Diamond MX-300 Compatibility (AMD systems)

Hi folks, I'm very close to buying one of the older type AMD mobo's (Abit KG-7, Asus A7v133-c, or ECS K7s5a) but I'm concerned that my Diamond MX-300 may not work in these boards due to compatibility issues. Does anyone know if this card will indeed work on such a mobo? The system will be as follows AMD T-bird 1.2ghz ECS K7s5a Diamond MX-300 soundcard 128mb SDRAM WD 8.4Gb hdd SMC something or other ethernet (usb)

It should work just fine as long as you disable the onboard sound on the motherboard. Ashley M wrote:

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> Hi folks, > > I'm very close to buying one of the older type AMD mobo's (Abit KG-7, Asus > A7v133-c, or ECS K7s5a) but I'm concerned that my Diamond MX-300 may not > work in these boards due to compatibility issues. > > Does anyone know if this card will indeed work on such a mobo? > The system will be as follows > AMD T-bird 1.2ghz > ECS K7s5a > Diamond MX-300 soundcard > 128mb SDRAM > WD 8.4Gb hdd > SMC something or other ethernet (usb) > >

yea thats what i'm running k7s5a, diamond m300 "Ike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> It should work just fine as long as you disable the onboard sound on the > motherboard. > > Ashley M wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm very close to buying one of the older type AMD mobo's (Abit KG-7,

Asus

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> > A7v133-c, or ECS K7s5a) but I'm concerned that my Diamond MX-300 may not > > work in these boards due to compatibility issues. > > > > Does anyone know if this card will indeed work on such a mobo? > > The system will be as follows > > AMD T-bird 1.2ghz > > ECS K7s5a > > Diamond MX-300 soundcard > > 128mb SDRAM > > WD 8.4Gb hdd > > SMC something or other ethernet (usb) > > > > >

In article <G1sea.8754$[email hidden]>, "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> writes: >I'm very close to buying one of the older type AMD mobo's (Abit KG-7, Asus >A7v133-c, or ECS K7s5a) but I'm concerned that my Diamond MX-300 may not >work in these boards due to compatibility issues. > I'm running a KG-7 with an MX-300 and Win 98. Works great. Don McCorkle

Thx for the feedback lads, Perhaps I should also be more specific. Does the Monster Sound II Gameport driver still work on these AMD boards or do u have to use the 'standard gameport' setting (u can check this in control panel --> Game Controllers --> advanced cheers Ashley "Woodie 83" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <G1sea.8754$[email hidden]>, > "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> writes: > > >I'm very close to buying one of the older type AMD mobo's (Abit KG-7,Asus

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> >A7v133-c, or ECS K7s5a) but I'm concerned that my Diamond MX-300 may not > >work in these boards due to compatibility issues. > > > > I'm running a KG-7 with an MX-300 and Win 98. Works great. > > > Don McCorkle >

Well Icant help on that I use an act-labs usb wheel sry "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jXGea.10638$[email hidden]...

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> Thx for the feedback lads, > Perhaps I should also be more specific. Does the Monster Sound II Gameport > driver still work on these AMD boards or do u have to use the 'standard > gameport' setting (u can check this in control panel --> Game > Controllers --> advanced > > cheers > Ashley > > "Woodie 83" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <G1sea.8754$[email hidden]>, > > "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > >I'm very close to buying one of the older type AMD mobo's (Abit KG-7, > Asus > > >A7v133-c, or ECS K7s5a) but I'm concerned that my Diamond MX-300 may

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> > >work in these boards due to compatibility issues. > > > > > > > I'm running a KG-7 with an MX-300 and Win 98. Works great. > > > > > > Don McCorkle > > > >

In article <jXGea.10638$[email hidden]>, "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> writes: >Perhaps I should also be more specific. Does the Monster Sound II Gameport >driver still work on these AMD boards or do u have to use the 'standard >gameport' setting (u can check this in control panel --> Game >Controllers --> advanced > Yes, I'm using the Monster Sound II gameport. Best thing about this soundcard. Don McCorkle

Hi Ashley, I don't think you'll have problems with the motherboard. If it has a onboard sound/gameport you should be able to disable it in the bios, and yes you should be able to utilise the Monster II Gameport Driver under Win9x/ME only. If you use the Standard Gameport Port Driver you lose the optimisations such as high resolution and smooth jitterless response. From what I can tell, under Win2K/XP the card utilises the standard gameport drivers from Microshaft, as Aureal did not release optimised reference drivers before they went under. Les "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jXGea.10638$[email hidden]...

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> Thx for the feedback lads, > Perhaps I should also be more specific. Does the Monster Sound II Gameport > driver still work on these AMD boards or do u have to use the 'standard > gameport' setting (u can check this in control panel --> Game > Controllers --> advanced > > cheers > Ashley > > "Woodie 83" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <G1sea.8754$[email hidden]>, > > "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > >I'm very close to buying one of the older type AMD mobo's (Abit KG-7, > Asus > > >A7v133-c, or ECS K7s5a) but I'm concerned that my Diamond MX-300 may

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> > >work in these boards due to compatibility issues. > > > > > > > I'm running a KG-7 with an MX-300 and Win 98. Works great. > > > > > > Don McCorkle > > > >

Not sure about the sound card, but the best board you listed there is the ABIT KG7. There are a few BIOS tweaks you need to make for stability if you install an Athlon XP processor, but you can find them on the KG7 FAQ site. Larry "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:G1sea.8754$[email hidden]...

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> Hi folks, > > I'm very close to buying one of the older type AMD mobo's (Abit KG-7, Asus > A7v133-c, or ECS K7s5a) but I'm concerned that my Diamond MX-300 may not > work in these boards due to compatibility issues. > > Does anyone know if this card will indeed work on such a mobo? > The system will be as follows > AMD T-bird 1.2ghz > ECS K7s5a > Diamond MX-300 soundcard > 128mb SDRAM > WD 8.4Gb hdd > SMC something or other ethernet (usb) > >

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<Ttqfa.70215$[email hidden]>...

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> Not sure about the sound card, but the best board you listed there is the > ABIT KG7. > > There are a few BIOS tweaks you need to make for stability if you install an > Athlon XP processor, but you can find them on the KG7 FAQ site. > > Larry > > "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:G1sea.8754$[email hidden]... > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm very close to buying one of the older type AMD mobo's (Abit KG-7, Asus > > A7v133-c, or ECS K7s5a) but I'm concerned that my Diamond MX-300 may not > > work in these boards due to compatibility issues. > > > > Does anyone know if this card will indeed work on such a mobo? > > The system will be as follows > > AMD T-bird 1.2ghz > > ECS K7s5a > > Diamond MX-300 soundcard > > 128mb SDRAM > > WD 8.4Gb hdd > > SMC something or other ethernet (usb) > > > >

If you want to use the MX-300 with Windows XP, then please pay a visit to Quantex Zone (http://www.quantex.tech.nu) for a fix for the control panel and sound dropout fix (may not be required). With the XP patch, Vortex 2 cards are working fine in XP, albeit without reverb. Regards, Chris Quantex Zone

thx for all the feedback guys, Les, thx for the extra XP tip ... (std gameport driver only) cheers Ashley "Les" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:fMZea.1505$[email hidden]... > Hi Ashley, > > I don't think you'll have problems with the motherboard. If it has aonboard

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> sound/gameport you should be able to disable it in the bios, and yes you > should be able to utilise the Monster II Gameport Driver under Win9x/ME > only. If you use the Standard Gameport Port Driver you lose the > optimisations such as high resolution and smooth jitterless response. From > what I can tell, under Win2K/XP the card utilises the standard gameport > drivers from Microshaft, as Aureal did not release optimised reference > drivers before they went under. > > Les > > "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:jXGea.10638$[email hidden]... > > Thx for the feedback lads, > > Perhaps I should also be more specific. Does the Monster Sound II

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> > driver still work on these AMD boards or do u have to use the 'standard > > gameport' setting (u can check this in control panel --> Game > > Controllers --> advanced > > > > cheers > > Ashley > > > > "Woodie 83" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > In article <G1sea.8754$[email hidden]>, > > > "Ashley M" <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > > >I'm very close to buying one of the older type AMD mobo's (Abit KG-7, > > Asus > > > >A7v133-c, or ECS K7s5a) but I'm concerned that my Diamond MX-300 may > not > > > >work in these boards due to compatibility issues. > > > > > > > > > > I'm running a KG-7 with an MX-300 and Win 98. Works great. > > > > > > > > > Don McCorkle > > > > > > > > >