Terratec EWS64 XL troubleshooting, possible repair advice needed

Posted on 2020-05-01, 20:32

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The left channel of my Terratec EWS 64 XL has seriously distorded audio when playing games or CD music. I have tried multiple speakers and headphones. MIDI playback is fine. The audio on the left channel is too silent and has a lot of noise. It seems the card has some hardware issue. I have …

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Re: Redbook audio + Daemon Tools 3.47 + Windows 98SE

Posted on 2019-06-16, 15:25

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Yeah, I'm mounting the .cue file.

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Redbook audio + Daemon Tools 3.47 + Windows 98SE

Posted on 2019-06-16, 14:42

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Is there any way to get this to work in games? I can play the music in the built in CD-player of Windows 98SE but can't hear anything when playing games. I'd really prefer not to use the original CDs in my retro PC (mostly due to noise of the CD-drive) and rely on emulation instead.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-02-19, 23:33

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bjwil1991 wrote: BTW, how's the weather over there? In my area, it's horrible (weather and road wise). Quite good, was around -10C outside and sun was shining with no wind. Tomorrow should be similar. Western and Southern parts of Finland have quite mild climate considering how far North we are.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-02-19, 20:48

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Ouch. Sending something in the states is also expensive when sending electronic wise in the mail (not including insurance), and other delivery guys can make the components go DOA since they put heavier items on top of lighter items, or bad packaging. I checked the pricing again and yeah, for a …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-02-19, 19:42

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the 486 board looks good. If you're planning on selling these, eBay, Amibay, cpu-world, or VCFed.org are good candidates as Vogons isn't a site for buying, selling, trading, or advertising your items for sale. The problem is that the postal service in my country (Finland) is one of the worst and …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-02-19, 18:57

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Ok, now I'm officially drowning in Slot-1 motherboards. https://i.imgur.com/qm4nzIlh.jpg Full res: https://i.imgur.com/qm4nzIl.jpg Asus P2B rev 1.10, Asus P2B-F rev 1.00, Asus P3B-F rev 1.03, Asus P3B-F rev 1.04 and Gigabyte GA-6BXS rev 1.5. Also found a MS4132G socket 3 motherboard. I wish I lived …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-01-15, 15:32

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After looking for period correct ATX case for my K6-III+ retro build I found not only one but three cases: https://i.imgur.com/9YCjqNzh.jpg Full res: https://i.imgur.com/9YCjqNz.jpg The middle case had this inside: https://i.imgur.com/9wWGdUhh.jpg Full res: https://i.imgur.com/9wWGdUh.jpg Still …

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Re: Building SS7 K6-2 Rig -- video board choices?

Posted on 2017-11-19, 15:40

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To my recollection of days past, most people used 3dfx cards with their SS7 setup. I'd personally avoid the V3-3500, unless you got one with native VGA out. Using that TV switch box thing is a pain. G400 Max (or TNT2) with V2-SLI also seems like a good era correct setup. These work with Voodoo 3 …

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Re: Classic Games with CD Audio

Posted on 2017-11-17, 21:47

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would love to see a goket cdrom emulator with bin cue support. many of my cdrom drives are just dying This. It would also help with reducing the CPU load of emulation if the emulation is done with dedicated hardware. It would also allow for proper CD-audio for older PCs without using an actual CD- …

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Re: Classic Games with CD Audio

Posted on 2017-11-16, 20:50

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Change digital audio from the real cd-drive to the deamon-drive, or swap the assignments. e.g. (D) CD-Drive/ (E) Deamontools => (D) Deamontools/ (E) CD-Drive That's not what I'm after and not what elianda was talking about. That requires WDM drivers to allow kernel streaming but WDM drivers are …

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Re: Classic Games with CD Audio

Posted on 2017-11-15, 23:18

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The is an option to allow analoge audio. Yes, I have turned on the analog audio emulation in Daemon Tools 3.47 but I'm not getting any CD-audio in my games yet because there are additional steps elianda mentioned but didn't elaborate: Daemon Tools 3.47 plays CD-Audio fine in games if you put the CD …

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Re: Classic Games with CD Audio

Posted on 2017-11-15, 13:18

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Bump, I'd really like to know how to setup the Daemon Tools analog audio emulation for games.

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 4.1 + AMD K6-III+ 450 MHz stability issues

Posted on 2017-11-13, 20:51

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It might have been the memory after all. I loosened the timings to slowest possible and now the rig has been running 3DMark2000 CPU test for hours with the K6-III+ CPU. I'm not declaring victory yet though since the behavior of the PC has been extremely erratic, to say at least. Are there any good …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 4.1 + AMD K6-III+ 450 MHz stability issues

Posted on 2017-11-13, 00:19

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I cheaped out a bit on the Rubycons, went with ZLH series but they should have lower ESR than the Choyos I replaced. The system was unstable before the recapping too. Solder joints looked fine (I used a Weller @ 350C and lead solder). I also have a Soltek SL54U5 and PC Partner MVP3BS7 motherboards …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 4.1 + AMD K6-III+ 450 MHz stability issues

Posted on 2017-11-12, 23:55

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Most of the hard freezes I have encountered are usually power related or thermal related. I was actually going to ask about your VRM output levels. A quick search of you board shows results that suggest ram timing detection can be a bit finicky. I don't have an oscilloscope so I can't really …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 4.1 + AMD K6-III+ 450 MHz stability issues

Posted on 2017-11-12, 23:40

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100 MHz CL2 Fast. The sticks are 100MHz CL2 specced. I could try to loosen them and see if the K6-III+ still causes quick crash. I'm starting to suspect there is something wrong with the voltage regulation or current supply since once you get the board warm it's much more stable (after the first …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 4.1 + AMD K6-III+ 450 MHz stability issues

Posted on 2017-11-12, 21:59

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lazibayer wrote: Have you tried PCI video cards? Nope, just those two Voodoo 3 based cards. I just wonder why does it crash almost instantly with the K6-III+ but now it has been running 3DMark2000 CPU tests for about an hour with the K6-2.

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 4.1 + AMD K6-III+ 450 MHz stability issues

Posted on 2017-11-12, 21:24

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Damn, I managed to get it crash even with the K6-2 in 3DMark2000 loop. No BSOD or anything, the screen just freezes and nothing else but power button works. I'm starting to suspect the motherboard is bad. If that's the case my Super Socket 7 build project is pretty much dead since getting a decent …

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Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 4.1 + AMD K6-III+ 450 MHz stability issues

Posted on 2017-11-12, 19:18

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I'm getting completely random freezes (computer becomes unresponsive, no BSOD, only reset helps) when using Windows 98SE on my retro PC. It usually happens without any load at all when browsing folders etc. The specs: AMD K6-III+ Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 4.1 256MB 100MHz SDRAM Seagate 7200.7 80GB HDD …

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