Sound Blaster Live?

[Skull_G]

What’s the deal with Sound blaster live and max payne, I have seen lot’s of posts and many of them refer to this sound card as "the problem"

I have not been able to make max work, but I thought that may be this is the problem (joust a guess)

Thanks

I have a:
P III 930
320 ram
Ge Force2 Mx 32
Sound Blaster live 5.1
(a Blue screen appears with a vmm error, or the game joust locks up when loading)

[Joe Siegler]

Who makes your motherboard chipset? If it's via, then this is a notorious combination. Get the most recent via drivers.

Also, if you have on board sound as well as a sound card, make sure one of them is disabled.

[Skull_G]

joe:

Well you were right in both things:
first I do have a via motherboard
and I do have 2 sound cards
Damm You are good!!

joust one more question, Do you know were can I get the via driver updates??

Thanks for a lot for taking the time to answer my problem...

[OddBall]

Skull_G, try this:
Via Hardware (http://www.viahardware.com/download/index.shtm) and d/l the 4.34 Final. And are your both north- and southbridge Via? If not, you´ll have to install different AGP driver. In case you don´t know, what motherboard you have?

[Skull_G]

It Worked!!!!!!!!!!

I can’t believe it, a joust do you guys said and it simply worked I’m very happy now I can play, and max runs like If I had a silicone Graphics!!

I joust Want to thank you for your help...
Joe3DR
Odd Ball

bye
(by the way, Excellent game!!)
(I’m sorry about my English I’m not for the U.S.A.)

[Guest]

Hi

I actually have a soundblaster live 5.1/via combo too, but how can i know if my north/southbridges are via?

[hyte1]

what motherboard do you have?

[Blue Owl]

I have a Jetway 663AS motherboard with a VIA KT-133 chipset...

does that one have any of the components mentioned??

[ 10-18-2001: Message edited by: Blue Owl ]

[biXen]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Blue Owl:
I have a Jetway 663AS motherboard with a VIA KT-133 chipset...

does that one have any of the components mentioned??

[ 10-18-2001: Message edited by: Blue Owl ]<hr></blockquote>

Yes, both the North bridge and south bridge on this card is VIA. I had never heard of the card before, but I checked it up. I would recommend a more common card for a maximum performance and stability PC, like an ASUS... but this card doesn't seem like the worst though...