Powercore MKI Problems with new mobo...

[Suntower]

Cubase SX3.1. Windows XP SP2, AMD X2 4800. My ASUS A8V DELUX mobo died last week. I bought a new hard drive and re-installed Windows and all apps from scratch. I also replaced with a Gigabyte K8 series. So far so good.

However, -sometimes- when I load a CPR, Powercore Messenger appears and says that a 'Valid Powercore Cannot Be Found'. I have to do a cold boot in order to go ahead (hitting the reset switch does -not- seem to help). This happened with v2.0. I uninstalled v2.0 and re-installed 1.96 (the version I was using before my mobo fried.) but that doesn't seem to help.

Any ideas? Does the PCI slot position matter (it didn't seem to on the ASUS A8V DELUXE).

---JC

 

[Eddie Macarthur]

this happens once in a while with my system. i have come to the conclusion that the card, being so big and heavy, is working it's way out of the pci slot by a fraction (even though i have it screwed in firmly). usually for me, i just open pc, loosen the screw, reseat the card and re-tighten. it's fixed the problem so far.
a bit low tech, but you have nothing to lose...
heat may be an issue too; my system is internally smallish, and gets hot, so the card may be flexing a bit?
Ed

 

[Fundy]

I use the Powercore Element card (the big piece of silicon that it is) and don't find any problems with it. Other than sometimes it goes into a loop cycle or stutters when I audtion loops when the load is quite high.

 

[.mr chris]

welcome to the powercore forum

so, this \"sometimes\" is this:
- sometimes when you switch ON the DAW
or is it:
- you are already working and then \"suddenly\" the Poco stops responding?

I have 2 poco elements and made a habit to CHECK each time after bootup with the Poco tool IF both cards are present/ working BEFORE I start Nuendo...

Could be that your new mobo/ slot pci scanning is too fast for the boot-up sequence of the poco, there is this ON/ fast reset trick for this case...

HTH,
.c