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Vortex 2 based sound cards bugs and problems
Windows 95, 98 and ME
AC-3 output to S/PDIF fails
Blue Screens of
Death in au30core.vxd
Computer
locks up when dos drivers are loaded
Crackle in some MIDI playback
DLS
midi patchset is reset to default after a reboot.
No bass from some
speakers in Quad mode
Cambridge
SoundWorks PCWorks FourPointSurround speakers don't wake up from sleep
mode when sound is played.
Game
or program crashes or the music/sound effects doesn't work correctly
Recording volume is
low and has static.
Screech
or static when playing games with Aureal A3D support for along time on
some systems
Sound Blaster Pro emulation installation lock up
Problems
with DirectSound and DirectSound3D in some games
Problems with VIA
chipset motherboards
How
to prevent 'Your Vortex adapter is not plugged into the primary PCI bus'
error on Intel i815/e/ep chipset motherboards
Windows NT4
Sound problems with Windows NT4 drivers on multi-prcessor systems
Windows NT4 drivers
will not install
Windows 2000 and XP
Sound cuts off in Windows 2000/XP
No Aureal control panel with default Vortex 2 WDM drivers in Windows
2000/XP
No
SP/DIF support with default Vortex 2 WDM drivers in Windows 2000/XP
No
4 speaker support with default Vortex 2 WDM drivers in Windows XP
Low volume with the default Vortex 2 WDM drivers in Windows 2000/XP
Aureal A3D
demos won't work in Windows 2000/XP
Diamond Monster Sound MX300
Audio
utilities can't be installed off the MX300 driver CD after installing
the 1.01 drivers
Diamond
Monster Sound MX300 installer takes over audio file types without asking
first
Midisoft
Media Works 98 and Wave Editor can't be uninstalled without uninstalling
the MX300 drivers
Sound card sometimes isn't detected by BIOS after a reboot
Windows
9x doesn't recognise Diamond Monster Sound MX300 drivers on some systems
Zoran
SoftDVD player only works with display drivers which support MACROVISION
copy protection
Windows 95, 98 and ME
AC-3 output to
S/PDIF fails
This problem can be caused by a bug in the Vortex 2
Windows 9x 4.06.2040 reference drivers. Download the Windows
9x 4.06.2041 or later reference driver to fix this problem
Blue Screens of
Death in au30core.vxd
This problem can be caused by a bug in the Vortex 2 Windows 9x
4.06.2040 reference drivers, download the Windows
9x 4.06.2048 or later reference driver to fix this problem
Computer
locks up when dos drivers are loaded
If you use Norton Anti Virus make sure it is loaded before the sound
card drivers in your autoexec.bat file.
Move the LH AU30DOS.COM line to the bottom of the autoexec.bat file.
Crackle in some MIDI
playback
Download the Windows
9x 4.06.2035 or later reference driver to fix this problem
DLS
midi patchset is reset to default after a reboot.
Download the Windows
9x 4.06.2040 or later reference driver to fix this problem
No bass in Quad
mode on thse speakers:
Bose Acoustimass in both jacks
Cambridge SoundWorks PCWorks FourPointSurround
Cambridge Soundworks in both jacks
Cambridge Soundworks in front/Microworks in rear
Download the Windows
9x 4.06.2035 or later reference driver to fix this problem
Cambridge
SoundWorks PCWorks FourPointSurround speakers don't wake up from sleep
mode when sound is played.
Download the Windows
9x 4.06.2035 or later reference driver to fix this problem
Game
or program crashes or the music/sound effects doesn't work correctly
Make sure you are using the latest drivers available for the sound
card.
If the sound card drivers aren't up to date try the Vortex 2 reference
drivers.
Make sure you are using the the latest version of the game or program.
Check the technical support section of the company the makes the game or
program in case they know of a solution.
Try disabling the DirectSound Hardware Acceleration
Recording volume
is low and has static
Download the Windows
9x 4.06.2035 or later reference driver to fix the low recording
volume.
Recording in 8 bit will yield in some static because of the resampling
down to 8 bit. Use 16 bit for recording until this it fixed. The 8
bit recording problems will be fixed in a future reference drivers.
Screech
or static when playing games with Aureal A3D support for along time on
some systems
Download the Windows
9x 4.06.2035 or later reference driver to fix this problem
Sound
Blaster Pro emulation installation lock up
If you are using the Vortex 2 Windows 9x 4.06.2048 reference drivers
follow these instructions:
Go to Add/Remove in the control panel and remove the sound card drivers,
the uninstall entry will be called Aureal Vortex AU8830.
You might need
to boot to safe mode to uninstall the sound card drivers
Go to the directory where you extracted the sound card drivers
Open Au30mmed.inf
Go to the [AspenOverides.Addreg] section
remove the ; infront of HKR,Config,DisableSBFMIRQLevel,1,1
Save the file
Reboot and install the sound drivers
Problems
with DirectSound and DirectSound3D in some games
The pre-release Vortex 2 Windows 9x 4.06.2030/2031 reference drivers
have problems with DirectSound and DirectSound3D in some games. Download
the Windows 9x
4.06.2035 or later reference driver to fix these problems
Problems with VIA
chipset motherboards
Make sure USB is enabled in your system BIOS
Try the latest drivers and
patches for the VIA chipset at VIA
Technologies
Check if a BIOS update is available for your motherboardI
How
to prevent 'Your Vortex adapter is not plugged into the primary PCI bus'
error on Intel i815/e/ep chipset motherboards
Instructions are available here
Windows NT4
Sound
problems with Windows NT4 drivers on multi-processor systems
Download the Windows
NT4 2.06.01 beta or later reference drivers to fix this problem
Windows NT4 drivers
will not install
Vortex 2 Windows NT4 reference drivers before version 2.04.06 and
sound card drivers based on them don't uninstall some parts of the
drivers which stops new drivers installing. Instructions to completely
remove the older Windows NT4 drivers are available here
Windows 2000 and XP
Sound cuts off in
Windows 2000/XP
If you are experiencing sound cuts off or other sound problems in
Windows 2000/XP and your motherboard uses an AMD of VIA chipset then try
using the Aureal
Vortex 2 Sound Cutoff Fix at Aureal
and Quantex Help Site
No
Aureal control panel with default Vortex 2 WDM drivers in Windows
2000/XP
For Windows 2000 try using the Vortex
2 Windows 2000 beta reference drivers
For Windows XP try using the control
panel at Aureal and Quantex Help
Site
No
SP/DIF support with default Vortex 2 WDM drivers in Windows 2000/XP
Try using the control
panel at Aureal and Quantex Help
Site
No
4 speaker support with default Vortex 2 WDM drivers in Windows XP
Try using the control
panel at Aureal and Quantex Help
Site
Or:
Download AC97
Mixer at Aureal and Quantex Help
Site
Unpack file and run AC97 Mixer
Choose Options menu and Model Specific
Change 2/4 mode from 4 channels > 4 speakers to 2 channels > 4
speakers
But the change has to be made after every reboot of Windows XP!
(Solution found by Pavel Voronov)
Low
volume with the default Vortex 2 WDM drivers in Windows 2000/XP
Open the Voume Control, open the Options menu, select Properties, select
Other, select AC97 Controls, choose OK and change volume of Front/Rear
to maximum (If using 2 speakers or headphones) or middle (If using 4
speakers).
Aureal
A3D demos won't work in Windows 2000/XP
Only the Aureal A3D 3.0 demos work under Windows 2000 and XP, earlier
version of the Aureal A3D demos won't work.
Diamond Monster Sound MX300
Audio
utilities can't be installed off the MX300 driver CD after installing
the 1.01/2 drivers
Uninstall the Diamond Monster Sound 1.01/2 drivers.
Install the Diamond Monster Sound 1.0 drivers and audio utlities from
the CD.
Then install the Diamond Monster Sound 1.01/2 drivers
Diamond
Monster Sound MX300 installer takes over audio file types without asking
first
Midisoft
Media Works 98 and Wave Editor can't be uninstalled without uninstalling
the MX300 drivers
Other Diamond Monster Sound cards had similar problems, they were
never fixed
Sound
card sometimes isn't detected by BIOS after a reboot
Check if a BIOS update is available for your
motherboard.
Try changing PNP OS Installed to No in the PnP/PCI Configuration section
of your system BIOS.
Try removing the sound card from system and putting it back in.
I had this problem myself and it looks like its motherboard problem,
when I upgraded to a new motherboard the problem disappeared.
Windows
9x doesn't recognise Diamond Monster Sound MX300 drivers on some systems
Copy the Win9x directory from the CD to the hard disk.
Right click on Au30mult.inf, choose properties and clear the Read-only
check
Open Au30mult.inf
Find the [AurealSemiconductor] section
Remove the ; infront of
%PCI\VEN_12EB&DEV_0002.DeviceDesc%=ASPEN_PARENT_DEVICE,
PCI\VEN_12EB&DEV_0002
Save the file and install the drivers.
Zoran
SoftDVD player only works with display drivers which support Macrovision
copy protection
Video cards with TV-Outputs are required to support Macrovision copy
protection for the Zoran software DVD player to work. Try the latest
video drivers and the latest reference drivers for your video card.
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