Hi Everyone,
Just recieved my new Creative X-Fi Music sound card today and iv just fitted it in the motherboard, power up the computer then i get as far as the NVidia graphics boot then a blank screen, then the computer restarts itself and it just keeps doing this over and over untill i turn it off again and it wont even get as far as the proper boot screen. I know its somehow the sound card as iv just removed it out of the computer again and then turned the it back on and the computer will boot fine. I hope the problem is nothing serious and i hope it can be fixed easily! any surgestions guys?
Thanks - Liam
id say it wasnt plugged in right :o
just try it again ?
lol iv removed the card & placed it back in the PCI slot carefully many times and still no sucess :(:( also i got this card off eBay and its an OEM one out of a Brand New Dell machine according to the seller.
LiAM
then.... the card is screwed :( (i think)
Quote from: knightythen.... the card is screwed :( (i think)
oh sh*t... just typical.
try a different PCI slot
try removing any other non-essential hardware (network cards, TV tuners, etc)
try removing one of your gfx cards (if you still have the two from your sig)
if that Jeantech PSU listed in your sig is the one you are using, then i would suggest the system is at the limit of what it can actually run.
I dont think its an actual problem with the PCI slots, also before i fitted the X-Fi card i was using a Audigy 4, but would the X-Fi really make much difference with the power usage etc?
LiAM
Quote from: LiamI dont think its an actual problem with the PCI slots, also before i fitted the X-Fi card i was using a Audigy 4, but would the X-Fi really make much difference with the power usage etc?
LiAM
No, it wouldnt..
Have you tried different slots? Can you try it in another PC?
Quote from: LiamI dont think its an actual problem with the PCI slots, also before i fitted the X-Fi card i was using a Audigy 4, but would the X-Fi really make much difference with the power usage etc?
LiAM
Im thinking about IRQ conflicts and the like. Try what i said.
Quote from: WalrusbonzoQuote from: LiamI dont think its an actual problem with the PCI slots, also before i fitted the X-Fi card i was using a Audigy 4, but would the X-Fi really make much difference with the power usage etc?
LiAM
No, it wouldnt..
Have you tried different slots? Can you try it in another PC?
This is another problem, with a sound card in the machine there are no spare avaliable PCI slots because of the SLI Graphics cards LOL! im going to try the card in my mums machine over the weekend and see if there is any sucess in the card working. Also i think i might know the problem in a way!! - apparently NForce 4 boards and X-Fi cards have lots of compatibility problems with them!
LiAM
Quote from: MaldonadoQuote from: LiamI dont think its an actual problem with the PCI slots, also before i fitted the X-Fi card i was using a Audigy 4, but would the X-Fi really make much difference with the power usage etc?
LiAM
Im thinking about IRQ conflicts and the like. Try what i said.
Thats what iv just read up on Google while trying to find a cure for the problem ;) but the thing is as well i cannot find anything about IRQ in my BIOS??
LiAM
onboard audio - disable.
Quote from: sdponboard audio - disable.
First thing i checked :)
LiAM
Quote from: LiamThats what iv just read up on Google while trying to find a cure for the problem ;) but the thing is as well i cannot find anything about IRQ in my BIOS??
LiAM
that would probably be because Windows is controlling your IRQs. IIRC you have to mess with the HAL to get it working correctly. Last time i ran up against IRQ problems was building my present PC. I just formatted it again and started from scratch will all the hardware installed rather than the initial install that was lacking the Graphics and extra RAID card.
But how can windows be controlling it if the computer wont even get through to the BIOS properly?
LiAM
Right this morning iv managed to test the card in my mums PC before i set off for work (mums machine is some P4 branded one, turned it on with the card and it boots fine and then windows detects it fine with no problems. So at least now i know the card isnt faulty so its definately an issue with the motherboard... any surgestions how i could fix this issue? as stated in my sig my motherboard is still the Gigabyte K8N-Pro SLI (nForce 4 chipset)
Thanks - LiAM
flashed your bios to the latest version?
Quote from: Maldonadoflashed your bios to the latest version?
I have looked into that but i noticed in CPU-Z, it says my latest BIOS that i have got installed is F6, though in the actual BIOS itself it claims that F9 (02-10-06) is already installed (latest version) i was going to update the BIOS last night but im not really sure which BIOS is really installed??
LiAM
have you got your BIOS set to "Plus and Play Aware OS"?
If it is then swap it to "no", Thatll mean the BISO works out the IRQs. If it is set to no then flip it to yes. I hate the way these things go sometimes.
Quote from: Beakerhave you got your BIOS set to "Plus and Play Aware OS"?
If it is then swap it to "no", Thatll mean the BISO works out the IRQs. If it is set to no then flip it to yes. I hate the way these things go sometimes.
hhmmm im not sure though i will have a look at that over the weekend
Cheers - LiAM
Well i looked into my BIOS setting and under PnP/PCI configurations i found 2 settings called PCI 1 & PCI 2. I think this must be the IRQ part and both of them are set to Auto, if i change either of them the options are like 1,2,3,4,5 etc. so what do i change them to??
Thanks - Liam
Quote from: LiamQuote from: WalrusbonzoQuote from: LiamI dont think its an actual problem with the PCI slots, also before i fitted the X-Fi card i was using a Audigy 4, but would the X-Fi really make much difference with the power usage etc?
LiAM
No, it wouldnt..
Have you tried different slots? Can you try it in another PC?
This is another problem, with a sound card in the machine there are no spare avaliable PCI slots because of the SLI Graphics cards LOL! im going to try the card in my mums machine over the weekend and see if there is any sucess in the card working. Also i think i might know the problem in a way!! - apparently NForce 4 boards and X-Fi cards have lots of compatibility problems with them!
LiAM
NForce 4 and X-FI here, no issues. Try a re-install as previously suggested.