So nun da ich was für die allgemeinheit tun möchte, hier ein paar Tips von dem E-mu Support mit dem in Kontakt bin.
Leider nur in Englisch.
1. Ensure your EMU card is installed in a PCI slot as far away as
possible from components such as graphics card, CPU and hard drives.
Ensure that the PCI slot doesn't share resources with other devices in
your PC (mainly graphics card, drive interfaces, etc...)
Remove all unnecessary hardware. Every device installed in your system
uses some of the available resources, even if you do not actively use
it.
Tidy up all cables inside your computer as electrical interference may
be caused otherwise.
Ensure that audio drivers are up to date.
Download and install the latest chipset drivers and BIOS update. The
major chipset manufactures are: VIA/ETEQ, AMD/Nvidia, Intel, SIS. Ali
Note: If you have a motherboard with a hybrid chipset consisting of AMD
Northbridge and VIA Southbridge, ensure you Download the latest driver
package from your motherboard manufacturer.
2. Toggle the DMA access for your drives:
Windows 2000/XP:
Click on Start - (Settings) - Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device
Manager.
Click on View and select Devices by connection. This allows you check
which IDE controller the Hard drive(s) is (are) connected to
In addition, be sure to verify that the Hard Disk Controller properties
in Device Manager match that in system BIOS, especially if your
motherboard and its chipsets are dated prior to the release of Windows
XP.
3. Reduce the Hardware Acceleration of the graphics card:
Windows XP/2000:
Right-click on your desktop
Choose Properties - Settings - Advanced - Troubleshoot.
Move the slider for Hardware Acceleration down 1 notch.
Restart the system; if necessary, repeat procedure.
4. Changing/disabling [g=258]ACPI[/g] configurations in Windows 2000/Xp
Disable [g=258]ACPI[/g] in your BIOS Note: We recommend you check with the
motherboard manufacturer for more information about performing these
steps
Windows XP:
Disable [g=258]ACPI[/g] automatically
With [g=258]ACPI[/g] disabled in the BIOS, reinstall Windows over the original
installation
Disable [g=258]ACPI[/g] manually
Copy the install [g=420]CD[/g] to your hard drive
Edit the Txtsetup.sif file to change the ACPIEnable value to 0.
Save the file, and then rerun the installation
5. BIOS settings
The following suggestions require you to access the system BIOS SETUP.
Please contact your system vendor, or motherboard manufacturer for
assistance in accessing the BIOS SETUP page. There are several tools
available to determine the motherboard manufacturer. Some of these tools
are located at
http://www.motherboards.org. There is an option labeled
MOBO TOOLS that will provide you with several options.
On a BIOS level, ensure all unused on-board devices are deactivated.
This usually includes, but might not be restricted to devices like:
Serial Ports
Parallel Port
Onboard Sound
Onboard Game port
Onboard Graphics
Note: Do not deactivate devices you require for the system to function
properly (e.g. do not turn off your onboard graphics if this is the only
display adapter you have in your system).
The following is a checklist of settings that may need to be modified,
and explanations to some of them. Your system`s BIOS may have all, some,
or [g=337]none[/g] of the following options. These options may be spread throughout
different portions of the BIOS.
Enable or Answer YES to the following settings
PCI Streaming
PCI 2.1 Compliance
PCI (Dynamic) Bursting
[g=183]Bus[/g] Mastering for PCI Slot
Disable or answer NO to the following settings
Virus Warning or Boot Virus Detection
VGA Palette Snoop (must be left disabled)
Video BIOS Shadowing
Video BIOS Cacheable
System BIOS Cacheable
Video RAM BIOS Cacheable
Primary or System Frame Buffer
VGA Frame Buffer
Power Management
Write cache pipelining
PnP Aware OS or PnP OS Installed (Toggle)
Peer Concurrency
System Performance:
Collective setting that sets a number of values to influence the systems
performance (possible settings: "Turbo", "Fast", "Optimal", "Normal",
etc. The naming depends on the BIOS version/motherboard manufacturer. If
unclear, contact motherboard manufacturer for more information).
VGA Shared Memory Size:
Applicable if the motherboards onboard graphics adapter is active.
Instead of having dedicated graphics RAM, some onboard VGA solutions
require you to reserve a certain amount of the systems main memory.
Increasing the memory set aside for the onboard graphics adapter can
help reducing traffic on the system.
Note: Ensure not to reserve too much of your systems RAM, as this might
result in a system-wide slowdown.
AGP Aperture Size (MB):
It defines how much of your system's memory is to be used as a data
buffer for your AGP graphics card. The default setting should be half
the system's RAM, however, certain cards work better with specific
settings (e.g.: 128 MB despite having 512 MB in the system).
Peer Concurrency:
This setting defines if multiple PCI devices can access the PCI [g=183]BUS[/g]
simultaneously. Set this to "Disable" if you are unsure whether all PCI
devices in your system support this option. Note: disabling Peer
Concurrency may prevent IRQ being assigned to certain devices, and it
can cause difficulties within Windows 2000 and XP if one of the several
[g=258]ACPI[/g] Hardware Abstraction Layers (HAL) is installed. This can cause
Windows 2000 and XP to redetect the hardware.
PCI 2.1 Support:
All EMU PCI sound cards adhere to PCI 2.1 specifications. This setting
must be enabled for your Sound Blaster card to function properly. Note:
Some BIOS's might have various options for this setting (e.g.: 2.0, 2.1,
2.2).
Spread Spectrum Control:
This setting reduces Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) by slightly
modulating the master clock of your motherboard. Audio glitches might
occur on some systems if this setting is enabled.
PCI Latency Timer:
The PCI Latency Timer is a mechanism that helps PCI [g=183]bus[/g]-mastering
capable devices to share the PCI [g=183]bus[/g]. Each PCI device able to operate in
[g=183]bus[/g]-master mode is required to implement a timer, called the Latency
Timer, that limits the time the device can hold the PCI [g=183]bus[/g]. The timer
starts when the device gains [g=183]bus[/g] ownership, and counts down at the rate
of the PCI clock. When the counter reaches zero, the device is required
to release the [g=183]bus[/g]. If no other devices are waiting for [g=183]bus[/g] ownership,
it may simply grab the [g=183]bus[/g] again and transfer more data.
If the latency timer is set too low, PCI devices will interrupt their
transfers unnecessarily often, hurting performance. If it's set too
high, devices that require frequent [g=183]bus[/g] access may overflow their
buffers, losing data.
Experiment with this value. A good starting point would be 32 (often the
default found in many systems BIOS's). Once the PCI Latency Timer has
been changed, the new settings have to be saved and the PC needs to boot
back into the Operating System. If this doesn't lead to the desired
result, repeat the procedure.
Memory Hole:
This setting needs to be disabled unless you have a device that requires
a 1 MB area assigned to it.
AGP Fast Writes:
Allows the graphics chip to communicate with the chipset / CPU directly.
Enable this setting if your graphics card as well as your motherboard
support this.
Update the system's BIOS:
It is advisable to update the BIOS of your system, if [g=337]none[/g] of the above
steps solve the problem.