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joegab
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(07/08/09 08:45 AM)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)
Uhm...
as far as I understand, there are really good news ... BUT .... anyway probably we get a configuration not really reliable...
Uhm..... YAMAHA please!!!!!!!!!!!
Giorgio
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nickm
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(07/09/09 04:29 PM)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)
Steak: I have a Vaio too, but with a Core 2 Duo T9550 CPU. I haven't yet tried Win 7 on it. For some reason Sony tend to supply laptops with 4200rpm drives. Most manufacturers put 5400rpm drives in laptops and some put 7200 rpm drives in. This one had a large capacity 400rpm drive, but I swapped it out for one with a faster rotational speed. It was already responsive having 4GB RAM and a decent CPU, but a slow hard drive certainly will have a negative impact. rather than mucking about having to press F8 at boot time every time, putting Windows 7 in test mode is much more user friendly :-)
I had a problem with mlanstrm.sys on one of the installs I did so what I did was to extract the file from the mLAN driver CAB file and move it to the same location as the others and sign it. Seemed to work OK.
MIDI connections are there via both my mLAN card and the 01v96v2's USB connection. I had to load the 64 bit Yamaha USB driver. Cubase interacts dynamically with the 01v96's motorised faders but outside Cubase Yamaha Studio Manager refuses to see the 01v96v2 - this has to be down to the USB driver as it did this in XP as well, except with the earlier USB drivers which I can't find anywhere on line now.
Your problem might be due to the IEEE1394 interface in your Sony Vaio. Should be OK... BUT... my Vaio has a RICOH interface on-board rather than the more standard TI chipset version, and yours may do too. You could try a Firewire PC card or PC Express card in your laptop which does have a TI chipset. Often the sort of behaviour you describe (glitches) can be due to graphics drivers. You don't say what kind of graphics RAM your laptop uses - shared system RAM can also lead to the type of sysmptom you're seeing. 4GB RAM might help. Reducing the colour bit depth on your screen to 16 bit might help - if your software will still run (Cubase complains if you reduce the bit depth to 16 bit). Turn off stuff like anti-virus and networking. Maybe adjust processor scheduling for background services (System Properties/Advanced/Advanced). Turn off all the Windows Visual effects. Stop unnecessary programs starting with Windows. Very much along the lines of what's always been recommended. Stop unnecessary services. Ensure your laptop's power plan is set to Maximum Performance. Ensure that in Device Manager any options to shut down devices to save power for things like USB interfaces or IEEE1394 are unticked
Whilst the mLAN driver works really well for me on my i7 desktop system, I did see occasional glitches on the lower spec dual core E6600 system I also installed W7 on - not terrible by any means and definitely usable, so maybe it is the nature of the way the XP 64 bit driver works in Windows 7 that makes it less efficient than it could be. The i7 being significantly more powerful than an E6600 probably absorbs any noticeable performance problems. Bottom line is that the XP64 driver almost certainly won't be as efficient in Vista or Windows as one specifically designed for those OS's. It possibly/probably won't work on all 64 bit systems - too many potential combinations of hardware but being completely selfish, I'm just glad it works on my main system - and very well.
Musicalrx: I could not get the XP 64 mLAN driver to give me usable results in Vista 64 on several machines. Playback from Cubase could be made to work reasonably well, but I tried several things and still could not get audio into Cubase from the 01v96v2. Windows 7 does seem much easier with this driver. I think you might find success with Windows 7 where you're failing at the moment with Vista 64 - but I would not recommend that you try it on your main system drive in case it doesn't work in Windows 7 for you either - try it on a spare drive or at least a separate partition so you don't mes up an otherwise perfectly good system. I must admit I was very pleasantly surprised to find that the XP driver works much better for me in Windows 7 than it did in Vista 64
Edited by nickm (07/09/09 04:37 PM)
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cfaalm
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(07/16/09 01:58 PM)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)
I'm having problems with step 14.
The Streamdriver does not appear in the driver directory.
DSEO says I signed it succesfully, but how can that be when I can't see the file itself?
01v96v2, i88x, AMD X2 3800+ 2GB, MacBook 1.8GHz 2GB, Cubase, Logic
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konc3pt.sF
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(07/16/09 02:00 PM)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)
So out of frustration I called the number on this site 1 (800) 752-2780 asking for a rough date of windows 7 drivers.
I was told they dont know when it will be released and they are not working on it yet since windows 7 hasnt been released.
Which is 100% bullshit because beta 7 has been out for about a year now. Most computer hardware companies have had drivers for a while now too.
So If windows 7 is not out yet how can some of us have it running on our machines. Being a fully functional windows and with drivers for the components such as sound card, video card.
At the end of converstation I was told "Good Luck" my answer to that is [censored] you yamaha.
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chillyb
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(07/19/09 02:09 PM)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)
I've been playing around with Win 7 most of the day and managed to finally get 64bit working OK. I had the same problem as many other with the mLanStrm.sys file not being copied to the drivers folder, but I think I have an answer:
- Install the drivers as normal with your mLan device off
- After the first reboot press F8 when booting up and select the option to disable signature enforcement, that will allow the drivers to install/load without a signature
- Continue as before, signing the drivers, etc.
I found a useful article earlier (someone else may have already posted, but I haven't spotted it) for signing your own drivers - http://www.minasi.com/newsletters/nws0903.htm, under the heading 'Solving 64-Bit Windows' "I Only Want Signed Drivers!" Tantrums'. This should remove the need to sign the drivers using DSEO, but I haven't had chance to test it yet...
Also, I might have managed to make it work on 32bit Windows 7 as well... Only annoyance is that I had to roll back to using v1.55 of the drivers. If you use the F8 - disable signature enforcement method it will definately allow the drivers to install. I haven't tested it much since installing, so I can't guarantee there are no issues, but I'm sure others will let us all know! I'm going to have another go at v1.63 drivers, so I'll post if I have any luck...
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joegab
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(07/20/09 03:37 AM)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)
Hi,
is the system working without glitches?
I mean: it is "really" stable (Win7 64 bit)???
Thanks.
Giorgio
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dorremifasol
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(07/21/09 03:57 PM)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)
I did the Windows 7 64bit thingie.
Once I got all the drivers installed and run the Graphic Patchbay I had one missing machine, my Motif XS with its mlan16e2 card. But, V1.5.5 drivers don't include the mlan16e2, so....
no mlan for me in Windows 7 
Well, in fact I can't run my Midisport 4x4 midi interface, it has no drivers either.
It's a pity since I started to like the looks of W7. :/
Cheers
Albert
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nickm
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(07/22/09 09:49 AM)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)
My Windows 7 system running 64 bit RC1 with my 01v96v2 and MY16-mLAN card runs without any glitches. I'm surprised to be honest, but very pleased. The PC is pretty powerful being based on an Intel i7 920 chip and with 6GB RAM. A lower spec dual core Intel PC is also fine. My dual core Vaio laptop is OK too running 64 bit Windows 7 - but because of its slower HDD can be prone to the odd glitch when playing back. A proper optimised mLAN driver made for Windows 7 will probably be more efficient. So in answer to your question, if your PC has enough power and you can get the driver to work, you have a good chance of having a really stable experience IMO. I can't give you any guarantees though as I'm sure you'll understand.
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basti
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(07/28/09 03:47 AM)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)
hi
i got it running with windows 7. no audio gitches very stable!
greets chroos
Edited by basti (07/30/09 02:05 PM)
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nickm
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(07/31/09 07:08 AM)
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Re: Windows 7 64bit mLAN WORKS (I HAVE PROOF)
Good stuff :-)
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