HELP!!!Crack/pop problems with SB live! 24 bit external

[churayed]

I bought this device for it's optical out to use with my DAC-1. The problem is there is this crack/pop when it's plugged to my laptop(compaq EVO N610c). The device is not flawed since it works fine when I plug it into my roomates' laptops.
I did everything I could-Reinstall windows, unplug every USB device, use a pcmcia usb hub.....etc. None of this works.
Do anyone have a solution to this? It's driving me crazy......

 

[jiiteepee]

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Originally Posted by churayed I bought this device for it's optical out to use with my DAC-1. The problem is there is this crack/pop when it's plugged to my laptop(compaq EVO N610c). The device is not flawed since it works fine when I plug it into my roomates' laptops. I did everything I could-Reinstall windows, unplug every USB device, use a pcmcia usb hub.....etc. None of this works. Do anyone have a solution to this? It's driving me crazy......

- disable the onboard audio and all other un-used/un-needed devices/controllers (BIOS or/and Device Manager)
- check, if there are some other devices/controllers sharing IRQ/resources w/ the USB controller you have Live! connected
- try w/ USB-ASIO / Asio4All drivers
- reduce the PCI Latency for graphics card
- check w/ DPC Latency Checker, if there are some drivers not working properly

If you use laptop w/ plain battery power --> are issues still present?
Do you have some wireless systems connected into laptop?
Have you defragmented the HD lately or have you tried w/ fast external HD?


jiitee

 

[churayed]

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Originally Posted by jiiteepee - disable the onboard audio and all other un-used/un-needed devices/controllers (BIOS or/and Device Manager)

tried this one....

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- check, if there are some other devices/controllers sharing IRQ/resources w/ the USB controller you have Live! connected

I don't really know how to do this, can you explain?
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- try w/ USB-ASIO / Asio4All drivers

hmm....doesn't seem to be working
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- reduce the PCI Latency for graphics card

not working...
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- check w/ DPC Latency Checker, if there are some drivers not working properly

my absolute maximum is like 18xx, but it only happens in the first few seconds.

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If you use laptop w/ plain battery power --> are issues still present? Do you have some wireless systems connected into laptop? Have you defragmented the HD lately or have you tried w/ fast external HD? jiitee

I disabled the wlan card, but the issue is still there, I'll try using the plain battery power.
Thx for the advice^^

 

[jiiteepee]

Are you running W98SE-XP? --> if yes, then both, Asio4All and USB-ASIO should work (you just need some ASIO capable software to use them (Winamp and MediaMonkey + asio_out for winamp plugin, Foobar + asio_out plug-in, NI TRAKTOR BeatPort Player (native support), etc.).

Do you mean PCI Latency tool is not working for you or that changing settings doesn't have effect?

IRQ/Resource shares can be checked w/ start -> run...
compmgmt.msc /s (under system information)
or
msinfo32.exe
or
Devmgmt.msc (Viev-Resources by Type-Interrupr Requests (IRQ)

If you see red bars in DPC Latency Checker --> you have some problems there that affects your audio streaming --> see instructions on how to find the device/controller producing those DPC latency spikes (disable or update it's drivers).

jiitee

 

[churayed]

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Originally Posted by jiiteepee Are you running W98SE-XP? --> if yes, then both, Asio4All and USB-ASIO should work (you just need some ASIO capable software to use them (Winamp and MediaMonkey + asio_out for winamp plugin, Foobar + asio_out plug-in, NI TRAKTOR BeatPort Player (native support), etc.).

sorry, I didn't know how to configure foobar yesterday,now i do.USB-ASIO works perfectly(except for the 30 second beep) but when using asio4all, a window pops out from the system tray telling me that I don't have enough bandwidth.......but I already unplugged everything I can think of.

is there another asio driver that works just like USB-ASIO but is free?
44euros.....thats more than my live! external is worth...

thx again for the advice and instructions~

 

[jiiteepee]

As Live! 24-bit external does not support USB 2.0, this error message about is quite common question @ Creative forum.

If you have some other USB device connected into same USB controller used for Live!, that may get half of the bandwidth reserved.

Also, you can try to decrease bandwidth by lowering samplerate and bit-depth you're using --> start from 16-bit/44.1kHz ... (check the 'resolution' USB-ASIO uses and try by using the same)?

I have not seen another 3rd party USB-ASIO driver mentioned, but you can also try w/ KernelStreaming plug-in w/ Foobar (http://www.foobar2000.org/components/index.html).

Couple other ASIO drivers:
- ASIOx - http://asiox.exovii.be/
- ASIO2KS - http://www.asio2ks.de/

jiitee