First post, by ux-3
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Please forgive me for opening a new thread, but I felt that the parallel threads regarding the KT133a and BX440 would be partially OT for this question.
I do own a mobile Athlon XP-M 2600 and an Epox 8krai (KT600). Currently, this machine ist set as a fast-end win98se machine, using a GF6800 and a SBLive! 5.1. Glide is done FSAA by wrapper. Thanks to DVI, aspect correction on a widescreen is no problem in windows.
The bios allows me to change the FSB beween 100 and 200+ MHZ, the CPU is unlocked and can hence be set anywhere between 500 MHz and 2200 MHz. So it can fake anything from Duron 500 to Athlon 3400+.
The Bios allows for L1 and L2 to be disabled. Also, the software THROTTLE can be used to slow down the machine in 16 steps. As a result, this machine can be run in the proximity of about every speedsys CPU score, starting somewhere near 10.
This would be perfect, if reality wouldn't kick in. At those slower speeds, sound eventually fails. I suspect, that this caused by either the PCI bus in general or by a resource hungry TSR for SB16 emulation. If it is a general problem of the PCI bus, then the story ends here. If it is the TSR of the SBLive, then I would have an idea for an alternative.
But before I spend my entire weekend trying to reinvent the wheel, I figured I could ask you guys if you already have some info on this. So if you have tested this matter to conclusion, please let me know.
My plan for future action would be a fallback to my most cherished and trusted PCI sound solution whenever DOS and PCI sound enter the scenario. I would give the ESS Solo1 a try. My Solo1 even has a daughterboard connector, so maybe Midi in DOS would be an option.
The sound experts will surely know if it is possible to put in both cards and use the SBlive in Windows and the ESS is Dos? By not installing a TSR for the SBLive and having the ESS deactivated in hardware or by setting the SBlive as primary sound device?
Another idea would be to use a KT133a board with an ISA slot. I have read through the pages of the KT133a thread, but I couldn't figure out, if such a board exists that can do what I need:
1xISA, AthlonXP support with voltage control for my XP-M (1,55V or lower),
Multi in Bios, FSB in Bios. L1 off, L2 off.
Does that board exist?