VIA 686b and Sound Cards
This is a discussion about VIA 686b and Sound Cards in the Feedback category; VIA Hardware has taken a look at the VIA 686b south bridge and the combination of six different sound cards. Nearly 6 months later, how well do the various fixes for the 686B bug work? Today we shall find out by using the various 4in1’s, George’s patch, and of course sound card replacements with an old and newer BI ...
VIA Hardware has taken a look at the VIA 686b south bridge and the combination of six different sound cards.
Nearly 6 months later, how well do the various fixes for the 686B bug work? Today we shall find out by using the various 4in1’s, George’s patch, and of course sound card replacements with an old and newer BIOS for a KT133A motherboard to see if there have been any changes since the issue was first discovered. Just to make sure if the problem occurs in newer VIA chipsets, we will also use a KT266 board to verify that the SB Live problems don’t occur in future VIA Southbridge’s.
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Nearly 6 months later, how well do the various fixes for the 686B bug work? Today we shall find out by using the various 4in1’s, George’s patch, and of course sound card replacements with an old and newer BIOS for a KT133A motherboard to see if there have been any changes since the issue was first discovered. Just to make sure if the problem occurs in newer VIA chipsets, we will also use a KT266 board to verify that the SB Live problems don’t occur in future VIA Southbridge’s.
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