After running into this problem myself with a PCI sound card, the only way I
was able to get it to function properly was to remove the sound card and let
the system come up and assign system resources to everything and then put
the PCI card back in and reinstall the drivers.

We finally opted for ISA sound cards after having the problem with multiple
machines.  My advice is not to go with a PCI sound card.  Keep working on it
and it will finally give in.

Randy Ryan

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Monday, September 21, 1998 2:41 AM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Hardward Configuration Problem - NT and Pinnacle
DC30+


I have been having a problem configuring a PCI card in my NT computer.  This
is a very real problem for me and any help is appreciated.

My computer is:    Intel PII 400mhz
                               ASUS MB - P2B-S (scsi on mb)
                               256mb
                               ATI Xpert 98 8mb AGP Graphics card
                               HDs - WD 9.1 SCSI UW
                               IBM 4.2 SCSI UW
                               Add-on cards:    WaveCenter Digital/Optical
Sound Card
                                                            Soundblaster
AWE64
                                                            Miro DC30+
Audio/Video Capture Card

Programs that use the card will crash - but not necessarily right away.
Sometimes it works great for a short while.  All software and drivers are
checking out OK.  All drivers have been reinstalled etc.  Pinnacle says that
it's a hardware configuration problem.  When the program crashes, the NT
Task Manager can no longer close the program - so it dies and sits on the
desk top - motionless and disruptive.  Obviously, the card is useless after
that point.

Under Multimedia|Devices, the only intended appearance of the card is found
under video codec - and the desired codec is functioning properly.  As this
is a specialized card, it is not a standard video or audio card and Pinnacle
has not designed it to appear as either an audio or video card.

Event Viewer gives me the following message on the crash:
    DC30 device not found - 0x0001.
Data Bytes:
    0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 52 00   ......R.
0008: 00 00 00 00 01 00 07 c0   .......À
0010: 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 c0   .......À
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
Data Words:
0000: 00000000 00520001 00000000 c0070001
0010: 00000000 c0000001 00000000 00000000
0020: 00000000 00000000

Any ideas?

Mark Nicholas
Down & Dirty Records
San Francisco, CA

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