Sonar 7 performance experiences

[Kymeia]

They probably don't know as much about the specifics of Scope drivers though (probably would just say it's a Scope problem)

[nprime]

There are at least a half a dozen guys who use Scope on that forum.

Krizrox, who also posts here, is one of them.

Not much effort to ask.

I use ASIO drivers, but 16 bit, so I can't tell you much. I used WDM for years, worked fine as well. Just rememeber that if you change driver's you have to go in and delete the "aud.ini" file to get Sonar to re-profile the drivers.

[Kymeia]

Is it better to use WDM? I've not tried that. Would that use the basic Wave source modules or the 24 bit ones or one of the others? (there seem to be 4 potentially to choose from)

I'll try deleting the aud.ini too - didn't know about that

[Kymeia]

Crap - looks like the problem wasn't with Sonar or Scope but with my CPU - I tried throttlewatch and it was throttling like crazy which means it was overheating. Thing is it already has a huge Zalman cooler so something is up. I tried changing some bios settings to see if that would help reduce the throttling and now the damn thing won't start up at all - I get Windows to load but then the system shuts down. It's always been a temperamental chip that P4 3.6.

[siriusbliss]

Crap - looks like the problem wasn't with Sonar or Scope but with my CPU - I tried throttlewatch and it was throttling like crazy which means it was overheating. Thing is it already has a huge Zalman cooler so something is up. I tried changing some bios settings to see if that would help reduce the throttling and now the damn thing won't start up at all - I get Windows to load but then the system shuts down. It's always been a temperamental chip that P4 3.6.

Check your power supply as well.
Open the case and point a separate fan at it and see what happens. If it still acts crazy, then I suspect power supply.

Greg

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[Kymeia]

I'm pretty sure it's the CPU playing up - once the system had cooled off I managed to get Windows to load fully but the CPU temperature is really erratic. It's fine if I'm not doing much but even running a few tracks is pushing the temperature up to over 80!! and when it gets that far it shuts down and I have to let it cool off again.

I'm trying to get stuff backed up as my first priority - then I'll open it up and think about what to do next. If I have to replace the CPu i might as well replace the mobo as well which means taking the whole thing apart and I'm not really very confident with doing that - it's my Scope system so I don't need anything too powerful but I'm thinking something that handles heat better this time (maybe an AMD?) and that works better with Scope

[garyb]

the new intel processors are extremely good for heat dissapation/power usage. p4s weren't so good.

possibly the case is kinda clogged....

[valis]

Thermal paste can degrade over time, especially if it was (mistakenly) applied liberally on initial installation. Also with older latch-type mounting systems the heatsink can slightly shift back & forth over time in heating & cooling cycles (ie, difference between being turned on & off) or when the system is moved.

Ie, try reseating your heatsink first with some new thermal paste (properly applied, lots of info on this online & it's specific per socket type AS WELL AS cpu type, duals & quads especially).