It is certainly an odd thing that the 2496 ASIO doesn't work, this is a first, actually. Now that we know that the ASIO4ALL doesn't work either, that points the finger at other things to check out.

Check your IRQ table and make sure that the 2496 is on a separate IRQ number all by itself. Ignore Windows' report of "No Conflict" it always says that.

To get to your IRQs, go to "Start", "Run", type in "msinfo32" and click "OK". In the left window, click on the "Hardware Resources" plus sign, click on "IRQs" and, after "polling" the computer, it will display what IRQ each peripheral is assigned to in the right window.

If the IRQ for the 2496 is not being shared, then I would suspect your hard drive. Is it 7200rpm with at least an 8mb buffer?


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