Yamaha SW1000XG Advanced Manualbook page 8

Now it's time to turn the PC on!
If everything now goes according to plan, you will see Windows launch and its plug and play system detect a PCI
Multimedia Device. This is your SW1000XG saying 'hello' to Windows. (Mac users can skip the next bit!) It is at this
point that you will need to feed the CD-ROM or floppy disk of drivers that came with the card into your PC. As the
user manual again covers this, we shall not go into too much detail. At this point (or even before you install the card)
it may be a good idea if you have Internet access to visit the xgfactory.com website. Here you can register your
card, and check the 'downloads' section to see what the latest version of the driver is. It may be a good idea to
download it even if you think that the one supplied with your card is the most current, as a backup is always good to
have.
Once you have installed the drivers, now comes the moment of truth. You reboot your machine and are ready to go.
If at this point you are faced with a BLUE SCREEN saying something like: VSWXGVXD Error, or MIDI TX time out.
Then it means that the IRQ (Interrupt Request) the SW1000XG is trying to use is already being used by another card.
There are 3 few ways around this. One is to update the driver to the latest driver version using Windows Safe mode.
Your local Yamaha dealer will be able to tell you the latest driver number, and it will always be on the xgfactory.com
website. The second thing to try if this fails is to move the SW1000XG to another PCI slot. Sometimes the PCI slot
may have a problem with IRQ allocation. The third is to reserve an IRQ for the SW1000XG or PCI slot in question in
your system BIOS or via Windows. It really pays great dividends to learn more about how your computer works, how
the BIOS works, and how devices can be set-up correctly, so if you haven't yet read your manuals that came with
your PC, now is a good time to start. The SW1000XG will only ever use 1 IRQ location, and a small amount of
memory mapping for input and output. Thankfully the days of IRQ hogging ISA cards are almost gone.
Speed demon?
The SW1000XG is designed to function equally on all good speeds of PC, and all types. Unlike some soundcards
which have functions, which simply do not work on Cyrix or AMD, based processors, or that only work on the very
latest Pentium machines, no aspect of the SW1000XG relies on the processor type or speed.
The problem with speed mainly falls down to the applications software package you are using. Some of the
applications software we will discuss in this guide will only comfortably run on high class Pentium or Macintosh
machines. We recommend that before you make your software choice, to contact the manufacturer of the application
package. You should tell them what it is you wish to achieve from your software (multitrack audio & MIDI) and let
them recommend a speed of machine that their software will comfortable run on, not their minimum system
requirements.
So to conclude, if your new SW1000XG equipped PC in Windows boots normally (99.999% of all cases) then
congratulations you are now ready to enjoy the audio ride of your life. To check that it is all working well just open up
your Windows Control panel, look at 'System', and check 'Sound Video and Game controllers'. You should see
Yamaha SW1000XG Sound System with no error marks or exclamation marks next to it. If this is the case, then it's
time to fasten your safety belts as we take the journey through what this marvel of technology can really do.
Hardware Note: The SW1000XG does not have an internal connector for CD-ROM audio output, as is
common with most professional audio cards. Your games card (should you have one installed) will normally
have adapter sockets for CD-ROM audio connection.
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