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Re: Well, I went camping for three days and I see the whole Live! thing raged on while I was gone

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From: Roj
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 13:29
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On Wed, 23 May 2001 16:49:42 +1000, "Trevor" <trevor@home> wrote:

>
>"Roj" <rojramsey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:fihlgtgb8aefirubmlbcema15nq0i2ga5c@4ax.com...
>> It's the responsibility of the third party board manufacturer to make
>> sure their cards are compatible with the leading chipset manufacturer
>> and not the other way around - unless you're CL of course.
>
>
>Since the SB live was released long before the Via chipset, I don't see why
>it's CL's fault for not testing with an unreleased motherboard.

Um, the MVP3 was out before the Live!  The problems started with CL
sound cards back about 2.5 years ago - that's easily verifiable with a
Usenet search on the word "crackling" :-).  The Live! simply inherited
them.

>there are problems with this card, but less than some much more expensive
>cards. If you don't like it, don't buy one. But I will never be convinced
>that it is not a good value combination of features for MANY people, but not
>all.

Had one.  Tossed it.  End of story.

Roj
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From: Roj <rojramsey@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Well, I went camping for three days and I see the whole Live! thing raged on while I was gone
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