Hi. The only solution I saw to this problem was in a HOW-TO that a guy posted.
Sadly I can't find it, but it was a soldering iron job on the soundcards. For
3 cards, disable the crystals on 2 cards, and link the crystal from the first
card to the 2 cards with the disabled crystals. this logically works, because
the crystal from the first card is providing sync on the second and third
cards. (As long as you are adept with the soldering iron, and don't fry the
components). Of course an alternative, but is much in the hands of the card
manufactures is. Make the cards with jumpers, so as to changeover the crystal
source from internel to externel. They would obviously have to provide
perhaps 2 or 3 extra pairs of pinouts on each card, so that the card with the
crystal enabled could be linked to the cards with the crystals disabled. This
would obviously mean that all two or three cards were effectively working as
one card. Right. This means that the card manufacturers have to change their
PC cards a bit. But surely the cost of this is negligable. I mean. What does
a changeover jumper plus 3 pairs of pins cost to a printed circuit card
production? Perhaps we should just pressure folks such as Creative to think
about this. Alright. they are just in it for the bucks, but the more cards
they sell the better for them, and if this facility is there they are likely
to sell more cards to Linux users wanting to use multiple cards all in sync.
Good luck. CArd manufacturers do not like spending an extra 2 cents.
besides the crystals on one card could have a very different frequency than
on their neighbor's card. Ie, there is the issue of compatibility, both
between different cards and different version of the same card. Something
no manufacturer likes to have to worry about.
Just my 2 cents worth. Nigel.
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