HELP!! Layla 24 wont install with GA-K8n Pro Athlon 64

Device Manager > View > Resources by Type > IRQ

Does your Layla show up on the hardware device list?

If so, does it show up on its own IRQ?

I don't have a Layla, but I encountered error messages like this when I had my audio clock sync source set wrong. Did you look at that yet?

Sorry if this is simplistic... not a lot to go on, since I don't have that particular interface.

Cecelius,

I have the KN8-Pro with a Athlon64 3400 and a 3 year old Layla24 and all is well. So it can work, you shouldn't need anything else. I also have a Lynx 2 and 2 UAD-1 cards in the same box. You'll probably have to start by tuning off all the extra stuff in the BIOS; firewire, USB, NIC, etc., and do the swap slots dance. I have my Layla in slot 1, the one closet to the AGP slot. It's sharing with another device as well. It works fine in Sonar, Samplitude with WDM and ASIO. We'll get you there.

Scott

Yeah, I know the feeling. You just want it to work.

My board is about 3 months old, with the latest BIOS version.

Scott

ORIGINAL: losguy

Cecelius, just for grins, did you try several PCI slots to see if it would work in a different slot?

Yes... try other slots. Resources are distributed differently to different slots.

-S

FYI. Here is the report from the System Info on the GA-K8nPRo Athlon64 set up:
HI: On Friday I spoke with Phil in tech support. He is going to call me on Monday after checking with the other technician.
I double checked my system. The Layla24 PCI is acknowledged in the System Info and is on its own IRQ (18) as Layal24 (WDM). I have also tried it on every PCI slot, with no other PCI slots filled. It is always acknowledged on the system, but never is able to load the Console. Phil said that he thought this was a driver problem and not a hardware problem. I have installed the card and Layla24 rack unit on an AMD XP1800 with a K&5SA Pro board and it works fine—no problems with the hardware.

But on my brand new system for digital audio, (ATHLON64 3200+ on a Gigabyte GA-K8NPRO Mother Board) it does not load the Console.


For your convenience, here is the report from the System Info on this ATHLON64 GA-K8NPRO board. I have diaabled the LAN, the Firewire, the Serial and Parallel ports. There are no conflicts listed, and the LAYLA24 PCI card is recognized but the Console will not load –I get a Hardware Error message saying “DSP will not load” or something like that. Here is the System Info.

System Information report written at: 06/06/04 14:44:01
System Name: STUDIO64
[IRQs]

Resource Device Status
IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK
IRQ 4 NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management OK
IRQ 21 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK
IRQ 22 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK
IRQ 20 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller OK
IRQ 14 NVIDIA NForce 3(tm) SPP Parallel ATA Controller OK
IRQ 15 NVIDIA NForce 3(tm) SPP Parallel ATA Controller OK
IRQ 18 Layla24 (WDM) OK
IRQ 16 SoftV92 Data Fax Modem #2 OK
IRQ 16 RADEON 9200 SERIES OK
IRQ 17 Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATALink Controller OK
IRQ 0 System timer OK
IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK
IRQ 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse OK
IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard

Featherlight:
Yes. I agree with your frustration. I too did the research on this site for weeks to see which boards and SATA drives and sound cards people were using. I had previously had trouble with VIA chipsets so I went with the NVIDA 3 chipset on the Gigabyte board.

One ray of hope is that the Layla PCI card is acknowledged on my system info page. And I spoke with Echoaudio and they intiially think it is a driver problem. They said that they just now are beginning to test A64 systems--they have ordered several MBs for their tech people to work with. Given that A64 systems are more and more coming into use and are so great in other areas, Echoaudio will certainly or at least hopefully make a fix for it.

You should give Echoaudio tech support people a call and let them know the problem. If enough consumers of their products complain, they will "have to" create a driver fix.

I commeserate with you, and wait for a solution. My worse case scenario is that I will have to sell the Layla24 go to a Delta 1010, but what if it also has quirks with the Gigabyte or A64 MB's. Layla24 is such a quality product I hate to sell it until i know it wont work on my system.

Cecelius

Steven: At least Echoaudio is paying attention. They have been a great company for many years, and fixed previous problems. This one should be fixed also. The problem is the loss of downtime.

Good Luck and keep us posted

Yeah,

Did that. It dos'nt Auto restart....Windows just shuts down to the BSOD BEFORE it writes any logs or de-bug dumps...then you have to hard restart.

Good luck. I really like my Layla 24, I am sure hopeful that it keeps on working, I put it in my new DAW a P4 3.2 gig/Asus P4C800E Deluxe and it seems to work well. on my Asus Probe, it says all of my IDE slots are 3.3 and 5 volt so both work on this MoBo.

Dear Ce, My sympathies man, I have been there and gone through that stuff big time. I have been happy owners of both, gina 24 great, resold and got Layla 24 and have the PCI card for notebook use, great too. I heard that Gigabyte motherboards are not good to use with Layla and I have opted for anything but in three upgrades have not had a problem. I'm sorry I have not followed the whole thread but concerning your question Does anyone know what echoaudio is selling the universal PCI card for? I think it's just for MAC and 64 AMD.
My prayers are for you hope it all works out fine, keep it posted!
Tim in Taiwan