Geek Pulse: Geek desktop DAC/AMP by Light Harmonics
Nov 19, 2016 at 3:16 PM Post #11,971 of 13,800
  I just had to do a fresh WIN10 install on my laptop the Infinity connects through.  I could not get version 3.26 of their Windows driver to be recognize between the laptop and the Infinity.  Could I ask what driver is being used with the Infinity and Windows 10

 
As far as I know 3.26 is supposed to work with Win 10 and add stability improvements from 2.29. Weird that a fresh install is having issues with 3.26.
 
Nov 19, 2016 at 4:32 PM Post #11,972 of 13,800
Depends on what version of your Win 10. Drivers that are not digitally signed will not work on newer Win10 versions. 
 
Nov 19, 2016 at 4:41 PM Post #11,973 of 13,800
  Depends on what version of your Win 10. Drivers that are not digitally signed will not work on newer Win10 versions. 

I don't seem to have any problems with 3.26 and the latest Win 10 version.  Are you referring to a fresh/new install with the latest version of Win 10?
 
Nov 20, 2016 at 2:07 AM Post #11,974 of 13,800
I don't seem to have any problems with 3.26 and the latest Win 10 version.  Are you referring to a fresh/new install with the latest version of Win 10?


I don't know where it was discussed, but the gist was if you had an unsigned driver in W7/8.1, the upgraded up W10, the unsigned driver basically got grandfathered in. W10 doesn't have issues.

But if you do a fresh install of W10 and then try to install 3.26 or if you've never had and upgrade where the drivers existed pre-W10, then it fails.

Microsoft really has the push on for driver signing now, so that's kinda where both sides stand :-/
 
Nov 20, 2016 at 12:24 PM Post #11,975 of 13,800
I don't know where it was discussed, but the gist was if you had an unsigned driver in W7/8.1, the upgraded up W10, the unsigned driver basically got grandfathered in. W10 doesn't have issues.

But if you do a fresh install of W10 and then try to install 3.26 or if you've never had and upgrade where the drivers existed pre-W10, then it fails.

Microsoft really has the push on for driver signing now, so that's kinda where both sides stand :-/

 
Curious about why 2.29 would work as I wouldn't expect LH Labs to have done 2.29 with a driver signature but not 3.26?  
 
Nov 22, 2016 at 7:38 PM Post #11,977 of 13,800
I don't know where it was discussed, but the gist was if you had an unsigned driver in W7/8.1, the upgraded up W10, the unsigned driver basically got grandfathered in. W10 doesn't have issues.

But if you do a fresh install of W10 and then try to install 3.26 or if you've never had and upgrade where the drivers existed pre-W10, then it fails.

Microsoft really has the push on for driver signing now, so that's kinda where both sides stand :-/



I just did a clean install of Windows 10 and driver 3.26 and no issues
 
Nov 22, 2016 at 8:00 PM Post #11,978 of 13,800
Latest version? Or before the Anniversary Update?
 
Nov 25, 2016 at 12:27 PM Post #11,980 of 13,800


  I just had to do a fresh WIN10 install on my laptop the Infinity connects through.  I could not get version 3.26 of their Windows driver to be recognize between the laptop and the Infinity.  Could I ask what driver is being used with the Infinity and Windows 10

 
Using driver 3.26 with Windows 10 Pro Version 1607​. No issues on my Infinity.
 
Nov 25, 2016 at 12:32 PM Post #11,981 of 13,800
I​ thought Geek Pulse can't do native DSD256? i've just put 4x DSD in native format in jriver and it actually plays it.
Though in the geek dac the samplerate is now gone but in the lh labs driver it correctly says 11289600hz.
 
Weird because i can only use DoP and DSD128 with HQplayer.
 
Nov 25, 2016 at 12:50 PM Post #11,982 of 13,800
HQPlayer is limited by the power of your computer system. I had the same issue with HQPlayer until I upgraded to a 6th generation i7 laptop with 32 Gb of RAM(not that you necessarily have to upgrade to that degree).
 
Nov 25, 2016 at 1:26 PM Post #11,983 of 13,800
Nah my
HQPlayer is limited by the power of your computer system. I had the same issue with HQPlayer until I upgraded to a 6th generation i7 laptop with 32 Gb of RAM(not that you necessarily have to upgrade to that degree).


Nah my CPU is more than enough processing power, it's just that i don't even get the option for DSD256 in HQplayer and, i can only use it with DoP while with Jriver i can play native and DSD256.
 
Nov 25, 2016 at 10:56 PM Post #11,985 of 13,800
The last several pages reads like a horror story. I'm interested in a new desktop DAC and the used prices on these are appealing but I'm wondering if the majority of people are having firmware issues or if this DAC can run reliably while connected to a Win10 PC or DAP.
 

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