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Old 15th August 2004   #11
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Here's the component list for the P3:

P3 Component List
AC Custom Computer System
MidTower ATX w/250W PS
Asus CUSL2 motherboard
Intel Pentium 3/933Mjz FCPGA
512MB RAM PC133DIMM
Matrox G-450 DH AGP-pro video card
WD 40GB 7200 RPM (O.S.)
IBM 60GB 7200 RPM (Audio Drive)
Promise Ultra-100 ATA RAID Controller
Teac 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Plextor 8x4x32 CD-RW drive int.EIDE
SonyWU 14A DVD-RW drive (added later)
107 key PC99 PS/2 keyboard
Windows XP Pro (Upgrade. Original was Windows Millenium)
Steinberg Nuendo 96/52 audio interface
Steinberg Nuendo audio production software

Here's what I swapped my IBM Drive and 96/52 card into:

P4 Upgrade List

Component Description
Motherboard Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, 4USB, SATA+RAID, Sound, LAN, AGP
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 P4 2.8GHz 800MHz BUS CPU Heatsink+Fan: Zalman CNPS7000A-CU CPU Cooler for Intel P4
CPU Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Memory: Kingston 1GB DDR400 PC3700 DDR Memory, Non-ECC (X 2)
Case: Lian-Li Quiet Aluminum PC Case PC-6070 Power Supply: Zalman Silent 400W Power Supply Video Card: Asus 128MB V9520TD FX5200 Video Card CDRW/DVD: SONY Combo CD Rewriter and DVD ROM CRX320E
Floppy Drive: Mitsumi 3.5inch 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
DVD-RW: SONY DRU530A 8X DVD +-RW Keyboard and Mouse: Microsoft Natural Elite PS2 Keyboard and Optical Mouse
Wi-Fi Adapter: Linksys Wireless USB Network Adapter, Model# WUSB54G
Hard Drive: SATA Seagate 160GB ST3160023AS Serial ATA - Primary RAID-0
Hard Drive: IDE Seagate 200GB ST3200822A Baraccuda ATA-100 EIDE

That's all that changed. Same room, same files on the same 1.6 version of Nuendo.

Like I said earlier, it doesn't sound bad, like some wordclock or phasing issue. It sounds like all the settings have changed. I had no trouble correcting the "problem." It's just now I have to re-mix everything I worked on last week.
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