Gentlemen. Here is the current facts on motherboards. Krystal with Microeditor uses bus mastering DMA to transfer some data from the Krystal back to the host computer. It appears that this is no longer acceptable with the timing on the new Intel 815 and VIA chip sets that control the motherboard PCI-bus timing.
Currently, we are shipping new systems with the Abit BX133-RAID motherboard with the older BX chip set. We
DO NOT RECOMMEND using the Intel 815 or VIA chip sets. You run the risk of not being reliable and crashing at random times.
Larry is rewriting the Microeditor software driver for Krystal to remove all use of bus mastering DMA transfers. We hope to have code to test this week. If this works, we will be able to ship workstations with VIA and/or Intel 815 chip sets. If not, we are in trouble!
Larry tried to get Microeditor V5.3 to work with the Sound Blaster Live card, but that test failed. Looks like Krystal won't work with the SB Live card.
