Audio Processing is Conflicting with other tasks

[vide]

hi,

i just installed a new secondary hard drive to store all my music files on and now when i try to play anything from this drive i get the error message...Audio Processing is Conflicting with other tasks. If this occurs often, try reducing the H/W Buffer size in the Hardware setup panel....Why?!?!

It worked perfectly fine on my system drive before and digi says that the system will run smoother from a dedicated drive.

help!
vide

[yavuzj]

Most probably one of the IRQs is not playing fair. List your IRQs and COmponent list so we can help you. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[vide]

here are my irq's.

btw, i tried disabling my network card and created a bunch more trouble. i am finally back to normal with that. i dont want to disable it again, is that ok?

thanks,
vide

00 system timer
01 keyboard
02 programmable interupt controller
03 com port (com2)
04 com port (com1)
05 acpi irq holder for pci irq sharing
05 soundblaster audio pci
05 soundblaster audio pci legacy device
06 floppy
07 sci irq used by acpi bus
08 system cmos/real time clock
10 acpi irq holder for pci steering
10 linksys lne 100tx fast ethernet adapter
10 digidesign digi 001
11 acpi irq holder for pci steering
11 adaptec aic-7850 pci scsi controller
11 via tech 3038 pci to usb
11 via tech 3038 pci to usb
12 acpi irq holder for pci steering
12 3dfx voodoo3
13 numeric data processor
14 via bus master pci ide controller
14 primary ide controller
15 via bus master pci ide controller
15 secondary ide conroller

[vide]

oh another thing.

after i reduce the buffer size and try to play the tracks again it says...The opperating system held off interupts for too long. if this occurs often try increasing the h/w buffer size.... AAARRGGHHH. it makes me mad!

thanks,
vide

[yavuzj]

Which brand is this? What are the components??

IRQs look like a complete mess. Can you give more infoe about Components?

[vide]

well...funny you should ask. i assembled the computer myself. bought the parts and the case and put it together.

it has an
amd athlon 800 mghz processor, tyan k7 mother board, voodoo3 video card, creative audio sound card, lynksys network card, scsi card, hp cd burner (scsi), lg cd rom, zip drive, the digi card, floppy, western digital 7200 rpm 20.5 gig primary drive, western digital 60 gig 7200 rpm secondary hard drive.

i think thats it. is it really that bad? oops. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

thanks again,
dave

oh, btw i got it to work...forgot to click that damn dma check box for the properties of the new hard drive. it appears to work ok now. is there anything i should do to avoid future problems, considering the messed up nature of my irqs?

[Bastiaan]

to free up some resources you could disable your com-ports and usb devices from the bios. I had to do that to put my network adapter on irq 4. Now it works sort of ok.

Bastiaan