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sound card issue again :( need help urgently
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Triamera
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Posted : Jul 17, 2006 23:04
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greetings
i have a external m audio firewire sound card and its powered by the firewire
also i keep my pc on for days when im downloadig movies ... packs ... vsts etc
is it alright to keep the card on too ?
cause the card doesnt have a power on/off switch and thus is powered by my firewire bus
thanks in advance
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Alex Roudos
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Posted : Jul 17, 2006 23:26
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From my experience no problem at all.... |
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Triamera
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Posted : Jul 17, 2006 23:31
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@ alex even for couple of days like 4-5 
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Cubasing is like Freebasing, just with audio.
Both cost more than you can afford, and leaves you sitting in a dark room with no life,craving for more. |
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WAVELOGIX
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Posted : Jul 18, 2006 08:46
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yes , its kool .... but advice bro on personal experinece , coz ive already blown of 2 CPU's like this ... after every 48 hrs of usage , give the PC , something like 6 hrs too cool down and relax with the dloading , hehe !
pc bachega nahin to dload kya karega .. ? lol .. |
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Alex Roudos
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Posted : Jul 18, 2006 10:32
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@ Bad Sector
Here's what i was doing until a month before when i set up my new desktop. I have for the last 3 years an Acer laptop which i used for producing, surfing, downloading etc. I had it connected to my Tascam US-122 USB soundcard and two external firewire hard disks. The last year to be more specific i turned off my laptop less than 10 times and this was because it was frozen or because i had to restart it due to software installations. I remember a period of 3 months that my laptop was running day and night, and i'm not joking about it. Until now no problem, except that the external power supply of the laptop died and i had to buy a new one. But my soundcard or the firewire disks never had any problem and they were always connected and powered.
I hope i answered your questions.......
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Fragletrollet
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Posted : Jul 18, 2006 11:22
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On 2006-07-18 08:46, WAVELOGIX wrote:
yes , its kool .... but advice bro on personal experinece , coz ive already blown of 2 CPU's like this ... after every 48 hrs of usage , give the PC , something like 6 hrs too cool down and relax with the dloading , hehe !
pc bachega nahin to dload kya karega .. ? lol ..
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Pfft, thats bullshit. As long as you have a proper cooling system, keeping your pc on forever shouldnt be a problem (with "forever" I mean as long as a normal pc's lifetime, cuz youll probably change some parts in the comp during the next 3 years,right?  )
My pc has been on for about a year now... only quick reeboots after installing programs etc...
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fregle
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Posted : Jul 18, 2006 17:39
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On 2006-07-18 10:32, Alex Roudos wrote:
@ Bad Sector
Here's what i was doing until a month before when i set up my new desktop. I have for the last 3 years an Acer laptop which i used for producing, surfing, downloading etc. I had it connected to my Tascam US-122 USB soundcard and two external firewire hard disks. The last year to be more specific i turned off my laptop less than 10 times and this was because it was frozen or because i had to restart it due to software installations. I remember a period of 3 months that my laptop was running day and night, and i'm not joking about it. Until now no problem, except that the external power supply of the laptop died and i had to buy a new one. But my soundcard or the firewire disks never had any problem and they were always connected and powered.
I hope i answered your questions.......
Cheers
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that's a very good quality laptop that u have there... But no laptop is made to operate like that so i wouldn't advise anyone to do this... Even with normal computers i wouldn't advise it anymore because they aren't built like they used to... My 386, 486 and pentium had no problems running day in day out... But starting from the generation after that i experienced increasing problems if i let my computers run for more then 48hrs. Not that it's disastrous, but i don't trust em as much as i did those machines... to get back on topic... I don't think that ur firewire device will have problems running 24/7... I assume that it doesn't have fans, and that u put it in a place where it's cool and out of direct sunlight... Add to that the fact that it runs on relatively low voltage and there is not a lot that can go wrong... |
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ThiagoNAKA
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Posted : Jul 18, 2006 17:53
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I was adviced that it´s ok to let the desktop on for a long time. Why? Cause when u power on/off u are at "critical stage on eletric system". So it's easier to burn/damage your pc when powering it than using long time.
But as FREGGLE said I experienced his problems. And not after days of work... When I'm making a track, sometimes I need restart the machine. The difference is HUGE! But dont really know if its a PC or a SOUNDCARD issue.
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WAVELOGIX
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Posted : Jul 18, 2006 20:22
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ive blown my cpus , so i know .. they are aslo after all units tht can stop malfunctioning due to excessive heat !! |
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Freeflow
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Posted : Jul 18, 2006 20:39
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SMS - maybe its a ram thing, that you got lots of ram stuck, by restarting you release it... like you do with "cacheman"
i dunno..
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sy000321
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Posted : Jul 19, 2006 00:02
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coff coff
computers are built to work during several day, months or years
it's also an industry trick to run a new one during 48h without rebooting to see if there's any problem (if the computer has to be reboot during that test, that's because somethings terrible wrong with it and the faster it gets replaced the better)
many small firms have servers running for years wich are computers like mine and yours or worst for things like mail, routing, firewall, etc! if a computer had to be reboot every 48hrs they could not be used as servers
as mentioned, turning on and off is a more demanding task for any type of machine including computers... just out of curiosity, some industrial machines are never turned off during their life time, excluding maintenance time roll a joint or STFU :) |
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WAVELOGIX
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Posted : Jul 21, 2006 08:56
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isint there a difference in the configuration of a Server and a desktop !! .. cmon guys .. ok and yeah .. maybe 48hrs is a little ... but cmon , u get the idea ! |
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