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Uriel

Uriel

Uriel

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Just won an auction for a Xonar D2. Hopefully if all goes well I'll be leaving my X-Fi behind - and get access to my full 4GB back. Will let you all know how it goes.
 
[FnG]magnolia;12262346 said:
Does the X-Fi have memory issues if you're running 4GB then? I'm interested as I have this combo.
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Depends the mobo. Mine is fine with an X-Fi & 4 gig.
 
It's a bit of a lottery. Some people have never managed to solve the X-Fi 4GB problems. I think we're in the minority but a significant minority. These range from unpleasant noises with 4GB RAM to my problem, which is no recogniseable sound apart from the odd click or pop. It's completely unuseable.

I've a feeling it's not as simple as which motherboard you use with an X-fi. I spoke online to a guy with an X-Fi XtremeGamer and the same motherboard as me. He could run with 4GB RAM fine. We were using same BIOS version, same settings, same drivers. Decided I was tired of trying to troubleshoot it. It could be that it's some other problem but I'm tired of trying to troubleshoot it.

I've even wondered if there's some variation in X-Fi hardware (or if mine is faulty). I do suspect that if I tried another X-Fi it might be fine.
 
Uriel said:
I've even wondered if there's some variation in X-Fi hardware (or if mine is faulty). I do suspect that if I tried another X-Fi it might be fine.
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I'm pretty sure it's mobo dependant but also influenced by hardware combinations. I used to get popping on my DFI NF4 Ultra-D with this x-fi and 2 gig of ram but in the same rig as in my sig now the same card is absoloutley fine.
 
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