Any know issues with KT133A & SQ2500 sound card? (Vortex2)

[Mikendi]

The onboard sound on my MSI K7T turbo isn't bad, but it's not for me. Anyone have any issues with the SQ2500 Vortex2 and the KT133A chipset?

Thanks

 

[stultus]

Yes, it's very problematic to get it to install correctly and to work. Do a search for MX300 (which is the same chipset) in general hardware and you'll find several threads about this issue. (I wrote several replies in on thread about this issue just 2 or 3 days ago.)

 

[Mikendi]

Thanks - maybe I'll stick with SBLive Platinum then & sell my Live!Drive 1 - I never use it anyway and my new case only has 3 external bays - all full (Antec)

 

[sad]

It's weird. Some do, some don't. My friend has a montego2 hooked up on his kt7a and it works perfectly. Still, the safe bet is to stay away.

 

[Davegod75]

yes the vortex2 has some issuses with the kt133

 

[nortexoid]

i'd have to say no....i own an mx300 and ran it on an mpv3 and 686a southbridge (both via)...works flawlessly...

i think the troubles people are having are soundblaster DOS emulation related...just disable (or don't install it during the initial driver installation), or they're using the wrong driver versions...

note: the WDM win2k drivers suck massive sh1t...they function fine for everything but 3d audio (a3d)...which is the major merit of the card - it's superb 3d positional audio....

 

[stultus]

nortexoid, wasn't the MVP3 a super socket 7-based chipset? If so, that has no bearing on this thread. If not, then I apologize for my ignorance.

 

[sandorski]

Sigh

The SQ2500(and all Vortex2 soundcards) work fine on the kt133. It's a matter of setting them up properly:

1) PCI slot must *not* share it's IRQ with other system devices.
2) Use Aureals last reference drivers 2048
3) Disable SB Pro DOS emulation

Take note: You are as likely to have problems setting up a Vortex2 as setting up a Live card. Strangely enough, the most common solution for the setup problems of these soundcards involves 2 of the steps above.