Yeah, there's a setting to enable the Voltage readings in the POST. If it's disabled, you can still see them in the regular screen in the BIOS, just not during post. What freaked me out was, I turned it on, just to see what the readings were seen as during POST, and the entire damn thing was blinking Red! It halts upon any Voltage anomoly, warns you in Red Blinking Letters, and says Press any Key to Continue.
Here's my pickle, I've had the board for a while, I don't use it regularly at the moment, because I dont have any connectivity(HDR24,ADAT, PC, etc.), but I turn it on and use it once or twice a week as I'm learning how to get around in the Mackie OS, trying to understand more about the OS and Mixer, etc. I calibrate the Faders once a month to ensure all are functional, and just generally yweak and play to ensure all seems in good working order. I don't just let it sit in a corner collecting dust. The point is, I've been using it for months with no noticable issues, so I'm skeptical of what the BIOS readings are telling me. My PC Tech experience also tells me that BIOS sensors are notoriously wrong and unreliable, particularly thermal sensors. But the damn thing IS so old, it very well could be a legit problem on the AT PSU. One would think, as scary as those Voltages look....it would have killed something by now...if not itself, then surely a console board. What's convincing me of this being a board problem are the Thermal readings. I KNOW the System Temp is completely bunk. It reads 250C (Yeah....Centigrade...no sh*t...) ALL THE TIME. Even if I just turned on the Machine. So that right there tells me SOMEthing isn't right. The CPU Temp is always at 64C. All this makes me think it's the Motherboard....but still, as old as it is, I can't completely rule out a bad PSU yet. Yet nothing seems amiss with the function of the Console.
I dunno, I'm just worrying I suppose. I got the D8B through a friend looking out for me, and got a good deal on a clean, functional, well taken care of machine. I've wanted one for years, I can actually remember drooling over it when it first came out. I intend to put it to regular use, both as a controller once Marc's project is completed, but also as a stand alone recorder. I have TONS of work to do on it, just trying to decide the best course of action as far as what and how to connect it to a PC. I'm looking at the RME RayDAT, just that's almost a Grand....eeesh! I like the MOTU 2408 mk3. This would easily handle the 24ch. of ADAT from my DIO-8's, but then my question becomes how much DAW control can I eek out between MIDI and HUI, and is it enough to make it worth the purchase? Or should I just hold out for Marc's Controller option, and just go with external Pre's? All this while wondering if my D8B is falling apart from the inside out
LOL I'm exaggerating a bit, but that's what it feels like anyways
Funds only go so far, and I have to figure out the best, and best affordable options for my needs. The RayDAT looks awesome, but a cool G is a lot to lay down when yer not sure if you'll have enough control of the DAW to make it worth the expenditure. Of course....24 channels of External I/O is gonna be somewhere in that range or above as well, plus the cost of Marc's Mod (whatever it ends up being, whenever it becomes available)....you see my dilema...
I know the MIDI limitation, and I can live with only 8 control assignments. What I need to understand better is the HUI control layer, and HOW MUCH I can actually control with it. I know I can use both together, and that sounds promising, but I'm not up to speed yet on the HUI, so it's making my decision process a bit difficult. At the moment I can only afford to go one way or the other, so it's critical to me that I pick the RIGHT, and reliable way to interface to the PC. I really like the MOTU, just wish I knew more about the HUI Control. I need to know, okay...if you run it this way, say...using the MOTU2408mk3 ADAT INS....THIS is what you can and cannot control by combining MIDI/HUI.
