Hotline - Troubleshooting - RME Audio Hammerfall HDSPe MADI User Manual

16. Hotline – Troubleshooting
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The dialog 'New hardware component found' does not appear:
• Check whether the PCI Express interface is correctly inserted in the PCI Express slot.
The card and drivers have been installed correctly, but playback does not work:
• Check whether the Hammerfall DSP appears in the Device Manager. If the ' Hammerfall
DSP' device has a yellow exclamation mark, then there is an address or interrupt conflict.
• Even if there is no yellow exclamation mark, it is still worth checking the 'Resources' tab.
The input signal cannot be monitored in real-time
• ASIO Direct Monitoring has not been enabled, and/or monitoring has been disabled globally
(for example in TotalMix).
Playback works, but record doesn't
• Check that there is a valid signal at the input. If so, the current sample frequency is dis-
played in the Settings dialog.
• Check whether the HDSP system has been selected as recording device in the audio appli-
cation.
• Check whether the sample frequency set in the audio application ('Recording properties' or
similar) matches the input signal.
Crackle during record or playback
• Increase the number and size of buffers in the 'Settings' dialog or in the application.
• Try different cables (coaxial or optical) to rule out any defects here.
• Check that cables/devices have not been connected in a closed loop. If so, set the system's
clock mode to 'Master'.
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