-pops- Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 I've used Soundblaster Extigy units for ages and find them very successful for ease of use and convenience. I've recommended them to others as well with equally positive results.However, someone I recently suggested that they use an Extigy unit says he can't do so because Extigy conflicts with certain Via chipsets. I've searched and searched for evidence of this and haven't found any. I should point out as well that I've not seen any real evidence from the perpetrator of this either.Has anyone here heard of an Extigy/VIA chipset incompatibility and if you have, can you point me to the place to find information on it?TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 theres a few remarks on google but not many,only thing to check would be if its sharing IRQs with something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 Hmmm.. I would have expected that if it were general problem there would be a lot more publicity about it . I tend to think that it is a problem associated with a specific setup (IRQs or whatever) rather than an indictment on the combination with Via chipsets.I think he's been had!! Possibly by someone wanting to sell him something different. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 I found this little bit for you -pops- looks like it was a problem at one time but not anymore.http://alive.singnet.com.sg/tech/via.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 That's great, nellie. Thanks very much. Shows how these things can get all out of proportion. I'll print that reference out and pass it on.Closing this now, thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 Unless I'm missing something the page linked to by nellie has nothing to do with the extigy...The page refers to PCI and not USB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 The link from nellie is the only positive mention of an incompatibility that has been found. This indicates, to me at least, that the original information was spurious. If there was a real problem it would be much wider known and reported and I'm certain there would be a lot of correspondence about it in various forums and help guides.Later today, I am taking my own Extigy unit and installing it in the "problematic" machine to see what happens. I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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