X-Fi platinum detected as X-Fi music extreme

Installed Vista x64 and installed the vista drivers from the dvd i ordered from creative. When i ran the updater it detects my X-FI platinum as a music Extreme. Device manager just says "Creative X-FI SB". This never happend in Vista X32. Anyone got any tips?
And does it make any difference?

Update the BIOS for the motherboard, if you can, in case that resolves it. When the card isn't recognised correctly, what do you see in Device Manager?
vann90720 wrote:I have the Fatality fps model, and I'm wondering if this might have something to do with the fact that the instructions didn't mention plugging power into the power connector on the front panel. I've not done so for fear of Something Bad Happening(tm).
The power should be connected to the front panel, otherwise you won't be able to use the front panel. The card itself does not need to be connected to a seperate power connector.
Cat

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X-Fi Music Extreme force me to do a RAM utilisation limitation to 2 GB

Dear all,
I'm writing this thread as a last chance before throwing out my Creative board.
I left a working environment in Win XP for Win 7 64-bit just to be able to use more RAM but that did turn out as a bad decision.
The only way for me to get my X-Fi Music Extreme to work is to limit the usage of RAM to 4096 in boot.ini, (and 2 GB is then allocated automatically towards my graphic boards), which leave me with 2 GB RAM - which is exactly what I had from the start.
Please, any advice is appreciated.

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SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum "colors" the sound of music when played back. How to change th

I recently purchased a Line 6 POD X3 for recording guitar tracks, and when connected using USB it can function as my computer's sound device. Now here is what I observed:
In all cases described below, the "reference" case is that of the guitar played through the POD X3 with headphones connected directly to the POD (no computer sound device involved).
) When I record guitar tracks using either the POD X3 or the SB Audigy 2 as the computer's recording device, and then play the recorded tracks back using the POD as the computer's playback device (headphones plugged into the POD), the sound is exactly the same as the reference case.
2) When I record guitar tracks using either the POD X3 or the SB Audigy 2 as the computer's recording device, and then play the recorded tracks back using the SB Audigy 2 as the computer's playback device (headphones plugged into the SB Audigy 2), the sound is MUCH different than the reference case.
To put it simply, the Sound Blaster card is "coloring" the tone of the recorded guitar (regardless of recording device) during playback. I realize that the Sound Blaster drivers are probably designed to "enhance" sound for gaming and such, but the way it shapes the sound of recorded music during playback is extremely undesireable for home recording projects.
Here is another clue that leads me to believe that the Sound Blaster drivers are responsible for this tone shaping: If I am playing my guitar through the SB Audigy 2 and monitoring the sound through computer speakers or headphones (hooked up to the SB Audigy, of course) WHILE Windows is booting up, I can hear a very distinct change in the sound when the SB Audigy 2 drivers are loaded. It seems to me that when Windows is booting up, the Audigy 2 card allows transparent playthrough before the drivers are loaded, but the drivers then take over and shape the sound.
So, if you've understood my observations, my question is how can I avoid any sort of tone shaping during playback by the SB Audigy 2 drivers? I want completely transparent playback such that what I hear during playback is exactly what it sounds like going in, i.e. the reference case described above.
Message Edited by killrbuckeye on 08-8-2008 02:08 PMMessage Edited by killrbuckeye on 08-8-2008 02:0 PM

Just for kicks, I decided to install this card on a Dell that I happen to have around.. the specs are above and beyond the configuration of my regular computer (whose specs are above and beyond the specs listed for the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum).. and I am unhappy to report that the same freezing problems occur. I am still unable to use any web update features for ANY of my software, and I am still unable to record in 24 bit audio.

X-FI Platinum Detected Intermitten

Strange behavior. I have an Asus P5GDC Deluxe motherboard. I upgraded my SB Li've! Platinum to an X-FI Platinum card. After installing the driver, the card showed up on the device list. Occasionally, a "found hardware" message would display when powering up my computer. Clicking through the wizard proved fruitless; the OS couldn't find a driver and a question mark was placed on the device list. At the same time, the X-FI card was no longer present. Perhaps, a reboot or two would bring things back to normal.

I've wiped my HDD, reinstalled Windows, swapped PCI slots and updated the driver -- the problem still happens intermittently. My Li've! Platinum card never had a problem.

Yesterday it happened and today the system is back to normal w/o any question marks. oh, the card works in either state.

Thoughts?
Message Edited by jeffkelly on 02-4-2006 02:27 AM

Update the BIOS for the motherboard, if you can, in case that resolves it. When the card isn't recognised correctly, what do you see in Device Manager?
vann90720 wrote:I have the Fatality fps model, and I'm wondering if this might have something to do with the fact that the instructions didn't mention plugging power into the power connector on the front panel. I've not done so for fear of Something Bad Happening(tm).
The power should be connected to the front panel, otherwise you won't be able to use the front panel. The card itself does not need to be connected to a seperate power connector.
Cat

Why does bouncing lower the audio level of my music extremely?

Whenever I bounce music from the timeline, the result of the audio file is extremely lowered. I tried taking 'normalize' off but that just distorts the file. Help!

there's a lot of variables in this, so before we determine WHY the volume is being lowered, let's first be absolutely sure the volume is being lowered, and not something else.
do this...
Bounce a mix from a Logic session, and re-import this stereo file back onto a stereo track, with the volume set to unity gain (zero).
Solo this track, and hit PLAY
Assuming you haven't changed the volume of your playback speakers, is this bounced file playing back at the same volume as the song session file?

[SOLVED]mpd does not detect the music directory

I recently installed mpd with the gmpc gui, set my "music_directory" in /etc/mpd.conf to the location of all of my music (which contains lots of other folders and subfolders), but there's no listing of the audio files in the database in gmpc.
Here's the /etc/mpd.conf if that helps:
# An example configuration file for MPD
# See the mpd.conf man page for a more detailed description of each parameter.
# Files and directories #######################################################
# This setting controls the top directory which MPD will search to discover the
# available audio files and add them to the daemon's online database. This
# setting defaults to the XDG directory, otherwise the music directory will be
# be disabled and audio files will only be accepted over ipc socket (using
# file:// protocol) or streaming files over an accepted protocol.
music_directory "/var/lib/mpd/music"
# This setting sets the MPD internal playlist directory. The purpose of this
# directory is storage for playlists created by MPD. The server will use
# playlist files not created by the server but only if they are in the MPD
# format. This setting defaults to playlist saving being disabled.
playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
# This setting sets the location of the MPD database. This file is used to
# load the database at server start up and store the database while the
# server is not up. This setting defaults to disabled which will allow
# MPD to accept files over ipc socket (using file:// protocol) or streaming
# files over an accepted protocol.
db_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db"
# These settings are the locations for the daemon log files for the daemon.
# These logs are great for troubleshooting, depending on your log_level
# settings.
# The special value "syslog" makes MPD use the local syslog daemon. This
# setting defaults to logging to syslog, otherwise logging is disabled.
log_file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"
# This setting sets the location of the file which stores the process ID
# for use of mpd --kill and some init scripts. This setting is disabled by
# default and the pid file will not be stored.
pid_file "/var/run/mpd/mpd.pid"
# This setting sets the location of the file which contains information about
# most variables to get MPD back into the same general shape it was in before
# it was brought down. This setting is disabled by default and the server
# state will be reset on server start up.
state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate"
# The location of the sticker database. This is a database which
# manages dynamic information attached to songs.
#sticker_file "~/.mpd/sticker.sql"
# General music daemon options ################################################
# This setting specifies the user that MPD will run as. MPD should never run as
# root and you may use this setting to make MPD change its user ID after
# initialization. This setting is disabled by default and MPD is run as the
# current user.
user "mpd"
# This setting specifies the group that MPD will run as. If not specified
# primary group of user specified with "user" setting will be used (if set).
# This is useful if MPD needs to be a member of group such as "audio" to
# have permission to use sound card.
#group "nogroup"
# This setting sets the address for the daemon to listen on. Careful attention
# should be paid if this is assigned to anything other then the default, any.
# This setting can deny access to control of the daemon.
# For network
#bind_to_address "any"
# And for Unix Socket
#bind_to_address "~/.mpd/socket"
# This setting is the TCP port that is desired for the daemon to get assigned
# to.
#port "6600"
# This setting controls the type of information which is logged. Available
# setting arguments are "default", "secure" or "verbose". The "verbose" setting
# argument is recommended for troubleshooting, though can quickly stretch
# available resources on limited hardware storage.
#log_level "default"
# If you have a problem with your MP3s ending abruptly it is recommended that
# you set this argument to "no" to attempt to fix the problem. If this solves
# the problem, it is highly recommended to fix the MP3 files with vbrfix
# (available from <http://www.willwap.co.uk/Programs/vbrfix.php>), at which
# point gapless MP3 playback can be enabled.
#gapless_mp3_playback "yes"
# This setting enables MPD to create playlists in a format usable by other
# music players.
#save_absolute_paths_in_playlists "no"
# This setting defines a list of tag types that will be extracted during the
# audio file discovery process. Optionally, 'comment' can be added to this
# list.
#metadata_to_use "artist,album,title,track,name,genre,date,composer,performer,disc"
# This setting enables automatic update of MPD's database when files in
# music_directory are changed.
#auto_update "yes"
# Limit the depth of the directories being watched, 0 means only watch
# the music directory itself. There is no limit by default.
#auto_update_depth "3"
# Symbolic link behavior ######################################################
# If this setting is set to "yes", MPD will discover audio files by following
# symbolic links outside of the configured music_directory.
#follow_outside_symlinks "yes"
# If this setting is set to "yes", MPD will discover audio files by following
# symbolic links inside of the configured music_directory.
#follow_inside_symlinks "yes"
# Zeroconf / Avahi Service Discovery ##########################################
# If this setting is set to "yes", service information will be published with
# Zeroconf / Avahi.
#zeroconf_enabled "yes"
# The argument to this setting will be the Zeroconf / Avahi unique name for
# this MPD server on the network.
#zeroconf_name "Music Player"
# Permissions #################################################################
# If this setting is set, MPD will require password authorization. The password
# can setting can be specified multiple times for different password profiles.
#password "password@read,add,control,admin"
# This setting specifies the permissions a user has who has not yet logged in.
#default_permissions "read,add,control,admin"
# Input #######################################################################
input {
plugin "curl"
# proxy "proxy.isp.com:8080"
# proxy_user "user"
# proxy_password "password"
# Audio Output ################################################################
# MPD supports various audio output types, as well as playing through multiple
# audio outputs at the same time, through multiple audio_output settings
# blocks. Setting this block is optional, though the server will only attempt
# autodetection for one sound card.
# See <http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Configuration#Audio_Outputs> for examples of
# other audio outputs.
# An example of an ALSA output:
#audio_output {
# type "alsa"
# name "My ALSA Device"
## device "hw:0,0" # optional
## format "44100:16:2" # optional
## mixer_type "hardware" # optional
## mixer_device "default" # optional
## mixer_control "PCM" # optional
## mixer_index "0" # optional
# An example of an OSS output:
#audio_output {
# type "oss"
# name "My OSS Device"
## device "/dev/dsp" # optional
## format "44100:16:2" # optional
## mixer_type "hardware" # optional
## mixer_device "/dev/mixer" # optional
## mixer_control "PCM" # optional
# An example of a shout output (for streaming to Icecast):
#audio_output {
# type "shout"
# encoding "ogg" # optional
# name "My Shout Stream"
# host "localhost"
# port "8000"
# mount "/mpd.ogg"
# password "hackme"
# quality "5.0"
# bitrate "128"
# format "44100:16:1"
## protocol "icecast2" # optional
## user "source" # optional
## description "My Stream Description" # optional
## genre "jazz" # optional
## public "no" # optional
## timeout "2" # optional
## mixer_type "software" # optional
# An example of a recorder output:
#audio_output {
# type "recorder"
# name "My recorder"
# encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame
# path "/var/lib/mpd/recorder/mpd.ogg"
## quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined
# bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined
# format "44100:16:1"
# An example of a httpd output (built-in HTTP streaming server):
#audio_output {
# type "httpd"
# name "My HTTP Stream"
# encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame
# port "8000"
# bind_to_address "0.0.0.0" # optional, IPv4 or IPv6
## quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined
# bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined
# format "44100:16:1"
# max_clients "0" # optional 0=no limit
# An example of a pulseaudio output (streaming to a remote pulseaudio server)
audio_output {
type "pulse"
name "My Pulse Output"
server "remote_server" # optional
sink "remote_server_sink" # optional
## Example "pipe" output:
#audio_output {
# type "pipe"
# name "my pipe"
# command "aplay -f cd 2>/dev/null"
## Or if you're want to use AudioCompress
# command "AudioCompress -m | aplay -f cd 2>/dev/null"
## Or to send raw PCM stream through PCM:
# command "nc example.org 8765"
# format "44100:16:2"
## An example of a null output (for no audio output):
#audio_output {
# type "null"
# name "My Null Output"
# mixer_type "none" # optional
# This setting will change all decoded audio to be converted to the specified
# format before being passed to the audio outputs. By default, this setting is
# disabled.
#audio_output_format "44100:16:2"
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# the sample rate converter to use. Possible values can be found in the
# mpd.conf man page or the libsamplerate documentation. By default, this is
# setting is disabled.
#samplerate_converter "Fastest Sinc Interpolator"
# Normalization automatic volume adjustments ##################################
# This setting specifies the type of ReplayGain to use. This setting can have
# the argument "off", "album" or "track". See <http://www.replaygain.org>
# for more details. This setting is off by default.
#replaygain "album"
# This setting sets the pre-amp used for files that have ReplayGain tags. By
# default this setting is disabled.
#replaygain_preamp "0"
# This setting enables on-the-fly normalization volume adjustment. This will
# result in the volume of all playing audio to be adjusted so the output has
# equal "loudness". This setting is disabled by default.
#volume_normalization "no"
# MPD Internal Buffering ######################################################
# This setting adjusts the size of internal decoded audio buffering. Changing
# this may have undesired effects. Don't change this if you don't know what you
# are doing.
#audio_buffer_size "2048"
# This setting controls the percentage of the buffer which is filled before
# beginning to play. Increasing this reduces the chance of audio file skipping,
# at the cost of increased time prior to audio playback.
#buffer_before_play "10%"
# Resource Limitations ########################################################
# These settings are various limitations to prevent MPD from using too many
# resources. Generally, these settings should be minimized to prevent security
# risks, depending on the operating resources.
#connection_timeout "60"
#max_connections "10"
#max_playlist_length "16384"
#max_command_list_size "2048"
#max_output_buffer_size "8192"
# Character Encoding ##########################################################
# If file or directory names do not display correctly for your locale then you
# may need to modify this setting.
#filesystem_charset "UTF-8"
# This setting controls the encoding that ID3v1 tags should be converted from.
#id3v1_encoding "ISO-8859-1"
# SIDPlay decoder #############################################################
# songlength_database:
# Location of your songlengths file, as distributed with the HVSC.
# The sidplay plugin checks this for matching MD5 fingerprints.
# See http://www.c64.org/HVSC/DOCUMENTS/Songlengths.faq
# default_songlength:
# This is the default playing time in seconds for songs not in the
# songlength database, or in case you're not using a database.
# A value of 0 means play indefinitely.
# filter:
# Turns the SID filter emulation on or off.
#decoder {
# plugin "sidplay"
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Last edited by vlad951 (2011-05-07 09:36:11)

vlad951 wrote:
Thanks, I successfully launched mpd as a user and it detected all of my music. However, if I launch mpd with the mpd.conf that I created in my home directory, it launches, but outputs the following:
[vladislav@vladislav .mpd]$ mpd ~/.mpd/mpd.conf
listen: bind to '0.0.0.0:6600' failed: Address already in use (continuing anyway, because binding to '[::]:6600' succeeded)
Is this normal?
*sigh* i answer this for the 3rd time in a row... this is no error it just says that binding to your ipv6 interface happened before the binding to ipv4.
If you want to use your ipv4 interface hardcode it in mpd.conf
bind_to_address "127.0.0.1"
you can also have several binds:
bind_to_address "127.0.0.1"
bind_to_address "192.168.1.13"
to make it listen on localhost and the external IP of your network card.
If your music is on the same machine as your mpd i recommend to use a unix socket in addition.
bind_to_address "/path/to/some/file/that/does/not/exist/yet"
and make your client connect to that file instead of the IP. Speeds things up a log e.g. in ncmpcpp
and btw: you can save your mpd.conf file as ~/.mpdconf and mpd will automatically use it.
Last edited by Rasi (2011-05-07 08:41:30)

Itunes won't detect all my music

Itunes won't detect all of the music on my PC there for I can't transfer all of it to my Ipad. Thoughts?

Think I found the problem. It appears that if you have music that is incompatible with the ipad and you don't have the automatic converter to AAC turned on itunes just stops there and won't load the rest of the music.

Audigy 2 ZS Platinum - Fatality Extreme Ga

Hello. This post may seem somewhat technical, however, seems how I'm dodging between bullets here, I'll ask in the simplest way possible:?Is the external I/O bay that comes with the Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum, compatible with the X-Fi Extreme Gamer Professional series card?I currently cannot locate the FPS version of the Soundcard anywhere in local stores, and honestly, I don't have the patience due to certain problems I'm having with the Vista Ultimate OS, in terms of compatibility. I am aware, from past occurances, that Creative will support the more recent hardware to their line of drivers first, before the more ancient forms (Audigy series)?Please, any input would be greatly appreciated.

No you can't, the Gamer doesn't have the AD_EXT connector on it. You would need a Xtreme Music (if you can find one or the XtremeGamer Fatalty Professional to be able to use your Audigy box, without buying a card that comes with one. Actually just had a look on Newegg (if you're in the US) and they have the Xtreme music available,?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=N82E68290288R?it is open box, but I haven't seen to many reports of people having problems with open box stuff from Newegg.

K8N Neo Platinum and WD 74gb Raptor = HELL

Hey,
Typically I'm not one to post on forums and to be honest, this is the first major problem that I have ever encountered that I have not been able to find a solution for. I currently purchased a 74gb WD Raptor that my K8n Neo Platinum detects flawlessly. I then attempted to install windows xp on it, but right after the post screen i keep getting a "Error Loading Operating System" message.
I have tried flashing my bios... Installing the SATA drivers that came with the motherboard (and also ones that i downloaded and found on the MSI CD that came with the mobo)... I have also tried messing with various BIOS settings that seem relevant to what my problem might be... I've also tried changing my boot order and other such things... I also tried using fdisk, the winxp repair that comes on the disk, fixmbr, fixboot and other such things...
I'm completely out of ideas. Someone please tell me what to do!!!!! I've been at this for 2 days already and still have absolutely no idea why I'm having problems with this.
I've searched many forums with no luck and have experimented with various possibilities... Someone help me!!!!!!!!!!! :(
AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8n Neo Platinum
1gb Corsair XMS pc3200 (1dimm)
WD 74gb Raptor 10k rpm
Radeon 9700 pro

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Originally posted by WicKeDx
Hey,
Typically I'm not one to post on forums and to be honest, this is the first major problem that I have ever encountered that I have not been able to find a solution for. I currently purchased a 74gb WD Raptor that my K8n Neo Platinum detects flawlessly. I then attempted to install windows xp on it, but right after the post screen i keep getting a "Error Loading Operating System" message.
I have tried flashing my bios... Installing the SATA drivers that came with the motherboard (and also ones that i downloaded and found on the MSI CD that came with the mobo)... I have also tried messing with various BIOS settings that seem relevant to what my problem might be... I've also tried changing my boot order and other such things... I also tried using fdisk, the winxp repair that comes on the disk, fixmbr, fixboot and other such things...
I'm completely out of ideas. Someone please tell me what to do!!!!! I've been at this for 2 days already and still have absolutely no idea why I'm having problems with this.
I've searched many forums with no luck and have experimented with various possibilities... Someone help me!!!!!!!!!!! :(
AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8n Neo Platinum
1gb Corsair XMS pc3200 (1dimm)
WD 74gb Raptor 10k rpm
Radeon 9700 pro
Hey, do me a favor, msg me on MSN or AOL please. I am 99.9% i can help you with this problem rahter than flood these boards it would be better!
I rather have you guys flood the forum, so other ppl with booting problems with raptor(s) can be helped too!!
Thats whats the forum's for!!
So please post a possible fix here!
(My problems is that i cant boot from my raptor raid0 setup, read: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=54245&sid= )
go to western digitals website get there diag tools. Let it check everyone of your raptors clusters and lets see what that turns up.

Firefox's Media Foundation support breaks music playback and turning it off doesn't do anything.

A friend sent me an MP3 link about a month ago, and I was confused when Firefox told me the file was corrupt. I figured it was just the server it was on.
Then, I stopped being able to listen to music posted through Tumblr. I figured they just updated their player and broke something.
Then I tried listening directly to an MP3 on another site tonight, and again, Firefox told me "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt." I dashed around to a handful of other sites and every single one of them told me the same thing when I tried to play an MP3 file.
After doing some investigation, I learned that the Firefox team has tried to implement their own internal music playback system that either can't find a codec or isn't detecting these files as music properly. Now, a long time ago, I got pretty used to all these files playing through Quicktime, to the point where I would specifically install Quicktime with each version of Windows just to restore this functionality. But now Firefox is overriding that functionality for some reason.
The culprit seemed to be the option "media.windows-media-foundation.enabled", which I promptly disabled. Didn't help. Firefox is still insisting that these files are corrupt instead of letting Quicktime handle them.
This site also suggested turning plugins.load_appdir_plugins to true, but that didn't help, either.
It would seem Firefox is intentionally relying on a part of Windows that I don't have, because I'm still stuck on Windows XP (video capture hardware I depend on doesn't have drivers for Vista on up). The annoying part is that I can't seem to change it back to the way it was, and I'm pretty angry because this has broken a significant portion of the internet for me.

That seems to have done the trick! Thanks a million.

Since upgrade to iTunes 11, I am having problems seeing my music in iCloud.

I am running at setup whereby I have no music stored locally, until I want to play it.. Since the upgrade, itunes is not detecting ANY of my music in Icloud (tried logging out of the store, restarting itunes, restarting Match etc..). Nothing works..
I know that my music is in icloud because I can play it from my Apple TV box and my iphone. Itunes just cant see it , though. Please help !

? Anyone have any suggestions?

Msi p45 can detect 2tb hdd ?

im planning to buy wd green 2tb...
can my msi p45 platinum detect it ?
bcoz i see the bios v1.5 say can detect 1tb only

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bcoz i see the bios v1.5 say can detect 1tb only
No, it does not say, that the Board/BIOS can "only" support 1TB hard drives. The note in the changelogs means that compatibility problems with certain 1TB drives were fixed with this BIOS Release. My P45 Platinum had no problem with 1TB hard drives even with the very first BIOS Release (v1.0).
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can my msi p45 platinum detect it ?
It should be able to properly detect it (there is no official limit on hard drive sizes on the chipset or BIOS Level). In any case, I cannot remember any user who has actually tested 2TB hard drives on this board (in fact I even doubt MSI has tested 2TB hard drives (when the board came out, 2TB hard drives were not really popular yet)). That is why you will have a hard time to find a user that will be able to answer you question from his/her own experience.
Currently, the only possible answer to your question is: It should work in theory. To find out if it works in practice, try it and see.

P35 platinum, memory and videocard questions

Hi folks.
I recently had a problem with an Asus P5K board in the sense that it doesn't allow use of 8gb of ram (despite saying it does) when you use 4x 2gb sticks. I want to replace this board with a P35 platinum but first I want to make sure my geil 8gb kit (4x 2gb DDR2 6400 sticks) will work (I'll be runnnig windows xp x64).
Also I have an XFX Geforce 8800 Ultra which has quite a big cooler, I read in some reviews of the board that the southbridge heatsink is too high for cards with big coolers like that to fit neatly. My question is will it still work? Can I screw the card in or do I have to live in fear of it plummetting out of the slot?
Thanks in advance for your answers.

I've tried 4 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 memory sticks. P35 Platinum detects 8GB main memory but shows usage memory as only 4GB out of 8GB. I've emailed MSI helpline if they can help out.
Quote from: BSFWhite on 05-July-07, 22:05:13
Hi folks.
I recently had a problem with an Asus P5K board in the sense that it doesn't allow use of 8gb of ram (despite saying it does) when you use 4x 2gb sticks. I want to replace this board with a P35 platinum but first I want to make sure my geil 8gb kit (4x 2gb DDR2 6400 sticks) will work (I'll be runnnig windows xp x64).
Also I have an XFX Geforce 8800 Ultra which has quite a big cooler, I read in some reviews of the board that the southbridge heatsink is too high for cards with big coolers like that to fit neatly. My question is will it still work? Can I screw the card in or do I have to live in fear of it plummetting out of the slot?
Thanks in advance for your answers.

I need help getting my P965 Platinum board to work

ok, I've tried researching it and searching the forums but I'm still having a lot of trouble and it's all a tad bit confusing. I've finally gotten all the stuff hooked up but I've run into trouble. My dvd drive and hard drive are both IDE and they aren't being recognized in BIOS, although I can select them as boot devices(the exact devices like ASUS DVD, not the generic cd-rom one). After it goes through th msi logo screen it goes to a screen with JMICRON stuff on it with the name of my hard drive in blue and my dvd drive in green, and to press any key to continue. If I try to boot from an xp cd in the dvd drive it gives me an :
"CDBOOT : Couldn't find NTLDR
Error loading OS"
error.
I think getting this error may have to do with the dvd drive and hard drive not being recognized in BIOS. Now, I read that one solution was putting the drivers on a floppy and booting from that. Of course I don't have one but I was able to scrounge one up from somewhere but with no blank floppies. I rewrote over a couple of the old one I had, one doesn't get recognized when I put it in and trying to boot from it give me an error and tells me to remove and media, the other is unformattable and the last one gives me an error that just says it cannot boot or there was a boot error. I download the driver folder and all I did was copy the inside of the floppy32 folder and paste that onto the floppy. Please help me, I'm on the end of my rope here. I've been dealing with one installation problem after another and now I feel even more broken now hat I know how p965 doesn't have native IDE support. I don't have SATA anything, but I do have a cd burner, a flash drive, an xp disc and possibly floppy stuff.
Here are my specs:
Asus 16x optical drive
Seagate 250 gb hdd
MSI P965 platinum motherboard
2 gigs of Patriot extreme performance ddr2 800 RAM
MSI geforce 880 gts(320 mb)
OCZ Game X stream 600 watt psu
Enermax CS-718 case
E6600 processor
I went to the g4 forums so I could bother them about it because I didn't want to bring up something that's already been answered on here, but I've gotten barely any help from them and all the issues I've read about on here don't exactly relate to my situation and are kinda confusing. Thank you for your help.

Seems like some who have tried two devices on the JMICRON IDE port have had trouble. Try without the hard drive and see if you get that error. If that is the case I would try a PATA to SATA converter for your hard drive and connect it to one of the Intel SATA Ports.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812107112
http://www.amazon.com/ADDONICS-IDE-SERIAL-CONVERTER-ADIDESA/dp/B000090169
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=339900#ts
http://www.xpcgear.com/ide2sata.html
http://www.ubuyitdirect.com/-p-1045.html?currency=USD
http://www.satasite.com/sata-ide-converter.htm
http://www.pcgears.com/default.aspx?oid=187150

Live! Drive II and X-Fi Music Extr

Similiar to the Audigy Li've Dri've post...
I have connected my old SB Li've! Dri've II to my new SB X-Fi Music Extreme sound card.
I connect headphones to the headphone jack but do not get any sound, nor can i hear anything inpit via microphone. (Sound knobs maxed out too)
I can hear hiss on the headphones so i know i have power, but just no sound.
It all performs the same tests from the cards back plate fine.
Has anyone tried using their old Li've Dri've II with this card and got it working?

I know, LOL. I learned my lesson with with my A2. Bought the one without the dri've because was told could buy dri've deal later. Only place saw it for sale was on CL UK store and for an outrageous price compared to just buying the card with it included to start with. I went with the FPS this time and really do find the front bay deal handy. Now then, if you can confirm the regular A2 dri've will work, let me know. I actually bought one from someone who didnt use theirs to use with my A2 but upgraded to X-FI before I got around to installing it. Like I said tho you need to find out if it will even work and then if it will maybe I can help you out. Think the only thing I didnt get from him was the firewire cable if you wanted that. Anyway all moot till you find out anyway

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