Scan Pro 40

[drlava]

Yeah, it's bad that windows installs its own crappy drivers automatically if you plug the card in before installing the right drivers. I think things are even trickier in Vista because it's 'better' than XP and who knows about Win 7 but Gary did get it working on his rig so it can be done on Vista.

[MisterWilling]

(This is just rambling, contains no useful information, just so I don't waste your time)
Oh its just that Vista is intent on messing with you. I did install the cmedia drivers first, but Windows decided that its were better. Also, it decided after plugging the sound card in and out a few times that it decided it would switch back to the windows drivers for no reason. I all ready had the cmedia drivers working for weeks and when I hooked it up to the CRO it reverted just to mess with me and have to spend an hour trouble shooting.

I'm pretty good with basic computer stuff as I used to do manage a local computer shop(4 years ago). But with each new version of Windows making it "easier" for the end user. It becomes harder and harder for me to figure it out. I would be happy with Win2k if it ran the software I needed it to.

[ElektroFreak]

For some reason in Vista I get an issue where when I stop the laser output I get a static beam instead of blanking. Regular blanking in frames works perfectly, it's only when I hit pause, stop or the laser off button.. and only in Vista.. drives me nuts. I also don't like the interface included with the cmedia Vista drivers.

[Things]

I think this was one of the first problems I had with my sound card DAC too, although on XP. The drivers install with 2 channel mode as default.

[MisterWilling]

I'm pretty sure this is all a driver related issue.

I finally got the sound card to project the pattern without the "rouge" points. This was achieved by turning it to 8 ch mode like Andrew suggested and I should have tried in the first place.

There is still some distortion is the image though. The square looks jagged, wavy, and the image jitters a bit.

I made the square look better (the lines less jagged) by changing the room environment in the sound card setting. There are a bunch of options and effects in the sound card options menu( the cmedia application with a system tray icon). I would assue theses effects are messing with the image and I would want to turn them all off.

I tried to change sound card drivers to see if there was a different version that worked better. After changing drivers however it seem they were about the same. Now the damn sound card wont go back into 8 channel mode and the "rouge" points are back!

Does anyone have a copy of the c-media driver they are using so I can try it? Or does anyone have anymore suggestions?

[Doc]

I would assue theses effects are messing with the image and I would want to turn them all off.

Absolutely imperative!

[MisterWilling]

Yes but in the options dialog box for the sound card it only has the options of choosing between the effects.
I cant figure out how to just turn them off. There are two things I think are interfering, the "virtual room environment" and the room size. I only have the option to set the room environment to generic with no where to disable it. And the same goes for the room size, I can set it to small, medium, or large, but I cant just turn it off.

[ElektroFreak]

This is how my effects are set. I think that pressing a selected button again deselects it.

[MisterWilling]

Looks to be fixed. I will be posting pics in a few. A different version of the driver was the answer to all my woes.

[ElektroFreak]

glad to hear it! Were the drivers that came with the card the culprit? Which version worked best for you?