sblive value problems

[Lmg]

i have recently purchased a sb live s/card, windows recognises it as a multimedia device, yet every time i try to install the drivers windows locks up solid (it gets to 95 %) it , all i can do is restart the computer, after restart it has a yellow exclamation mark telling me that windows has initiated ASD the reference for this problem (PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80261102&REV_07\BUS_ 00&DEV_09&FUNC_00). i have tried fresh installs with win98, win98se and win2k all with the same result, same with the newest drivers downloaded from creatives site.

System
abit bh6 v1.0 latest bios, ss i think! (only thing i havnt tried is going back a bios or two)
intel slot 1 celeron 300@450 tried this at defalt, no joy
atapi 52x cdrom with and withiout
6.3g q\fireball h/d
floppy
matrox mill g400 32mb agp d/head
standard keyboard ps2, tried other
rockwell 56kv90 isa modem with and without
ps2 mouse with and without
196 mb of mixed memory 3x64mb 2=133mhz 1=100mhz i also have 2 more sticks of 32mb 100mhz memory, it has been tried in every combination you can think of

basically i have tried all combinations with the above and am having no joy at all it allways locks up at 95% reading from the cd or with d/loaded drivers.

talk about frustatin ive had the cambridge sound works just itchin to give me some serious sound now i have the card to do it they r redundant


irq list
00 system timer
01 keyboard
02 progr. int controller
03 com 2
04 com 1
05 modem
06 floppy controller
07 printer port
08 sys clock
09
10 g400
10 pci steer
11 usb controller
12 ps2 mouse
13 numeric data proc
14 intel 82371ab/eb pci bus master ide controller
14 prim ide controller
15 intel 82371ab/eb pci bus master ide controller
15 secondary ide controller

cant think of anything else to tell you but if anyone can shed some light on my problem i will appreciate it greatly!

cheers

Lee

[Brian R.]

I didn't read that you had tried the SBLive in any particular PCI slots. Have you tried various slots for this card? Slot 1 might provide you with a problem. It sounds like your system is trying to install the SBLive in the same IRQ as the G400. From what I understand about your system, it looks to me like there's at least two slots you can use that would not share IRQs with the AGP slot. One of these would be the best bets for stability with the SBLive. If you haven't tried this already, move it to one of these slots and attempt a reinstall of the drivers.

Have you tried the latest drivers and BIOS for your G400? Having older drivers would be a possible source of problems.

Is your mb BIOS settings at default? Try the default settings initially. Once the drivers are loaded, then change them to more agressive settings.

[Lmg]

cheers brian yes i have tried variouis slots on the board, avoiding shared, all drivers are the latest, latest bios, mobo has been tried at default.

i have tried the irq for the g400 set to 10 and the sound card set 9 in the bios, ive let windows controll irq allocation, there really isnt much i can think of that i havnt tried, he4nce the posting on the forum. im just starting to think that it is just a faulty card, im waiting to here from creative tech support, hopefully they may be able to shed some light on it.

cheers
Lee

[This message has been edited by Lmg (edited 14 November 2000).]

[Brian R.]

Another possibility is the chipset drivers. I have had so many problems with ABIT MBs that I always include a MB problem as one of the possibilities. Hope you're right. The SBLive is the cheapest possibility.