VIA chipset latency fix (fixes some h/w problems)

[laurenglenn]

I just found this link ( http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/ ) and wanted to let you all know about it if you don't already.

This was true for me with my Radeon board (which it mentions in the README file is true) and my SB Live 5.1 card.

All was fixed except for a DSDRVNT crash which I found was related to the beta version of DScaler 4.1.6

Lauren



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"PCI Latency" patch for VIA chipsets

This is a Windows driver that will patch motherboards that have VIA chipsets. It is intended to solve many problems, including these:

* Files copied from one IDE hard disk drive to another are corrupted .
* The computer stops ("freezes", "hangs", "locks up") when playing sounds, especially to a Creative SoundBlaster LIVE! card
* The computer stops when copying to or from an IDE DVD, CDROM, or CDRW drive
* Sounds played by a Creative Labs sound card are distorted

NOTE: It does not apply any fixes to AMD chipsets, such as the 750 or 761.

Current Version 0.19 12/12/01

This is the current stable version. It does not support the KT400 or P4X400 chipsets.

If you do not know whether your computer has a qualifying VIA chipset, please try the free CPU-Z utility from cpuid.com. The name of the chipset is displayed in CPU-Z's "Mainboard" tab.