cowanrg
10-08-01, 11:10 AM
interesting subject eh? well, it's really what this post is about.
in a desparate attempt to get my sb live value's SPDIF output working, ( http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39105 ) i decided to try the card in my friend's computer...
so, i plug it in, and boot. still doesnt work. hum. it has a digital daughterboard so i can get optical out and such. i figure i might as well try that too (even though the onboard SPDIF doesnt work either...) so i try that. nothing. being completely frustrated now (analog works fine, but no digital, and no errors, anything).
for those of you that don't know, there is a 40 pin cable (IDE really...) ribbon cable connecting the sb live value with the daughterboard. i figure, i've tried everything, why not switch the cable around, maybe its something stupid like that.
wrong idea... i switch it backwards, and flip the computer on (my friends ;-) ) and we are watching it post, and out of the corner of our eyes, we see nice big plumes of smoke! the ide cable has now ignited! my friend stumbles desperately to get the computer off, but its obviously a software switch, so you cant just press it. i reach over and just yank the power cord out. (yeah, he might have to defrag...)
and we sit thre, looking at a smoldering IDE cable. he wasn't happy. (computer is fine. im guessing daughterboard is trashed completely.) if it worked before, its dead now. just a little FYI. if you have any daughterboards, i would double check the cables.
in a desparate attempt to get my sb live value's SPDIF output working, ( http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39105 ) i decided to try the card in my friend's computer...
so, i plug it in, and boot. still doesnt work. hum. it has a digital daughterboard so i can get optical out and such. i figure i might as well try that too (even though the onboard SPDIF doesnt work either...) so i try that. nothing. being completely frustrated now (analog works fine, but no digital, and no errors, anything).
for those of you that don't know, there is a 40 pin cable (IDE really...) ribbon cable connecting the sb live value with the daughterboard. i figure, i've tried everything, why not switch the cable around, maybe its something stupid like that.
wrong idea... i switch it backwards, and flip the computer on (my friends ;-) ) and we are watching it post, and out of the corner of our eyes, we see nice big plumes of smoke! the ide cable has now ignited! my friend stumbles desperately to get the computer off, but its obviously a software switch, so you cant just press it. i reach over and just yank the power cord out. (yeah, he might have to defrag...)
and we sit thre, looking at a smoldering IDE cable. he wasn't happy. (computer is fine. im guessing daughterboard is trashed completely.) if it worked before, its dead now. just a little FYI. if you have any daughterboards, i would double check the cables.