1 (edited by Dan Korneff 2011-01-23 04:46:55)

Topic: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

I just put together a new system that is giving me a huge headache. After poking around for a while I found that having more than one aes32 card installed in the system will cause random and frequent crashes.
The motherboard is a P8P67 with the latest bios.
Any ideas on what may be going on?
TIA
Dan

Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

It appears to be directly related to "direct monitoring" Switching a track to record enable / disable a few times promptly causes the system to lock up.

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Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

Doing the same with ASIO Direct Monitoring disabled (in Nuendo) does not cause a crash? Which firmware and driver are used?

Regards
Matthias Carstens
RME

Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

With direct monitoring disabled in the Nuendo control panel, I can work all day long without a crash. Actually, that's an exaggeration. I tested it for about 2 hours without DM and all was good.
I have 3 PCI AES32's. They have firmware 234 and I have tested with Driver 3081 and 3085.

Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

System specs are
P8P67 (tested with original bios and latest bios available)
i7 2600K
8Gb DDR3 1600
1 sATA 3G 1TB drive (for testing purposes only)
Windows 7 x64
Nuendo 5 32bit
gforce 7900gs
(3) AES32
No other software is installed at this point, and the only other hardware insalled is the steinberg dongle and usb keyboard/mouse.

Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

Just to repeat, this is only with multiple cards installed at one time. A single AES32 works as it should in this system.

Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

(How) Are the cards synchronized?


Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME

Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME

Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

The cards are being clocked externally by apogee rosetta 800's thru AES.

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Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

We will look into this.

Regards
Matthias Carstens
RME

Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

Thanks so much!
I'll downgrade to my old rig until a solution if found.

Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

Is there anything I can do on my end to help troubleshoot?

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Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

No, just be patient for one or two weeks, please.

Regards
Matthias Carstens
RME

Re: P8P67 + 3 AES32 cards + Nuendo 5 = random crashes

will do!