how do I update BIOS and chipset? I have an hp - AMD and can't seem to get to the chipset part of the bios etc. can get to boot order etc.

i found its also a good idea when opening older projects from pre x2(x1-8.5)re save the project using a different name in x2,rather than saving over the existing project.

best of luck tracy.
 
ps= i would also most denfinitely do windows update.
i use x2a i also have an AMD and use alot of the same plug ins mentioned.
i dont think your that far off from becoming stable.
ive read your specs and there is nothing there that might be causing issues that i see.

TraceyStudios


how do I update BIOS and chipset? I have an hp - AMD and can't seem to get to the chipset part of the bios etc. can get to boot order etc.

 
 
On ASUS motherboard its very simple! You just download it on their website add the file to flashdrive (USB key).
Then you restart and go into BIOS. You can then flash it from the BIOS with help of your flashdrive. (USB key)
 
EASY FLASH!
 
Very easy
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKj5lVQFOLU
 
 
On newer ASUS motherboards you can't destroy the BIOS. It has a factory BIOS-chip on board the motherboard. On other´s you need to be carful. If you loose POWER during flash without chip, you computer will never ever boot again... ever...!!!
 
Sometimes after boot it doesn't BOOT Windows anymore. Don't panic, its just sometime the settings has gone back to "default" again .
go into BIOS and check you settings. It can also be good before you "FLASH it" save the your "settings" in BIOS. You can save it on the last page in BIOS menu.
 
Hope it help!
 
Best regards
Freddie

TraceyStudios

how do I update BIOS and chipset? I have an hp - AMD and can't seem to get to the chipset part of the bios etc. can get to boot order etc.

Unless you're having a specific problem directly related to or traceable to BIOS, you shouldn't touch it. You can mess up your entire computer and render it useless if something goes wrong or you install the wrong BIOS. It's an HP, it could have a proprietary BIOS so be careful. IOW, don't look up your Motherboard on the internet and install it from the manufacturers web site, go to HP's web site and start there.

If anything goes wrong, you'll have to take your DAW apart, remove the battery, short jumpers to reset the BIOS, hope you don't fry something, and there's a really good chance that you may have to re-activate Windows once you do this because it will detect a motherboard change and possibly see that as you having installed the same serial number on a different computer.

Think it through ... if X1 was working for you, X2 should as well.

If I were to guess, I'd say something got corrupted during install, or it's a problem with the updated Windows libraries that X2 installed. A lot of times a fresh install of your OS and Sonar is the only kind of fix for these things.

As for all the problems you're seeing, I saw most of them too ... but most of them disappeared when I installed the A patch. Snap To Grid is buggy, there's been several posts about it ... nothing you can do will fix it. As for the blank spot where the take lane used to be, I saw that when I had my screenset locked. I fixed it by unlocking my screensets. I saw some other weirdness, but that was resolved when I installed the A patch. The deal with you adding an FX and audio stop working ... sounds like something with your soundcard. Just as a test, try upping your sound card buffers.

With your system, you really shouldn't have to do any aggressive tweaking such as that page file stuff and all that.

You should be able to play a project back and edit it (add FX, copy/paste etc etc) without any problems as long as you don't have your buffers set too low.

Updating the BIOS, drivers, etc, is only easy for those who know what they're doing.

If you're not prepared to spend some time learning about computer stuff (I can easily understand someone not wanting to) then find someone who knows what they're doing.

 Alex suggested that I update bios and chipset.  Just trying to understand.

> Updating the BIOS, drivers, etc, is only easy for those who know what they're doing.

If you can read you can do this.

Bub - sorry no, all you need to remember is never to switch off your computer during an update, firmware updates are pretty much foolproof nowadays I'm sure Tracy can read. Every software update will have instructions with it, yes caution is always a good thing, however too much caution will not solve your problems.
 
If you use DAWs updating firmware, drivers etc should be part of your skillset, much like a guitarist should know how to put strings on his guitar.
Remember your PC, soundcard, music keyboards, graphics card etc could all have firmware and driver updates. Windows update will install a lot of them. Most of the time you need to identify the make a model of a part and go to the manufacturers website. e.g. If you own a NVidea card, you go straight to their website to specifically update graphics card drivers. It will probably take a few hours to work this all out first time around..

Cheers....

TraceyStudios :

" Alex suggested that I update bios and chipset. Just trying to understand. "

I understand that. My point is if you don't already know what Alex is talking about, it's probably best to find someone who does. Computers and operating systems are not something you can properly explain in a forum message or two.

Anybody can follow someone else's recipe to do maintenance on a computer. When you need to know how things work is when something goes wrong (and it often does !).

If you blindly follow a recipe and something goes wrong (and if it's during a BIOS flash things will have gone really wrong) you'll be stuck with a broken computer and no knowledge about how to fix it. Just not worth the risk in my opinion.

Debates aside let us try and resolve this issue and try not to get too distracted.. 

Paul/Bub - Sadly I suspect you may have installed the fear of death into Tracy and you may have persuaded him to do absolutely nothing when he can easily do something.

Tracy what is the make and model of your PC? We already know the chip, do you know the make and model of the motherboard?
When you boot up (black screen) what firmware version do you have? If you press the break key it should pause so you can read it (or just go into the BIOS).

NB before you update your PC BIOS and chipset drivers I would update your other drivers/firmware and run windows update (first).... Simpler to start off with. Also check inside windows update that you install most or all of the optional updates... within reason.. drivers = good, Microsoft bing toolbar = bad.
 
 
BTW Don't forget to back up your PC.

> Think it through ... if X1 was working for you, X2 should as well.

BTW - this would appear logical to a layman, however this is a completely wrong assumption. Just because X1 is working with certain drivers/firmware etc does not necessarily mean the same for X2. You need to keep up to date.