Sound -- SB Live! Value, AMD K6-2 350/Viper550, crashes deluxe

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JAFO posted 02-25-99 11:04 PM ET
I was playing SMAC with an older AWE32 soundcard w/Diamond Viper 550 on an AMD k6-2 350 w/128mb SDRAM, and it worked just fine.
Then I bought a SB Live! Value card, w/latest drivers, with v.2.0 SMAC (supposedly to ENHANCE my sound experience via EAX extensions...) and now I have vicious crashes at the end of turns.
After I hit ENTER to finish the turn, and ESPECIALLY if I'm discovering a new tech, BAM! Crash crash crash. Here's the scoop straight from the horse's mouth:
TERRAN caused an invalid page fault in
module SOUND.DLL at 0177:1000941d.
Registers:
EAX=00000294 CS=0177 EIP=1000941d EFLGS=00010212
EBX=00000000 SS=017f ESP=0128fe44 EBP=0128fe54
ECX=00000000 DS=017f ESI=00000000 FS=1977
EDX=0128fe50 ES=017f EDI=0000014a GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 46 4c 33 ff 52 8d 55 f8 89 7d fc 89 7d f8 8b
Stack dump:
0000014a 027100a4 0000014a 0128fe88 0128fe8c 100207b5 00000294 0128fe88 00000000 0271003c 00f60980 00000000 0271003c 00000000 00000000 00000000
Running a BCM VP1541 AGP motherboard, K6-2 350, 128 MB SDRAM, SB Live! Value card w/latest drivers, SMAC v.2.0, Viper550 video, Sony 17sfII monitor, no network cards. 2 HDDs.
The error is obviously a sound problem.
Again, happens only at the end of turn (I have it paused at end of turn), after I hit Enter. Usually it runs through the enemy moves fine, then BAM! Terran crashes. Windows works, but no sound, and if I restart SMAC, all sort of goofiness ensues (graphics bugs, then hangs).
JAFO

Futzy posted 02-26-99 10:27 AM ET
I have almost an identical setup, except my motherboard is a MSI-5169. But same AMD K6-2/350, SB Live, Viper V550. I never got a crash like this, but I found leaving the EAX on caused a BIG decrease in performance. I disabled it in the ini file, and it has been great ever since. Also, if your using the Diamond drivers, you ought to switch to the NVIDIA reference ones, my whole system has been more stable since I did that.
Futzy
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-26-99 10:32 AM ET
Set EAX and DS3D to 0 in the alpha centauri.ini file (just to see if it fixes it).
jkm
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Author	Topic: Sound -- SB Live! Value, AMD K6-2 350/Viper550, crashes deluxe
JAFO	posted 02-25-99 11:04 PM ET I was playing SMAC with an older AWE32 soundcard w/Diamond Viper 550 on an AMD k6-2 350 w/128mb SDRAM, and it worked just fine. Then I bought a SB Live! Value card, w/latest drivers, with v.2.0 SMAC (supposedly to ENHANCE my sound experience via EAX extensions...) and now I have vicious crashes at the end of turns. After I hit ENTER to finish the turn, and ESPECIALLY if I'm discovering a new tech, BAM! Crash crash crash. Here's the scoop straight from the horse's mouth: TERRAN caused an invalid page fault in module SOUND.DLL at 0177:1000941d. Registers: EAX=00000294 CS=0177 EIP=1000941d EFLGS=00010212 EBX=00000000 SS=017f ESP=0128fe44 EBP=0128fe54 ECX=00000000 DS=017f ESI=00000000 FS=1977 EDX=0128fe50 ES=017f EDI=0000014a GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: 8b 46 4c 33 ff 52 8d 55 f8 89 7d fc 89 7d f8 8b Stack dump: 0000014a 027100a4 0000014a 0128fe88 0128fe8c 100207b5 00000294 0128fe88 00000000 0271003c 00f60980 00000000 0271003c 00000000 00000000 00000000 Running a BCM VP1541 AGP motherboard, K6-2 350, 128 MB SDRAM, SB Live! Value card w/latest drivers, SMAC v.2.0, Viper550 video, Sony 17sfII monitor, no network cards. 2 HDDs. The error is obviously a sound problem. Again, happens only at the end of turn (I have it paused at end of turn), after I hit Enter. Usually it runs through the enemy moves fine, then BAM! Terran crashes. Windows works, but no sound, and if I restart SMAC, all sort of goofiness ensues (graphics bugs, then hangs). JAFO
Futzy	posted 02-26-99 10:27 AM ET I have almost an identical setup, except my motherboard is a MSI-5169. But same AMD K6-2/350, SB Live, Viper V550. I never got a crash like this, but I found leaving the EAX on caused a BIG decrease in performance. I disabled it in the ini file, and it has been great ever since. Also, if your using the Diamond drivers, you ought to switch to the NVIDIA reference ones, my whole system has been more stable since I did that. Futzy
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-26-99 10:32 AM ET Set EAX and DS3D to 0 in the alpha centauri.ini file (just to see if it fixes it). jkm firaxis games