Hey guys,
I'm having a weird problem with my PCI ADSL modem that only seems to occur when my Audigy 2 card is also installed.
The connection seems to disconnect occasionally, and reconnect a few seconds later. This happens maybe 2 or 3 times an hour and is very annoying.
I contacted the manufacturer of the modem (MRi) and their technical support said the usual stuff (make sure drivers are up to date etc.) but this didn't make any difference. They then suggested removing Audigy 2 and lo-and-behold the modem seemed to behave ok (no disconnections). I then tried putting the Audigy 2 back in but switching the PCI slots (putting the modem in the Audigy's slot and vice versa) but this didn't make any difference either. Totally stumped.
The modem is an MRi PCI ADSL modem (Conexant hardware).
The only other card in the machine is a Connect3D Radeon 9700np, but as I say the modem appears to work perfectly when the Audigy 2 is removed.
Motherboard is Asus P4P800 Deluxe.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
cheers,
dave


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Otherwise curse Creative as they are so full of themselves and often offer mediocre hw with awful buggy sw. Do try to ascertain the soundcard as the culprit but IMHO sell that Creative and get yourself a Fortissimo, Philips Edge or Sonic Fury sound card.



VIA are well known for their awful PCI implimentation, esp in the pre-8235 (southbridge) days. 8235 was used on KT400 but anything older is almost certain to have 'faulty' PCI esp with PCI cards which hog/demand bandwidth like all of Creative's offerings (most notably the Live). Even if you have the (reportedly) fixed 8235 southbrudge you may very well find Creative's drivers simply detect a VIA chipset and actually make matters worse. Anyway you can try a few things, top bets are ...