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PC Setup Tyan Mobo.
I have trouble making this XP-PC setup work ok. Tyan S2676 i7525 Motherboard (I guess it
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I think maybe BM has a problem with PCIe drivers. I have exactly the same problem with a Multibridge PCIe Extreme. I can install everything ok all interfaces work with the driver, but when I capture in Premiere 1.5 I can only scrub the timeline. I am not able to play. It just sits there. Also
I can not run Disk Speed utility. Have installed these drivers with two motherboards one of which is certified to run with Multibridge Extreme.Maybe we will here something soon.
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Hi Gene,
We are not aware of any PCIe bugs with the MBX. What MOBO are you using? We did see a customer this week with a similar report to yours and it turned out to be a BIOS issue which was solved by loading an older BIOS. FYI it was a Supermicro X6DH8, R1.3c BIOS was the culprit, reverting back solved it.
If not could you give your full system specs to pcsupport@blackmagic-design.com, the support guys will be able to help you out. Also make sure you are plugged into the x4 PCIe slot for your MBX.
Cheers,
Regards,
Matt
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Thanks Matt
I did send my msinfo32 file to support. I am running an Asus A8N-E with Dual Core 4800 CPU. ATI X600 PCIe graphics card. No other hardware other than USB SATA and IDE resources are being used in BIOS. I also tried this setup in an additional motherboard. Also Asus. A8N-SLI. Configured same way with both native BIOS, and updated to latest. Neither MB works with Multibridge extreme. I do suspect that BIOS not quite right with either of these motherboards. From what I can find out PCIe is not natively supported by Win XP, and is supported through BIOS calls only. Additionally I am plugged into the 4xPCIe slot so that is not the issue. What makes me wonder about the BM drivers, is that the diskspeed test does not work, but the I/O functions work, and all configurations can be set. It is possible I have a bad Multibridge however I am not ready to send it back RMA until I am sure it is bad. I will have some time this weekend to further pursue what might be going on. -
Hi Gene,
I can offer some expreience with the A8N-E as we have one here too. This will not work with MBX. The nVidia chipset used on this board has only 20 lanes in total, so 16 for GFX cards and the other 4 lanes are shared over the rest of the bus. So 16 +4 + 2 (the 2 x1 PCIe slots)it runs out of lanes. Bummer i know as otherwise it is a great board.
I suspect the SLI version – A8N-SLI, uses the same nVidia chipset. The nVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 is the only nVidia chipset i know of (for dual core AMD) that has full bandwidth on all PCIe slots.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Regards,
Matt
Blackmagic Design -
Matt:
Thanks for the info. The A8N-E was posted on the BM site as a compatible MB. Very confusing. There is nothing installed in either of the 1x slots so it seems that 16x for ATI should leave 4x left over for the MBe in the 4x slot. I have queried Asus about this, but so far have not heard back. The SLI boards seem to be locked into support for dual graphic board application, and not designed for other peripherials, that is why I chose the A8N-E. Looking at white sheet from Microsoft, it appears that the OS is very particular about the way addressing is performed for the PCIe bus. Also specifically states that the calls are performed in BIOS. This still seems like an Asus issue that could be addressed, but probably won’t be. I plan to see if I can get the MBe to work today using an older PCI graphics card and at least see if I have a working MBe or not. I will let you know. Also if you see a specific Motherboard that for sure will work with the AMD dual core, let me know. The A8N-E with this CPU seems to perform extremely well when compared to Opteron and Xeon solutions, but if the PCIe doesn’t work then time to move on.
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