Clock mode Master?

update, **

with the AEB installed in my newer PC ( made around 2008  so has the newer PCI slots on)
the AEB will not sync up to the digi 9636 after 1 reboot , the sync check flickers

(lock>no lock >sync >no lock> lock)

incidentally,the digi9636/52 works fine on its own in the newer machine.

With the AEB installed in my two older PC's ,the sync check says ! "sync"!! not a flicker.

And when i play music or a test tone through the AEB into nuendo it works great! But, when i stop playing music through it, the AEB input clicks and pops peaking a 0 db at the same randomness as the ( lock, unlock sync , unlock lock problem on the) newer motherboard ,not good at all! The clicks sound just like a sync irregularity. Even when I pull the 1/4 inch jacks out of the AEB inputs it still clicks and pops ( so its not from the audio source) and the Vu meters of the nuendo inputs show the clicks are coming from the AEB.

basically: to stop this AEB from making the terrible clicking sounds= i have to constantly put sound into it!! Once i stop playing sound into it, or pull the cables out of the AEB, it starts clicking again. 

So i can say without doubt the problem is the AEB after all.

The reason i did not notice this before was because i was only using sync check as a reference whilst testing the three machines on the floor. (you can see i only had a monitor) i assumed if sync check did not flicker and said "sync" it would be o.k, but now i am putting audio through the AEB, there are random audio clicks when i stop routing audio through it! But the sync check does not register these irregularities( it just says "sync" the whole time : /)

An absolute nightmare of a time.. i've had many computer problems in my life, but this is one of the worst. and it came at a really bad time, i needed this to work so much hence the work i put into finding a solution.

i think what i might do is email RME support and point them to this thread !
maybe i could then send them my card and they could put this on one of there machines and test it like i have! fingers crossed they get the same problem and replace it.

i really needed this system working days ago.  : (

i hope someone can help

thanks for reading. : )

hello

My thread is strange? No, the problem is strange and my situation is very stressful. i am doing everything i can to offer information. i take a picture to show that i am trying everthing i can to make it work ( that it is not just a simple case of engaging "master" on the 9636/52 card to make it work) 

AEB 4-i =  rev 1.2

both the 96 cards = rev 1.5

new aeb = new from a dealer. sfb electronics

thank you for reading.

i know allot of people that have had problems with the newer PCI slots , ( i have myself have also a few years ago using MOTU gear, hence i thought it might be one of the causes to this.

the pci revisions were redesigned and changed 'to give people problems', so they need to upgrade more components. these PCi slots look the same, purposefully so you purchace a new motherboard to find that now you need to upgrade your pci cards also. A very clever legally deceitful way to take even more money from the public!

Across the planet millions of people having to upgrade pci cards just so they can upgrade there motherboards/CPU/memory!  The whole thing is designed to be this way. Some manufactures actually brilliantly design things to fall apart after a certain length of use. ( that is a fact)

im not saying RME are to blame at all. i love my raydat everything is great on that machine.

But there is definitely a large 'multi-multinational company' out there controlling these types of affairs.

i was so annoyed because i am working for a charity! A worthwhile cause ,that has minimal funds.
i had everything set, all I needed was just 4 inputs. 

however, i have found a work around and shall finally get on with my work.

thank you for the confirmation on the PCI slots.

you typed:
"Please note that these boards have been designed in the year 2000. We had good reasons to remove them from our catalog"

MC, you still sell these at your RME retail shop with no warnings about PCI incompatibilities in the description.

This information should be in bold for the customer to see.

sold via rme shop

Hello,

The RME shop is not our shop as such, it is a regular dutch reseller:
SFB Electronics,  P.O.Box 708, 1200AS Hilversum, The Netherlands

Whatever remaining stock may be sold "all over the internet" is just that, essentially, unsold stock in retailers' warehouses. We no longer deliver or manufacture these cards.

Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME