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brianbotkiller
11-10-2008, 08:13 AM
Hi,

I have winXP pro sp2, using the latest delta drivers, and randomly, the delta will not output audio, even though it's installed correctly. It's clearly a software issue, as I will open itunes, hit play, and nothing happens - it's as if everything is locked up (I can move the play transport to a different point in a song, but it's like it's paused, even though it's not). I have done billions of uninstalls, reinstalls, moving the card to different PCI slots, EVERYTHING, and this thing just doesn't want to stay working. It usually won't output audio after I've rebooted the machine, and I'll do an uninstall and reinstall. Even then, after rebooting, it won't output sound. I have found nothing that works to snap it around, save for I will open winamp and switch the audio output from delta multi to dela 1/2, hit play, and itunes (which is sitting in the background, not playing, locked up at some point in a song I chose to play) will suddenly snap to playing - but even this is not a fix, and doesn't seem to work all the time.

It's obviously a buffer release issue, or something else, but how I can I keep it from starting, if at all? It drives me absolutely nuts. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

TechGique
11-10-2008, 09:03 AM
Hey Brian,

Try disabling your onboard sound card. I've run into sound cards like the Conexant that refuse to let other audio devices output sound until it's turned off. Device Manager>Sound, Video, and game controllers. Also, what are your PC's s spec's? (not the OS)

brianbotkiller
11-20-2008, 12:40 PM
Hey Brian,

Try disabling your onboard sound card. I've run into sound cards like the Conexant that refuse to let other audio devices output sound until it's turned off. Device Manager>Sound, Video, and game controllers. Also, what are your PC's s spec's? (not the OS)

I've got that disabled, via the BIOS. the PC's mobo is a gigabyte GA-K8N pro SLI 939 chipset with AMD athlon XP 2ghz dual core, 2gb GSKILL RAM, winXP SP2. There are only two PCI slots on this motherboard, one is housing the Delta card, the other a card with firewire slots on it. The only thing I've found that will snap it out of it's stuck state is to start playing iTunes, then open Winamp, and start playing an mp3. sometimes, this pops it out of it's stuck state, other times, I have to open winamp's preferences, select "delta 1/2" as output, or "delta multi" (depending on which one is listed as default at the time) and suddenly it begins playing.

Kelp
11-20-2008, 02:35 PM
Try disallowing Windows to map through the 2496. This will mean it can only be used by your DAW. Control Panel > Sounds and Audio > Hardware > 2496 > Properties... (doing this from memory... path trailing off) to a checkbox that says, "Enable mapping through this device." Uncheck it and see if it makes a difference.