"Firewire is sharing IRQ with video card and one usb port. I don't know hot to change irq in the laptop."
This is probably your issue. With ACPI motherboards along with the ACPI Windows HAL, you can't really change the IRQ assignments. Some BIOS allow a little latitude in this area, most don't. The reality of this situation is that a lot of laptops are not going to be well suited for use as a hardware platform for real-time audio processing. Laptops are deigned for (a) battery life and (b) portability. Those design goals are achieved at the expense of I/O and processor performance. Occasionally you will run into a laptop that works just fine. Other times you can get a laptop that has the best specs in the world and is touted to be a "multi media" high performance machine and it just plain stinks up the place when running PowerSDR. I have one of the later machines from Dell. It looks like you have done all the right things as far as performance tuning. Is the version of Windows installed on the laptop one that came from Toshiba or did you load it yourself from a retail CD? I have found that loading the OS myself eliminates any of the integrator installed "fluff" programs that they include for usability or support and those get in the way of a laptop being able to reach it's highest performance potential. I know Neal (K3NC) is looking into a laptop optimized for PowerSDR, but due to low demand and high cost may not be offering it as a product. (http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/proddetail.php?prod=answc001) One other thing you can try is to use the on-board Firewire interface and see if that works any better. Good luck. -Tim -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ruben Navarro Huedo Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:20 AM To: Dudley Hurry; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Toshiba Satellite U400 All is done and powersdr is not stable. Using XP with all services (not needed) dissabled. All hardware not in use is dissabled, indexing dissabled, power saving in high performance. wireless and ethernet dissabled. Firewire included in the laptop dissabled. Using an express card firewire card with the correct chipset. Firewire is sharing IRQ with video card and one usb port. I don't know hot to change irq in the laptop. What do tou think? This laptop was bought only for powersdr, but this is being really dificult for me. Thank's a lot. Dudley Hurry escribió: > Ruben and Robert, > > Remember that on a laptop to turn the "Power Saving" programs off, go > into Power Options of Windows control panel, set for "Always On" or > "High Performance" option so that things like hard drives and external > devices do not time out. You might also check the BIOS and make sure > that that Intel's Speed Step or AMD's Cool Run is turned off (this will > slow the processor down) and while in there, make sure in any Power > window, that timers again are turned off. > This for ALL Windows OSs and machines, I feel that Windows Indexing > should be turned off. It's built in to Vista, but in XP it was > added as an add on via an update, so check the Add/Remove programs > and make sure that Windows Indexing 4.0 is not installed (it's a real CPU > killer) .. Wireless is also something that might be giving issues, > either through a slow driver or setting for the local network, best > to disable and see if this makes PowerSDR run smoother.. > > > Of course watch the DPC > > 73, > Dudley > > WA5QPZ > > > > Rubén Navarro Huedo wrote: >> Tested with all modes and continues the problem. >> >> Rubén Navarro Huedo >> Enviado móvil / portable. >> >> El 11/08/2009, a las 22:36, Robert Wood <rwoo...@clearwire.net> escribió: >> >>> set safe Mode 1 ? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Rubén Navarro Huedo >>> <runa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> With 5000a i don't need a second sound card. >>> Problem is being the FireWire included in the laptop. >>> I have bought an express card FireWire card and installed xp. >>> Now the problem seems be solved at 90% powersdr only freezes now >>> sometimes when using with vac and mixw. >>> I will continue working on it >>> >>> Rubén Navarro Huedo >>> Enviado móvil / portable. >>> >>> El 11/08/2009, a las 10:02, Stjepan Krkač <9a...@hamradio.hr> escribió: >>> >>> you need to buy another SB card CREATIVE Sound card AUDIGY 2 ZS R3 >>> Notebook (slot for Express Card), for SDR should have with the SB >>> line in, line out and mic in. >>> Therefore, should the notebook two SB card >>> 73 9a2rv >>> >>> 2009/8/5 Ruben Navarro Huedo <runa...@gmail.com> Hello friends: >>> I am Ruben (EA5BZ) from Spain. >>> A little question. >>> Is anybody running Powersdr on a Toshiba Satellite U400 laptop? >>> Here you have all specs: >>> http://www.audiotronics.es/product.aspx?productid=57446 >>> >>> Running now Windows XP >>> >>> Thank's a lot. >>> >>> -- >>> Rubén Navarro Huedo >>> http://www.palotes.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >>> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >>> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >>> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >>> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: >>> http://www.flex-radio.com/ >>> Message delivered to 9a...@hamradio.hr >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >>> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >>> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >>> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >>> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: >>> http://www.flex-radio.com/ >>> Message delivered to rwoo...@clearwire.net >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: >> http://www.flex-radio.com/ >> Message delivered to jhu...@austin.rr.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to telli...@itsco.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
