Audigy 2 plat pro Soundfont Bank Mana

Hi Everyone,
I want to increase the cache in my soundfont bank manager, I have done the normal things but I still can't load more than 2mb of cache, I have gig of memory in my system, I have pushed the slider up to 600mb in the cache adjust area but if I try to load more that the 2mb of soundfont files the manager refuses to load up.........any suggestions anyone?
thanks.
Ian.

USB Cable? The parts list in the box only indicates the External Access Box, the Card, the power converter, a digital CD connector, the AD_LINK cable and the Game connector. No USB cable.
What does the USB cable do?
So, let me ask you this.
The connector looks exactly the same as the connector on my Li've!Dri've.
My wiring harness has several of these, one was powering the Li've!Dri've on the SB Li've I'm replacing with the Audigy.
Can I use the power that was going to the Li've!Dri've and power the Audigy 2 with it's
Thanks for the helpMessage Edited by mphare on 09-04-2005 07:49 AMMessage Edited by mphare on 09-04-2005 07:50 AMMessage Edited by mphare on 09-04-2005 07:5 AM

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PowerChair,
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