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OPTIMOD-PC
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Your computer's firewall is blocking the connection. See page 2-42.
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Password is wrong.
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The target card is open on another computer on the network.
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The system that houses the target card is not on.
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The Orban Windows service routine,
computer housing the target card.
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The Orban Windows service routine has malfunctioned. If all else fails, try end-
ing and then restarting
A) Right-click the Windows task bar and choose "Task Manager."
B) Click the Process tab and
C) Click the "End Process" button.
D) Right-click
OptimodPcService
I get clicks when I source my WAVE material from a CD.
CD audio playback can sometimes have dropouts if the CD player is being accessed
by the IDE controller using PIO mode. Usually, this can be fixed by setting the IDE
controller to DMA mode. Here are the steps to change the setting on Windows XP:
A) Open the S
B) Select the H
C) Select D
EVICE
D) Expand the node labeled I
E) Right-click the first device labeled S
P
ROPERTIES
F) Select the A
G) Change the T
available."
H) Repeat steps (E) through (G) for any other devices labeled S
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I get clicks when I source my WAVE material from my computer's hard drive.
If Windows XP detects several hard disk read errors in a row, it will automatically set
the hard disk data transfer mode, usually DMA, to PIO. This can cause clicks in the
OPTIMOD-PC audio if the hard drive is sourcing the WAVE material driving
OPTIMOD-PC. See I Get Clicks When I Source My WAVE Material from a CD above.
Note that Windows' automatically setting the HD data transfer mode to PIO can be
an early warning of impending hard disk failure. It is wise to search the Windows
System log for instances of hard drive read or write problems (C
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OptimodPcService
OptimodPcService
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