get any time at all. Just no way I can run with the
>horrible scratching engine noises I get at the moment.

>TIA

>PH

> What motherboard.

> Mike Grandy
> Proud Member of Precision Racing Internet Race Team
> 3 A Champion Forever-Godspeed Dale


> Hi all,

> Well, having struggled for the last few weeks to get my new setup
> working successfully with N4 I finally gave up the ghost tonight and
> pulled the SBLive out of the box and went back to the OnBoard sound
> system. Now I have a new problem :O(

> The engine sounds in N4 don't play right... they just sound like a
> scraping \ screeching noise. The gear changes, sound effects
> (crashes,etc.) and spotter voice all sound fine it just appears to be
> the engine sounds that are screwed.

> I checked GPL and that seems fine.

> Anyone have any clue what the problem could be.

> AMD Athlon 1.2, 512MB, V5 5500 64MB, VIA AC'97 onboard audio.

> I am really gutted that I could not get the SBLive working in this rig
> but am even more frustrated now that the onboard stuff has a problem
> as well.... I just want to run N4 for a while without having to worry
> about it locking up!!! I managed to get enough time in over the
> weekend between freezes to get myself entered on N4Rank but am now
> struggling to get any time at all. Just no way I can run with the
> horrible scratching engine noises I get at the moment.

> TIA

> PH

> Cheers

> PH

>> Cheers

>> PH

>I had similare problems a few weeks ago, but then a nice chap called "Remco
>R" came to my rescue...  Here's what he wrote;
>(I had to do a little re-writing... removed some links ti MSI files etc. ) :

>---
>I got a MSI K7T-Turbo mobo with a SB live working fine after a long
>battle :-(

>These are the steps u should follow to get it right :

>- Flash the bios to the latest version... Goto you motherboard
>manufactureres site to find the latest  official version.  (I
>*****think***** this is the correct site:
>http://www.chaintech.com.tw/BIOS/BIOSUPD8.htm

>This takes care of the incompatibility issues of the Via kt133a chipset,
>686b southbridge with the SB live, i.e. data corruption.
>read more here : http://www.viahardware.com/686bfaq.shtm#_Toc518065962

>- Disable in bios :
>onchip sound, legacy sb
>enable memory by SPD
>if u dont use both (via) IDE channels, disable them as well ( or the one
>u don't use) this frees IRQ 14 and/or 15, which will be taken by the
>Promise raid controller.

>- I've the sb card in PCI slot 4, arrange your cards so that it's irq is
>not shared with other devices. ( preferably it should have IRQ 5)

>- Install the latest Via 4in1 driverset :
>http://download.viahardware.com/4in1432v.zip

>- I use the default WindowsME and Windows2000 (dualboot) Soundblaster
>Live drivers, especially in Win2k i had stuttering/crackling sound with
>the Creative drivers.

>- Another tweak to enable 4-way interleaving for your memory
>http://www.viahardware.com/download/george/MemoryEnable.zip
>Should give a little boost in memory speed.

>- Enable EAX in N4 and enjoy the most richest sound youl'le heard in a
>racing sim :-)

>Hope this helps a bit,

>Ciao,
>      Remco.

>---

>FYI, I use Win98SE and I did install the latest drivers + Live!Ware
> 3.0 and it also works ...

>Hope this helps!

>ed_