Re: [H] USB Problem
Joy for Grand-PA! You will survive, I'm told. Duncan On 07/12/2014 19:46, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Thanks for the reply. I'll let everyone know how it goes. None of this would have happened if I had retained both my computers. I had to cut down to fit in a smaller space. My daughter has moved back home with her two kids. First time in about 10 years that we've had young kids here. On 7/12/2014 12:31 PM, joeu...@chronic.org wrote: I don't think you have to many, IIRC you can have like 256 devices? I'd do just what your thinking. Plug the card directly into a USB port, skip the hub. Hubs can be cheesy, quality-wise. Tripplite makes some great powered hubs. Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." Original Message Subject: [H] USB Problem From: Steve Tomporowski Date: Sat, July 12, 2014 11:15 am To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Still working out the bugs on the new build. I *think* I have too many USB devices. System is an Asus Maximus VII Hero, i7-4770k, 16GB memory, not overclocked, Ancient 6850 video card. Antech 650 watt supply. Now for USB I have: Video camera, 2 external drives, printer, scanner, mouse, keyboard, two midi keyboards and the problem indication: Alva Nanoface sound card. When I had everything plugged in (printer, scanner & midi keyboards were on an external hub), the sound would start out okay, then begin to crackle, finally get so bad you couldn't stand it. Tried plugging nanoface into just about every USB hole with the same result. The nanoface expects USB 2.0. Tried powering the hub, but that didn't help. If I unplugged one of the midi keyboards, things were okay for most of the time. Every once in a while (days apart), I'd get the crackling again, in the same way. Tried a different hub, no joy. I checked with the IT department at work, they said they'd had this happen once, too many USB devices, but don't know if it every got solved (it was at another division). So I'm looking for some ideas on how to make this bullet proof. Right now the performance is acceptable, on the infrequent times when it's crackling, I only need unplug the nanoface and replug it and I'm good for a while. Right now I have a PCI-E USB 3.0 card sitting here. It takes power directly from the system PS. I was planning on isolating the nanoface with this card. If the problem is power, this has it's own power. If it's bandwidth, then this card doesn't share bandwidth with any other USB port. Ideals? ThanksSteve
Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?
Steve, Understand. My apologies. I know not of Sonar X3, or, any 'virtual cores' of the Core i7. I figure it has whatever cores itcomes with. But, this puts me into territory I know absolutely zero about. I will study. Yes, the 17-4770 may have been pricey some time back, but, I read there deals to be had now that the 'Broadwell' series is announced and on the horizon. It is all good! Duncan On 07/12/2014 19:43, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I was trying to say, and I don't think that it came out quite right, that the only reason I went with an i7 (to get the virtual cores) was because of Sonar X3 (Digital Audio Workstation) and not games. Yeah the i7-4770k was pricey. On 7/12/2014 7:41 PM, DSinc wrote: Steve, I'm not one to argue with Tom's HDW, and I do so love my core i5-3570K's, but, let's be real. This is the HDW Group after all. Shoot forthe stars, and, settle on logic and the wallet! Duncan On 07/12/2014 18:27, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Opps, forgot the processori7-4770K. I don't plan on overclocking, but I think Sonar does make use of the virtual cores. Tom's Hardware keeps saying that a gamer doesn't need more than the fastest i5. On 7/12/2014 6:18 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Bino, I was way behind the curve with an i7-860 in a Gigabyte P55 board. Here's what I upgraded to: Asus Maximus VII Hero 16 GB ram GTX750 750GB Samsung 840 EVO Well, the GTX750 hasn't yet got into the system. I don't game a lot anymore, but I work in Sonar X3 quite a bit. Steve On 7/12/2014 5:49 PM, DSinc wrote: Hi Bino, Yes long time no-talk-to. I am not a gamer, but I'll share some goodies I have or dream about. OS: your choice Kbd&mouse: your choice Display: Your choice, but I'm very happy with my Dell U2412M (x2). Case: Lian-Li - youchoose PSU: Seasonic 650W (modular) Gold M/B: Any ASUS Z97, you choose (I like the PRO) Processor: Intel Core i7/4770K/4790K Ram: G.Skill ~16GB Optical: your choice (I like the ASUS burner) Video: nVidia forever Hard drive: SSD all the way! I use Samsung and Crucial. EM is dead no matter how big/cheap they are. I've seen some Enterprise SSD devices for CAD/CAM, but they cost ~$3K. Just a bit much. The Collective knows all about 'water-cooling.' I do not. I still use whatever comes in the box. HTH, Duncan On 07/12/2014 15:22, Bino Gopal wrote: Bueller...? Did my message not go through...? From: binogo...@hotmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:55:06 -0700 Subject: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC? Hey all, LONG time no talk/see! Glad to see the collective is still here and going strong! Who's running/hosting the list if I may ask? Anyway, that aside, question for you all as I haven't been keeping up with stuff the last few years... My main desktop gaming PC died *years* ago and rather than replacing it I've been using my laptop as kind of a stopgap (yeah I know, but when I got in 2011 it was a Core i7-740QM with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and then I upgraded it with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD so it's been pretty bad-ass; just has heat issues when I really hit graphics intensive games...) Anyway if I wanted to get a really bad-ass gaming PC but not necessarily go through the trouble of building one myself, anyone got any recs on builders that give you the whole shebang that offer the best customizability. Like Falcon Northwest or Puget Systems, etc, etc? Budget-wise I don't know; what *should* I spend on one of these?? And is there any new tech I should def get, like all 3D monitors or multi-screen gaming or Oculus Rift something like that?? I've been mostly playing Xbox360 and then iOS games lately lol! :P BINO
Re: [H] USB Problem
Thanks for the reply. I'll let everyone know how it goes. None of this would have happened if I had retained both my computers. I had to cut down to fit in a smaller space. My daughter has moved back home with her two kids. First time in about 10 years that we've had young kids here. On 7/12/2014 12:31 PM, joeu...@chronic.org wrote: I don't think you have to many, IIRC you can have like 256 devices? I'd do just what your thinking. Plug the card directly into a USB port, skip the hub. Hubs can be cheesy, quality-wise. Tripplite makes some great powered hubs. Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." Original Message Subject: [H] USB Problem From: Steve Tomporowski Date: Sat, July 12, 2014 11:15 am To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Still working out the bugs on the new build. I *think* I have too many USB devices. System is an Asus Maximus VII Hero, i7-4770k, 16GB memory, not overclocked, Ancient 6850 video card. Antech 650 watt supply. Now for USB I have: Video camera, 2 external drives, printer, scanner, mouse, keyboard, two midi keyboards and the problem indication: Alva Nanoface sound card. When I had everything plugged in (printer, scanner & midi keyboards were on an external hub), the sound would start out okay, then begin to crackle, finally get so bad you couldn't stand it. Tried plugging nanoface into just about every USB hole with the same result. The nanoface expects USB 2.0. Tried powering the hub, but that didn't help. If I unplugged one of the midi keyboards, things were okay for most of the time. Every once in a while (days apart), I'd get the crackling again, in the same way. Tried a different hub, no joy. I checked with the IT department at work, they said they'd had this happen once, too many USB devices, but don't know if it every got solved (it was at another division). So I'm looking for some ideas on how to make this bullet proof. Right now the performance is acceptable, on the infrequent times when it's crackling, I only need unplug the nanoface and replug it and I'm good for a while. Right now I have a PCI-E USB 3.0 card sitting here. It takes power directly from the system PS. I was planning on isolating the nanoface with this card. If the problem is power, this has it's own power. If it's bandwidth, then this card doesn't share bandwidth with any other USB port. Ideals? ThanksSteve
Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?
I was trying to say, and I don't think that it came out quite right, that the only reason I went with an i7 (to get the virtual cores) was because of Sonar X3 (Digital Audio Workstation) and not games. Yeah the i7-4770k was pricey. On 7/12/2014 7:41 PM, DSinc wrote: Steve, I'm not one to argue with Tom's HDW, and I do so love my core i5-3570K's, but, let's be real. This is the HDW Group after all. Shoot forthe stars, and, settle on logic and the wallet! Duncan On 07/12/2014 18:27, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Opps, forgot the processori7-4770K. I don't plan on overclocking, but I think Sonar does make use of the virtual cores. Tom's Hardware keeps saying that a gamer doesn't need more than the fastest i5. On 7/12/2014 6:18 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Bino, I was way behind the curve with an i7-860 in a Gigabyte P55 board. Here's what I upgraded to: Asus Maximus VII Hero 16 GB ram GTX750 750GB Samsung 840 EVO Well, the GTX750 hasn't yet got into the system. I don't game a lot anymore, but I work in Sonar X3 quite a bit. Steve On 7/12/2014 5:49 PM, DSinc wrote: Hi Bino, Yes long time no-talk-to. I am not a gamer, but I'll share some goodies I have or dream about. OS: your choice Kbd&mouse: your choice Display: Your choice, but I'm very happy with my Dell U2412M (x2). Case: Lian-Li - youchoose PSU: Seasonic 650W (modular) Gold M/B: Any ASUS Z97, you choose (I like the PRO) Processor: Intel Core i7/4770K/4790K Ram: G.Skill ~16GB Optical: your choice (I like the ASUS burner) Video: nVidia forever Hard drive: SSD all the way! I use Samsung and Crucial. EM is dead no matter how big/cheap they are. I've seen some Enterprise SSD devices for CAD/CAM, but they cost ~$3K. Just a bit much. The Collective knows all about 'water-cooling.' I do not. I still use whatever comes in the box. HTH, Duncan On 07/12/2014 15:22, Bino Gopal wrote: Bueller...? Did my message not go through...? From: binogo...@hotmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:55:06 -0700 Subject: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC? Hey all, LONG time no talk/see! Glad to see the collective is still here and going strong! Who's running/hosting the list if I may ask? Anyway, that aside, question for you all as I haven't been keeping up with stuff the last few years... My main desktop gaming PC died *years* ago and rather than replacing it I've been using my laptop as kind of a stopgap (yeah I know, but when I got in 2011 it was a Core i7-740QM with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and then I upgraded it with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD so it's been pretty bad-ass; just has heat issues when I really hit graphics intensive games...) Anyway if I wanted to get a really bad-ass gaming PC but not necessarily go through the trouble of building one myself, anyone got any recs on builders that give you the whole shebang that offer the best customizability. Like Falcon Northwest or Puget Systems, etc, etc? Budget-wise I don't know; what *should* I spend on one of these?? And is there any new tech I should def get, like all 3D monitors or multi-screen gaming or Oculus Rift something like that?? I've been mostly playing Xbox360 and then iOS games lately lol! :P BINO
Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?
Steve, I'm not one to argue with Tom's HDW, and I do so love my core i5-3570K's, but, let's be real. This is the HDW Group after all. Shoot forthe stars, and, settle on logic and the wallet! Duncan On 07/12/2014 18:27, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Opps, forgot the processori7-4770K. I don't plan on overclocking, but I think Sonar does make use of the virtual cores. Tom's Hardware keeps saying that a gamer doesn't need more than the fastest i5. On 7/12/2014 6:18 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Bino, I was way behind the curve with an i7-860 in a Gigabyte P55 board. Here's what I upgraded to: Asus Maximus VII Hero 16 GB ram GTX750 750GB Samsung 840 EVO Well, the GTX750 hasn't yet got into the system. I don't game a lot anymore, but I work in Sonar X3 quite a bit. Steve On 7/12/2014 5:49 PM, DSinc wrote: Hi Bino, Yes long time no-talk-to. I am not a gamer, but I'll share some goodies I have or dream about. OS: your choice Kbd&mouse: your choice Display: Your choice, but I'm very happy with my Dell U2412M (x2). Case: Lian-Li - youchoose PSU: Seasonic 650W (modular) Gold M/B: Any ASUS Z97, you choose (I like the PRO) Processor: Intel Core i7/4770K/4790K Ram: G.Skill ~16GB Optical: your choice (I like the ASUS burner) Video: nVidia forever Hard drive: SSD all the way! I use Samsung and Crucial. EM is dead no matter how big/cheap they are. I've seen some Enterprise SSD devices for CAD/CAM, but they cost ~$3K. Just a bit much. The Collective knows all about 'water-cooling.' I do not. I still use whatever comes in the box. HTH, Duncan On 07/12/2014 15:22, Bino Gopal wrote: Bueller...? Did my message not go through...? From: binogo...@hotmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:55:06 -0700 Subject: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC? Hey all, LONG time no talk/see! Glad to see the collective is still here and going strong! Who's running/hosting the list if I may ask? Anyway, that aside, question for you all as I haven't been keeping up with stuff the last few years... My main desktop gaming PC died *years* ago and rather than replacing it I've been using my laptop as kind of a stopgap (yeah I know, but when I got in 2011 it was a Core i7-740QM with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and then I upgraded it with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD so it's been pretty bad-ass; just has heat issues when I really hit graphics intensive games...) Anyway if I wanted to get a really bad-ass gaming PC but not necessarily go through the trouble of building one myself, anyone got any recs on builders that give you the whole shebang that offer the best customizability. Like Falcon Northwest or Puget Systems, etc, etc? Budget-wise I don't know; what *should* I spend on one of these?? And is there any new tech I should def get, like all 3D monitors or multi-screen gaming or Oculus Rift something like that?? I've been mostly playing Xbox360 and then iOS games lately lol! :P BINO
Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?
Opps, forgot the processori7-4770K. I don't plan on overclocking, but I think Sonar does make use of the virtual cores. Tom's Hardware keeps saying that a gamer doesn't need more than the fastest i5. On 7/12/2014 6:18 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Bino, I was way behind the curve with an i7-860 in a Gigabyte P55 board. Here's what I upgraded to: Asus Maximus VII Hero 16 GB ram GTX750 750GB Samsung 840 EVO Well, the GTX750 hasn't yet got into the system. I don't game a lot anymore, but I work in Sonar X3 quite a bit. Steve On 7/12/2014 5:49 PM, DSinc wrote: Hi Bino, Yes long time no-talk-to. I am not a gamer, but I'll share some goodies I have or dream about. OS: your choice Kbd&mouse: your choice Display: Your choice, but I'm very happy with my Dell U2412M (x2). Case: Lian-Li - youchoose PSU: Seasonic 650W (modular) Gold M/B: Any ASUS Z97, you choose (I like the PRO) Processor: Intel Core i7/4770K/4790K Ram: G.Skill ~16GB Optical: your choice (I like the ASUS burner) Video: nVidia forever Hard drive: SSD all the way! I use Samsung and Crucial. EM is dead no matter how big/cheap they are. I've seen some Enterprise SSD devices for CAD/CAM, but they cost ~$3K. Just a bit much. The Collective knows all about 'water-cooling.' I do not. I still use whatever comes in the box. HTH, Duncan On 07/12/2014 15:22, Bino Gopal wrote: Bueller...? Did my message not go through...? From: binogo...@hotmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:55:06 -0700 Subject: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC? Hey all, LONG time no talk/see! Glad to see the collective is still here and going strong! Who's running/hosting the list if I may ask? Anyway, that aside, question for you all as I haven't been keeping up with stuff the last few years... My main desktop gaming PC died *years* ago and rather than replacing it I've been using my laptop as kind of a stopgap (yeah I know, but when I got in 2011 it was a Core i7-740QM with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and then I upgraded it with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD so it's been pretty bad-ass; just has heat issues when I really hit graphics intensive games...) Anyway if I wanted to get a really bad-ass gaming PC but not necessarily go through the trouble of building one myself, anyone got any recs on builders that give you the whole shebang that offer the best customizability. Like Falcon Northwest or Puget Systems, etc, etc? Budget-wise I don't know; what *should* I spend on one of these?? And is there any new tech I should def get, like all 3D monitors or multi-screen gaming or Oculus Rift something like that?? I've been mostly playing Xbox360 and then iOS games lately lol! :P BINO
Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?
Bino, I was way behind the curve with an i7-860 in a Gigabyte P55 board. Here's what I upgraded to: Asus Maximus VII Hero 16 GB ram GTX750 750GB Samsung 840 EVO Well, the GTX750 hasn't yet got into the system. I don't game a lot anymore, but I work in Sonar X3 quite a bit. Steve On 7/12/2014 5:49 PM, DSinc wrote: Hi Bino, Yes long time no-talk-to. I am not a gamer, but I'll share some goodies I have or dream about. OS: your choice Kbd&mouse: your choice Display: Your choice, but I'm very happy with my Dell U2412M (x2). Case: Lian-Li - youchoose PSU: Seasonic 650W (modular) Gold M/B: Any ASUS Z97, you choose (I like the PRO) Processor: Intel Core i7/4770K/4790K Ram: G.Skill ~16GB Optical: your choice (I like the ASUS burner) Video: nVidia forever Hard drive: SSD all the way! I use Samsung and Crucial. EM is dead no matter how big/cheap they are. I've seen some Enterprise SSD devices for CAD/CAM, but they cost ~$3K. Just a bit much. The Collective knows all about 'water-cooling.' I do not. I still use whatever comes in the box. HTH, Duncan On 07/12/2014 15:22, Bino Gopal wrote: Bueller...? Did my message not go through...? From: binogo...@hotmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:55:06 -0700 Subject: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC? Hey all, LONG time no talk/see! Glad to see the collective is still here and going strong! Who's running/hosting the list if I may ask? Anyway, that aside, question for you all as I haven't been keeping up with stuff the last few years... My main desktop gaming PC died *years* ago and rather than replacing it I've been using my laptop as kind of a stopgap (yeah I know, but when I got in 2011 it was a Core i7-740QM with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and then I upgraded it with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD so it's been pretty bad-ass; just has heat issues when I really hit graphics intensive games...) Anyway if I wanted to get a really bad-ass gaming PC but not necessarily go through the trouble of building one myself, anyone got any recs on builders that give you the whole shebang that offer the best customizability. Like Falcon Northwest or Puget Systems, etc, etc? Budget-wise I don't know; what *should* I spend on one of these?? And is there any new tech I should def get, like all 3D monitors or multi-screen gaming or Oculus Rift something like that?? I've been mostly playing Xbox360 and then iOS games lately lol! :P BINO
Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?
Hi Bino, Yes long time no-talk-to. I am not a gamer, but I'll share some goodies I have or dream about. OS: your choice Kbd&mouse: your choice Display: Your choice, but I'm very happy with my Dell U2412M (x2). Case: Lian-Li - youchoose PSU: Seasonic 650W (modular) Gold M/B: Any ASUS Z97, you choose (I like the PRO) Processor: Intel Core i7/4770K/4790K Ram: G.Skill ~16GB Optical: your choice (I like the ASUS burner) Video: nVidia forever Hard drive: SSD all the way! I use Samsung and Crucial. EM is dead no matter how big/cheap they are. I've seen some Enterprise SSD devices for CAD/CAM, but they cost ~$3K. Just a bit much. The Collective knows all about 'water-cooling.' I do not. I still use whatever comes in the box. HTH, Duncan On 07/12/2014 15:22, Bino Gopal wrote: Bueller...? Did my message not go through...? From: binogo...@hotmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:55:06 -0700 Subject: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC? Hey all, LONG time no talk/see! Glad to see the collective is still here and going strong! Who's running/hosting the list if I may ask? Anyway, that aside, question for you all as I haven't been keeping up with stuff the last few years... My main desktop gaming PC died *years* ago and rather than replacing it I've been using my laptop as kind of a stopgap (yeah I know, but when I got in 2011 it was a Core i7-740QM with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and then I upgraded it with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD so it's been pretty bad-ass; just has heat issues when I really hit graphics intensive games...) Anyway if I wanted to get a really bad-ass gaming PC but not necessarily go through the trouble of building one myself, anyone got any recs on builders that give you the whole shebang that offer the best customizability. Like Falcon Northwest or Puget Systems, etc, etc? Budget-wise I don't know; what *should* I spend on one of these?? And is there any new tech I should def get, like all 3D monitors or multi-screen gaming or Oculus Rift something like that?? I've been mostly playing Xbox360 and then iOS games lately lol! :P BINO
Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?
Bueller...? Did my message not go through...? > From: binogo...@hotmail.com > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:55:06 -0700 > Subject: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC? > > Hey all, LONG time no talk/see! Glad to see the collective is still here > and going strong! Who's running/hosting the list if I may ask? > > Anyway, that aside, question for you all as I haven't been keeping up with > stuff the last few years... > > My main desktop gaming PC died *years* ago and rather than replacing it I've > been using my laptop as kind of a stopgap (yeah I know, but when I got in > 2011 it was a Core i7-740QM with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and then I > upgraded it with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD so it's been pretty bad-ass; just has > heat issues when I really hit graphics intensive games...) > > Anyway if I wanted to get a really bad-ass gaming PC but not necessarily go > through the trouble of building one myself, anyone got any recs on builders > that give you the whole shebang that offer the best customizability. Like > Falcon Northwest or Puget Systems, etc, etc? > > Budget-wise I don't know; what *should* I spend on one of these?? > > And is there any new tech I should def get, like all 3D monitors or > multi-screen gaming or Oculus Rift something like that?? I've been mostly > playing Xbox360 and then iOS games lately lol! :P > > BINO
Re: [H] nVidia video card until
Upgrade to GTX 750 Ti because it's cheap frugal on trons and probably better than those 460's. Cheers! On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 11:31:26 -0500, wrote: No one? Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." Original Message Subject: [H] nVidia video card until From: Date: Wed, July 09, 2014 10:24 am To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com I have 2 - nVidia GTX 460's SLI'd on a Win7 x64 box. ASUS's included utility is kind of crappy. Anyone suggest something they use to trim down power use of the cards when your not gaming? More features - fine, but that's my main focus. Save power! Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." -- Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
Re: [H] nVidia video card until
No one? Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." > Original Message > Subject: [H] nVidia video card until > From: > Date: Wed, July 09, 2014 10:24 am > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > > I have 2 - nVidia GTX 460's SLI'd on a Win7 x64 box. > ASUS's included utility is kind of crappy. > Anyone suggest something they use to trim down power use of the cards > when your not gaming? More features - fine, but that's my main focus. > Save power! > > Regards, > joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... > > "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."
Re: [H] USB Problem
I don't think you have to many, IIRC you can have like 256 devices? I'd do just what your thinking. Plug the card directly into a USB port, skip the hub. Hubs can be cheesy, quality-wise. Tripplite makes some great powered hubs. Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." > Original Message > Subject: [H] USB Problem > From: Steve Tomporowski > Date: Sat, July 12, 2014 11:15 am > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > > > Still working out the bugs on the new build. > > I *think* I have too many USB devices. > > System is an Asus Maximus VII Hero, i7-4770k, 16GB memory, not > overclocked, Ancient 6850 video card. Antech 650 watt supply. > > Now for USB I have: Video camera, 2 external drives, printer, scanner, > mouse, keyboard, two midi keyboards and the problem indication: Alva > Nanoface sound card. > > When I had everything plugged in (printer, scanner & midi keyboards were > on an external hub), the sound would start out okay, then begin to > crackle, finally get so bad you couldn't stand it. Tried plugging > nanoface into just about every USB hole with the same result. The > nanoface expects USB 2.0. Tried powering the hub, but that didn't help. > > If I unplugged one of the midi keyboards, things were okay for most of > the time. Every once in a while (days apart), I'd get the crackling > again, in the same way. Tried a different hub, no joy. > > I checked with the IT department at work, they said they'd had this > happen once, too many USB devices, but don't know if it every got solved > (it was at another division). > > So I'm looking for some ideas on how to make this bullet proof. Right > now the performance is acceptable, on the infrequent times when it's > crackling, I only need unplug the nanoface and replug it and I'm good > for a while. > > Right now I have a PCI-E USB 3.0 card sitting here. It takes power > directly from the system PS. I was planning on isolating the nanoface > with this card. If the problem is power, this has it's own power. If > it's bandwidth, then this card doesn't share bandwidth with any other > USB port. > > Ideals? > > ThanksSteve
Re: [H] GPT_disk_moving?!
Yeah 2.2 TB & larger. Yeah & 128 & 256 GB SSD's are all I can afford! lol In fact, a new 256GB SSD is what spurred this whole thing to happen. I googled for a few days, one search leading to another. Very informative. Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." > Original Message > Subject: Re: [H] GPT_disk_moving?! > From: DSinc > Date: Thu, July 10, 2014 9:29 am > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > > > JoeUser, > Thanks for the share, but, your mention 2.2 and larger SSD's. > What is your perspective? Are you talking Tera-Bytes? > Understand the '64bitOS' share, but, most, if not all of the > Collective is/has moved to 64bit. > I am installing 128GB and 256GB SSD's. That is about as large as I > can deal with (mentally) ATM. > Yes, I do see how the 'old' *M*aster *B*oot *R*ecord, or the new *G*UI > *P*artition *T*able, > wherever they physically live can easily get out of hand (dorked up!). > Still confused! > Thanks, > Duncan
[H] USB Problem
Still working out the bugs on the new build. I *think* I have too many USB devices. System is an Asus Maximus VII Hero, i7-4770k, 16GB memory, not overclocked, Ancient 6850 video card. Antech 650 watt supply. Now for USB I have: Video camera, 2 external drives, printer, scanner, mouse, keyboard, two midi keyboards and the problem indication: Alva Nanoface sound card. When I had everything plugged in (printer, scanner & midi keyboards were on an external hub), the sound would start out okay, then begin to crackle, finally get so bad you couldn't stand it. Tried plugging nanoface into just about every USB hole with the same result. The nanoface expects USB 2.0. Tried powering the hub, but that didn't help. If I unplugged one of the midi keyboards, things were okay for most of the time. Every once in a while (days apart), I'd get the crackling again, in the same way. Tried a different hub, no joy. I checked with the IT department at work, they said they'd had this happen once, too many USB devices, but don't know if it every got solved (it was at another division). So I'm looking for some ideas on how to make this bullet proof. Right now the performance is acceptable, on the infrequent times when it's crackling, I only need unplug the nanoface and replug it and I'm good for a while. Right now I have a PCI-E USB 3.0 card sitting here. It takes power directly from the system PS. I was planning on isolating the nanoface with this card. If the problem is power, this has it's own power. If it's bandwidth, then this card doesn't share bandwidth with any other USB port. Ideals? ThanksSteve
