asus p5b

[tamasdragon]

I would like to know that this setup is going to work or not.
Asus p5b, one pci rme card, one pci firewire card, two pcie uad card, one pcie video card.
I know that there is enough slot for this, but would it be working glitchfree?

Tamas Dragon

 

[RWIL]

Maybe you could at least look in the pdf manual for the interrupt assignments; if all of your cards and onboard resources have any chance to play well together?
There're some variant of the card too and which have not all the same architecture around the slots. At first, for my own needs, I was looking for the P5B-E Deluxe, but finally I put an order for a P5B-E Plus, and which is not exactly like the P5B-E.

 

[project]

i am getting a P5B today but i have 2 PCI cards... my firewire and video cards are PCIE.

 

[billybk1]

I don't have a P5B, but I do have a P5B-E (basically the same but with added on-board 1394a firewire, not a TI chipset though) with (4) UAD-1 cards (2 PCI & 2 PCIe) and a Delta 66 PCI card working like a charm.
I do not see why a P5B would not work just as well with your setup.

 

[Plec]

I had some issues with a P5B Deluxe and two UAD-1 cards.. but they went away.. like a mystery.

 

[RWIL]

I had some issues with a P5B Deluxe and two UAD-1 cards.. but they went away.. like a mystery.

Maybe these cards need a burn-in procedure!

RW

 

[zvenx]

what issues were you having?

rsp

 

[bulls hit]

No probs on this p5b deluxe. Only 1 uad card

 

[Plec]

Basically I could not utilize a card more than 50%... as soon as it went above that, my host CPU would also go up to 50% and then follow the UAD processor along. If I used 70% of my UAD setup, my host would also be at 70%.

 

[zvenx]

ok thanks.
on my system at least once a week I am getting BSOD's and we are trying to trace it down.
thanks
rsp

 

[project]

the P5B did NOT like my A-data memory i also have some OCZ in there (a pair of each brand) i had to set the memory voltage manually to 2.0 to get things right. i would get a BSOD but now its fine.

So the P5B is very picky about RAM and its settings.

 

[Middleman]

Good here on a P5B deluxe with 1 UAD card.

 

[zabukowski]

P5B-E + Fireface + 2 x UAD PCI

No problems here

 

[Doublehelix]

P5B-Deluxe here:

Video card (PCI-e)

PCI:
Lynx Aes-16
Magma Card (Chassis has 3 UAD-1 cards)
Powercore Card

No issues.

Basically I could not utilize a card more than 50%... as soon as it went above that, my host CPU would also go up to 50% and then follow the UAD processor along. If I used 70% of my UAD setup, my host would also be at 70%.

Plec:

We need to talk. I have had a similar problem for a long time, even with my old box.

My issue was with Cubase any UAD-1 cards, and it did not matter if it was a card on the mobo or in the Magma chassis, I had the same problem:

Once the UAD-1 CPU meter approached 70%, the CPU meter in Cubase started wigging out (100%). 68% was fine, but 70% seemed to be the magic number.

I have been working on this for AGES with everyone I could think of (Lynx, UA, Steinberg, etc.).

It looks like my issues are solved now with a new version of the Lynx driver that is in beta. It was sent to me by the Lynx tech support guy who has been working on this with me for a year and a half. The new driver appears to have solved this!!! I have tested it extensively with the new "feature" enabled and disabled, and it is 100% repeatable.

Feature on = no problems

Feature off = problems return as before

I am thrilled! I have regained 30% of my cards' power!

Losing over 30% of 3 cards is like only having 2 cards.