SoundBlaster Live Question

[NDC]

Does anyone know if SoundBlaster Live can run on 3.3V PCI slots?

[jadison]

I'm pretty sure you can, but I contacted a buddy I know who works for Creative and I should be receiving an email soon.

[NDC]

Thanks, Jadison. I really appreciate it. I would really hate to take the chance of ruining my hardware due to incorrect voltage... :)

[jadison]

This is coming straight from my bud who works for Creative:

"As long as it meets the 2.1 standard then it should work fine."

-Michael-

BTW, sorry it took so long for him to reply. :(

[NDC]

Thanks, Jadison! :)

Well, I was looking closely at the card an it appears that SBLive as well as any other Creative cards do not support 3.3V. For one thing, the key slots are different on the card... The key slot is on the right of the card... As for 32bit PCI cards that are compatible with 64bit 3.3V PCI slots, you will see that there is a key slot on both sides...

[jad1097]

This is for the Tiger MPX, right? Aren’t the PCI slots PCI 2.2-compliant?

Yes. (http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_873_4366,00.html) they are.













http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q1/tyan-tigermpx/index.x?pg=3

"The two 66MHz/64-bit PCI slots on the Tiger MPX, meanwhile, aren't compatible with the vast majority of PCI expansion cards out there. (The older Tiger MP could accommodate regular old 32-bit PCI cards in its 64-bit slots, but the Tiger MPX's 66MHz PCI bus makes those slots incompatible.) "

[NDC]

Well, the SB live isn't keyed correctly to fit in the 64bit slots on the Tiger MPX...