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In Reply to: RE: new tweaks part 16 posted by steppe on October 01, 2011 at 04:10:54
Extra Urgent!!! Something is wrong on my side of internet, thus these crazy postings, inmates. Go to your bios setup, press control+F1 to load ehanced menues, get to advanced chipset features inside it - in my mobo only oe item concerning vga or video, sorry,inmates, print it by memory in terrible internet conditions. This settings allows for max or 256 or 128 mb. Set at first to 256 mb. reboot. If cmp works set it to 128 mb.
Hello, everybody.
Here is some info that may or may not interest you, still, I think it should be posted.
The very first time I have done some tweaking of cmp setup was in the times of cplay 1-14 or 1-15.
Some of you may remember, there was a very soffft version followed by first truly great versions 1-17 and 1-19. I had a cmp based on the first prescribed mobo - biostar with sb audigy 2 soundcard and asio4all.
I noticed how cics advocated reducing windows footprint, and it reminded me of freeing memory in DOS times to launch some ega game on my first 286 machine.
So, what the hell, I said to myself, why not try it here. I tried and stopped from msconfig Windows Time. It immediately reduced commit charge in task manager from 36,5-37 mb to 35 and the sq seemed slightly better. I reported it, but no one seemed to notice.
At approximately the same time I asked Cics, if he was going to do anything about "windows' beloved infant terrible" - OLE, but he did not respond. So, be it. I was happy with the way things had been developing with a fresh
cplay every weekend. Still it was nagging me, that so much difference became evident version after version, as if somebody was playing with a d*ned equalizzzer! Though I was sure Cics wouldn't do such thing. Why, then,
the difference is so evident? After I turned to using onboard Azahlea sound device, it seemed so good after soundblaster, that I stopped worrying at all for some more time. And then it happened - Cics stopped giving us
new versions, and here we all were, sitting on our chairs, doing nothing. It was about that time that I have returned home after spending practically 4 years in Moscow. I sold my business, there was nothing pressing for me to do here, but to build another cmp with all new prescribed components.
I did it, but even splendid Lynx soundcard did little to suffuse my disappointment, that there were no new versions. The rest about belgian monastic beer and first set of tweaks, you all know.
It wasn't all blind tweaking, especially from part 5 and onward, as I began to see how things work within the window frame, but, honestly, to a great extent, it was trial and error. With dozens and dozens reboots and crashes. And now we are here.
I know this set of tweaks isn't an elegant thing, moreover, I know how time consuming and dull it is, but the result is worth it, I hope. At least to me.
Some additional info:
Most important listening was done at night. I have a dedicated custom line (made by agreement with servicing company) from the common feeder on the ground floor, no other apartment is hoggin' it. I live on the fifth floor, so there is appr. 65 feet from the feeder to my apartment.
Inside the apartment there are three different lines. Good thick copper wiring from my Accuphase days. The room has splendid proportions, though small.
Hdd, cmp machine and speakers all sit on different lines (2 lines) and all on different wall plugs. Kids from apartment below me have a hatefull wi-fi router, that explains partly my night vigils - their dad makes them switch everything off. No other neibors above or to the side, so we may say that power is more or less clean.
I used for reference the following cd-rips from my library
David Byrn - Uh-Oh (a very well recorded pre-loudness war nonremaster edition with layer upon layer of natural instruments, clever electronics and heaps of percussion)
Diana Krall - Quiet Nights (do I have to comment on the level of sq and amount of tiniest details?)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing and Fear Of A Blank Planet - charged and smart heavy progressive with very complex sound canvas and both albums terribly compressed. (original editions)
Fish - 13th Star - a Very strong album from former Marillion frontman, overproduced and compressed as sh*t, almost undecodable till the very end. Really, Mr. Dick had it severely overdone.
Robert Plant and The Strange Sensations - Mighty Rearranger (European original edition). Also a very strong album with very complex and varying sounscape. Tracks 2 and 7 still slightly grainy.
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming - who would have thought there is such an amount of splendid musicianship! A very difficult album, though seemingly an absolute simpleton and no-problem.
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare - a real nightmare remaster probably because of some specific coinsidence of recording (mastering) scheme and a set of instruments. It is grainy.
Adriano celentano - Azzurro (1969) Wait, till mandolin sounds like a mandolin
Jethro Tull J-Tull Dot Com - not exactly difficult soundwise, but I like and know this album well.
Van Der Graaf Generator - Trisector. Beautiful sound, wonderful music, complex at times, but a real pearl. A treat for every serious listener.
That is all, inmates. I am exhausted, got a terrible cold and a high temperature, lost (burned) my flash drive in a public internet cafe, my 14-year old beloved kitty is terribly ill these days (she almost can't walk and feed anymore), I hate to listen to the sound of files. I want to make a break and listen to some sad songs.
Serge.
P.S. All said is within the IMHO frame, I am not away from the forum, I just want a break.
P.P.S. How about some beer and then to remove msconfig.exe?
Follow Ups:
You said ...'And then it happened - Cics stopped giving us
new versions, and here we all were, sitting on our chairs, doing nothing'...After the Steppe journey I don't think anyone will ever accuse you of sitting on your chair doing nothing. But I find it ironic that you love Dianne Krall and Bob Dylan while I love Arvo Part's symphony #3. Go figure!
Serge,
It is not true that having the button checked will make cMP crash if you have not implemented AWE. Makes no difference on my machine and I KNOW I do not have AWE implemented.
ONLY way to tell is from the DIAGNOSTICS. If it says AWE was used then it was. If it says nothing: no AWE.
Have got to #12 and can't wait to go further this evening.
Tried to do them all at once and it did not work out. Have to re-install all of those files and start over. Working fine now.
Thanks, again,
Hi steppe,
Thanks for all the hard works. Though I am still at steppe 5 (don't want to do the heavy lifting until I find a safe way to mirror my cMP partition in a dual boot system), I can see that there is a great deal to look forward to.
It is great to know that you are a music lover. But then everyone who is so deep in the tweaking game got to be one.
KC
and you are probably not anxious to give your address.
This adventure has been like a good novel. Unexpected twists and turns - cMP actually turning out to not be the ultimate set-up. Did you figure out how to remove what it was you mentioned around #5? Not that it matters; like I said like a good novel.
You must acknowledge our other Serge's recommendation for the setting in ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES. It is how he has his BIOS set-up on his cMP website.
I cannot wait to get to work on this. So I will get to work!
THANKS VERY MUCH,
What is the difference in ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES per Mihaylov?
I had been using it for awhile, though my 512mB memory will not work with this suggested settings, which has nothing to do with the first part of my sentence. That works very well.
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