PVR-350 Video out OSD still broke

[maximumpig]

not sure I ever ran XP on the pre-powerleaped Dell but it didn't occur to me that it would be a problem.

Will report back . . .

[ckron]

I think you will find that CPU speed is not an issue. RAM on the other hand might be. 512MB would be my recomendation.

[krutaw]

Originally posted by ckron
I think you will find that CPU speed is not an issue. RAM on the other hand might be. 512MB would be my recomendation.

I don't know man.. my 933 only has 256mb of memory in it.. and it's runnin' just fine.

[ckron]

Originally posted by krutaw
I don't know man.. my 933 only has 256mb of memory in it.. and it's runnin' just fine.

I am sure it is. However, that does not mean it would not run better with more memory. Your HDD will also make a difference when you are running low on physical memory beacuse you will be using the paging file more.

[maximumpig]

i gots me 768 mb ram in there and I'll pick up a 160 gb min HDD for it once I confirm it actually works so I think I should be all set hardware-wise

Since I'll be using it to play mp3s as well I was looking for a recommendation for an audiophile-type soundcard (i.e., not a gamer card like the audigy or santa cruz)

anyone out there got any thoughts on that?

[laurenglenn]

Originally posted by maximumpig
Krutaw---i take it nothing helps?

By the way do you or anyone else know how to tell what hardware IRQ a virtual IRQ is mapped to in an WinXP ACPI machine?

I was thinking I could boost the priority of the PVR-350's IRQ in the registry using this:



but was wondering if I needed to refer to the virtual IRQ or the hardware IRQ

Krutaw, you seem knowledgeable about this stuff--do you know if this might be fruitful??

I think most BIOS's should display the IRQ or INT_A, INT_B, etc. if you go to PCI configuration. If not, the manual should say which slots share INT_? settings. Basically, one rule of thumb I generally have when building computers is to keep high-demand devices seperate from other cards' INT_? setting. It would reduce the 6 PCI slot computer to allow you to only use 3 slots -- which is why I switched to mATX motherboards (only one or two slots, but I can use them all without incident).

Always keep capture cards out of PCI slot 1. I think that slot shares INT_A with the AGP controller. Even if you use ACPI, you still may encounter problems.

Anyway, if you have a choice in chipsets on a motherboard, go with an ASUS nForce motherboard. I used to have one and must say that I had less problems with that than any VIA motherboard I ever had -- plus, you get real-time Dolby Digital encoding

Lauren