Sound Fonts & CPUIdle

Max Shepelev · May 31, 2003, 07:15 PM

Hello all!

I have an Athlon XP 2100+ CPU (which is hot like a toaster

) and using CPUIdle to slightly cool down this beast. But when I try to play MIDI, the sound is choppy and distorted

Under Creative drivers all works well. But i DON'T WANT to use Creative drivers! They're buggy and don't provide good effects and playback quality. kX is much better. But I using MIDI & SoundFonts for mixing songs, and this problem really annoys me

!!! Is there any solution ?

**Eugene Gavrilov** · May 31, 2003, 08:20 PM

CPUIdle sets a hardware flag in the CPU Status that causes PCI bus to handle 10k1/10k2 requests incorrectly
you should clear the flag 'use processor feature' (or similar) in the CPUIdle settings

this is mentioned in the FAQ, isn't it?

/Eugene

May 31, 2003, 07:15 PM	#1
Max Shepelev DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	Sound Fonts & CPUIdle Hello all! I have an Athlon XP 2100+ CPU (which is hot like a toaster ) and using CPUIdle to slightly cool down this beast. But when I try to play MIDI, the sound is choppy and distorted Under Creative drivers all works well. But i DON'T WANT to use Creative drivers! They're buggy and don't provide good effects and playback quality. kX is much better. But I using MIDI & SoundFonts for mixing songs, and this problem really annoys me !!! Is there any solution ? __________________ Max Shepelev, Delphi & C++ developer

May 31, 2003, 08:20 PM	#2
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	CPUIdle sets a hardware flag in the CPU Status that causes PCI bus to handle 10k1/10k2 requests incorrectly you should clear the flag 'use processor feature' (or similar) in the CPUIdle settings this is mentioned in the FAQ, isn't it? /Eugene