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Still same problems with D2.
When using S/PDIF out (DTS Interactive or DDLive) if the sound source suddenly closed, like closing WMP or Winamp, Z5500 starts humming instead of saying "no digital data" on its screen.This happens most of the time,, really annoying!.
This problem occurs with all of the newer drivers except the first one(the one comes with xonar cd).
And if i increase the volume bars in xonar control panel over 76% which are default levels, loud basses and loud parts of songs reduce volume instantly. Always fluctuating. Im not using SVN though.
Any ideas Carved?
Have you tried the c-media audio panel flavor? Also I would like to suggest doing new windows installation, maybe this will help. As there are some problems that are caused by conflicts in Windows.
BUT... Why do you use S/PDIF as output and not the analog? With S/PDIF the sound is decoded in the Z-5500 speakers and not in your Xonar. The decoding in your Xonar is way better than that is Z-5500.
For the second problem, sounds a bit more as the volume problem I described here. Never the less I don't have a solution for this
Yep, i've tried C-Media Panel. I've tried all of Unified and Official drivers, no result 🙁
The last chance is a clear windows. . Creative, realtek, supreme fx drivers maybe causing these issues.
By S/PDIF out I mean i use optical cable to connect Z5500, so using speakers not digital out.
I'll wait for new drivers (1795-96) to get rid of fluctuate problem, thats the most annoying one.
You think sending the card in to fix that issue would be worth it? I wonder how long they would keep it and "attempt" to fix it. Might check out the HT Omega Striker. Anyone familiar with the card? I'm just annoyed at Asus's customer support. It took them 20 days to respond to my mail...
Yes it would, as you should get a replacement that actually works. When sending your card you don't send it to Asus crappy support center, you send it to your local dealer which sends it to the Asus distributor in your country. And when it comes to hardware failures its more easy to deal than with software support (drivers) for these companies.
With HT omega you will get even worse driver support. Don't know how they're cards are, hardware wise. Sadly there isn't much of a choice in the sound card business. The only good choice is to really know the ups and downs of every card which mostly Asus vs Creative and see with which of those you can live with.
Thx for new version of driver... seems all work fine!keep up the great work!!!greetz
Finally someone for which it works... 😛
I'm having problems with the v1.28 driver.
Installer is going on for 5-10 minutes and finally an error pops that asks me to install a Xonar card as it is not recognized by the installer.
I used the default settings.
I'm using Driver Sweeper so no problems there.
By the way, v1.27 works fine.
Windows 7 32bit, Asus Xonar D1
Interesting.. might be a problem with 1793 files. lets see if someone else reports this.
Anyway maybe a reinstall will do the trick, have you tried this?
Yes the same prob with my d2x on yours and daniels driver. Yours shows up as version 2 as daniels shows up as 3 in device manager when windows 7 64 sp1 finally takes the driver. I had to uninstall, reboot, go into device manager and ensure it was not still there if so unistall driver in device manger (delete files). try to install again if it hangs reboot go in to device manager uninstall drive delete, a couple of times and then they take. Wierd but true on both yours and daniel_k
I had the same issue, initially thought it may have been eeprom corruption but the utility available as a fix reported the card correctly as a xonar dx. On a side note, the unmodified 1793 driver also exhibits the exact same issue. 1792 based 1.26 works fine.
Thanks for sharing this with us. Seams like the 1793 drivers are broken. Makes you wonder how did it get pass the WHQL testing and got approved by Microsoft..
Yeah, same here. Did a proper uninstall/flush/reinstall but I also get the "Please install Xonar card" (or similar) message after about 10 mins. I checked the Xonar D1's device ID and it is still correct (there is an EPROM rewrite bug that can wipe it apparently). The previous UNi driver I had worked, I think it was v1.11.
Win7 x64 (I don't think I have SP1 installed), Xonar D1, Installed the C-Media option (can't remember which).
Posts are in a funny order. To be clear, I get the same behaviour as Kiril. Daniel_K's driver installs fine for me but the latency is appalling.
WOW man thanks for theese amazing drivers!
ANy updates on making it fully compatible with Xonar HDAV card?
My time is limited these days so I had to focus on some things. Like people can't install Uni Xonar drivers at all. and thats a big thing 🙁
But this issue is not forgotten. When I have something ready I will send it to you for testing. Hope it won't be to long.
Can't find headphone amp option in c-media panel. I have a Xonar DG.
For now there isn't one in C-media Audio Panel.
Sorry Carved, what's the difference between UNi 1.28 1793 for W7 and the 1793 WHQL linked in the Daniel_K blog? I installed the latter ones, should I use UNi's instead? My card it's an Essence ST.
Thanks 🙂
Well drivers from Daniel_K blog are just like the original drivers from Asus, with no tweaks & fixes. So it depends on you which ones do you prefer.
The only problem is that you might not be able to install Uni's 1.28 cause of driver signature errors :((
i've installed unified driver with c-media panel. how can i access asio control panel? (except through audio app)
You can't. I looked for a way but didn't had any luck. 🙁
Installed this driver and no issues other than choppy sound using the optical out. I've this problem with ASUS oficial drivers and also with all versions of Unified drvier that i've tested... can anyone confirm this issue? why i get choppy sound? It happens with stereo sources, with GX enabled or disabled and also with DDL and DD. Also i can see in my digital receiver that the DD led blinks sometimes, when there is cuts into the sound... Using analog output this doesn't happens. There is a fix?
Congrats for your excellent work, keep going!!!! I'm using a D2X @ win7 32bit, and your drivers since your first version (sorry i didnt feedback..). Everything works excellent so far for me, except ASIO >= v.2 where i have clicks pops etc. so i'm using asio patch v.1 with no problems at all at any version. i havent seen any real difference with normal & low latency (my latency is ~90-200µs with either driver), and i havent tried c-media audio panel.
As you can see in the The Case of DPC latency article I did, there is a difference between low DPC latency and Normal version, maybe you enabled some options in the Audio center.. and thats why DPC latency is the same. About Asio 2 , maybe if you increase latency in the options will solve the pops and clicks. I am only saing this as I would recommend Asio 1.0 Patch only if you need to install it, because its implementation its not ideal.
I have questions regarding reinstall/uninstall the driver:
1. How can I uninstall the driver that I install? Do I do it manually or there is a uninstall file to use
2. Can I just try out different option by install the driver on top of another one?
For example, I install the C-Media Audio Panelone, and I don't use it. Can I just replace it by install the normal one on top of the C-Media Audio Panel one?
3. Is it possible to adjust the amp setting in C-Media Audio Panel?
Thanks for your hard work!
1. The driver is listed Add/Remove Programs as Uni Xonar Driver and not as Asus xonar.
2. Don't know. I wouldn't recommend it.
3. No, for now you can't. 🙁
Well after being driven mad by pops and clicks from my xonar d2 soundcard over the last couple of years, I decided to search for a solution. No new drivers from Asus (theres a surprise) and then I found a site with your uni driver, so I downloaded it, installed it and................
Bliss, it works great, no pops or clicks so far.In fact my audio has never sounded better.
System is Windows 7 32bit, 4gb ram.
Thanks for your work,it's appreciated.
may I ask what settings you used e.g C-Media Audio Panel or normal ect and whitch asio driver?
CarvedInside
Thanks for your response. This is assessment from reading these posts, from a post about driver issues with high end video cards at Ars Technica and from reviews I read at Newegg. There is a small percentage of Xonar purchasers that are having driver issues. ASUS is ignoring them. As you said ,given that I will only be using the card for music it is worth the risk given what a good card it is.
Thanks for your advice and for all the hard work that you have put into these issues.
Great driver, thank you for your professional work. Why Asus cant make it at first? It seems they are finished the support for Xonar. 🙁