Don't Want Programs [Foreknowledge]

When using our computer for audio editing, you don't want all kinds of unnessary programs running in the background. They decreasy system memory, use up valuable system resources and may conflict with an audio program. We want audio programs only and we reluctantly tolerate one or two unavoidable programs in the background.

Examples of programs we don't want

• First of all the backgrounds of our Desktop, screensavers etc.
• Use your computer as 'Stand Alone' as possible while working with audio. No need for network clients then. Also network traffic can interfere with your system.
• Messenger programs like ICQ. We don't want to be disturbed during our creative process anyway, don't we? ;-)
• Our virus scanner. Normally you should have it 'on', but when you're sure your computer is clean and you don't use material from external sources, you can safely switch it off during doing your audio-thing. Virus scanners are necessary but also notorious busybodies. Depending on the settings the may also interfere with read-write actions to harddisks.
• Microsoft Office Taskbar. It's always in the way, it's often unstable and it's ugly. Get rid of it.
• All those -otherwise more or less useful- gadgets in the system tray like Real Audio, Real Jukebox, Babylon, Napster, personal firewalls, alternative clocks, taksbar utilities for graphic cards, the Taskmanager, you name it.

How do we switch them off?
There are several 'entrances' here. Most of the programs can be switched of via:

• The program itself: in it's settings you can choose not to run it after system start-up. A likely candidate here is your virus scanner. But the various components of the virus-scanner can also be switched off by using msconfig (see below).
• The startup folder: have a look in Windows' Startup folder and keep it as empty as possible.
• Run msconfig from Start --> Run. Under the Startup tab you can switch off the programs that run after startup. Only the programs that are vital for Windows should remain switched on. You can safely switch off the Scheduling Agent here.

We can harp on and on about this, but we think you got the picture. If you want more information about this topic, read below.

Useful programs: TweakUI, System Mechanic etc.
Resource for additional information: Windows Help net.

Setting up a 'User Profile' for working with audio [Method]

Prefix
Why invent the wheel twice? This part about user profiles was found on the internet and has been written by Chris Randall. It is one of the methods you can use to prevent programs running in the background while you actually need all the system power for audio editing. So let's read what we can learn from Chris. Some paragraphs have been slightly edited by us to gear them to our own specific situation.

Create a new User Configuration
This method uses a feature found in the updated versions of Win95 (and Win98) - known as 'User' profiles. If, when you go to START>SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL you find you do NOT have a USER icon (two people), then I recommend you find or borrow the latest of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. When you update to IE4+, new features are added to give new features, one of which is the User facility.

First, what's this User Profile all about?
After Internet Explorer 4.0+ is installed on a Windows 95-based computer, a new tool called Users appears in Control Panel. (This tool is also included in Windows 98). The Users tool enables you to create different user names, so that each member of a business, or family, can create and customize their own Windows environment - or, as is required here, it can enable you to have different windows 'sessions'. Each User (or session) can determine what programs are listed under the START button, what programs they want to run, and what wallpaper, screensaver, etc they want to use. They can choose to "Copy" the existing windows profile, Create a whole new Profile, or select certain programs to use and share between User Names.

The first time the Users tool is used, it creates a profile for you. You are prompted for your user name, and if you have logged on to the computer before, you are prompted for the logon password you are currently using (if any). Once your password (if any) is verified, you are prompted to choose which items you would like customized for your profile. The items you can choose for personalizing your profile are:

• Desktop folder and Documents menu
• Start menu
• Favorites folder
• Downloaded Web pages
• My Documents folder

To select any of these items, click the check box next to the item to select it. After you choose from this list, click one of the following options:

• Create copies of the current items and their content
• Create new items to save disk space

The "Create copies of the current items and their content" option makes a copy of other users' files and settings to start with.

The "Create new items to save disk space" option creates blank entries for you to add to your own personal items. When you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes. After configuring your profile and restarting your computer, you can then use the Users tool to add other users, specify passwords for them, and configure what items they can personalize.

Once you set up a "New User", the next time you re-start your computer, it will ask you what user you want to log on as. I set up two profiles for my computer. One is called '98' and the other is called 'AudioEdit'. When I log on as user '98', windows loads all the original settings that came with my computer. If I log on using AudioEdit, only my Audio editing software is listed under Programs along with a my EWS software.

How to set up a user profile

• Go to the control panel in windows. Click on the Users icon. Click New user. Name the new user something like AudioEdit. Leave the password section blank. (That way you won't have to type anything in when it asks you for a password when you log on, just hit the return key) Click the "Next" button.
• Now, it will ask you to "Select the items you want to personalize and choose how you want them to be created." .
• If you check "Create copies of the current items and their content", it will copy the items you select to the new profile.
  If you select "Create new items to save disk space," then it will create a blank Windows with no programs in the "START" button.
  THUS, let us say you checkmark Start Menu as the item you want to personalize.
  If you selected Create copies... of the Start Menu, then you will have to DELETE (remove from the menu) the programs you don't want to use with your audio software.
  If you selected Create new items....., then you have to ADD the programs you want to use in the start menu, including your preferred Audio program (e.g. Cubase or Cakewalk).
• Click NEXT to finish. Then click the start menu to Log off windows. You should be able to log onto the user VidEdit now. Then right click on the start menu and create a shortcut to run the Audio editing software.

[End of Chris Randall's article]

Alternative methods: see 'Dual Boot' and 'Two computers in One'.

The idea behind this page...

Working with audio puts heavy demands on your system. Not everybody can affort a dedicated computer to do this job. Most of the time it has to be a compromise: you want to use it for several completely different tasks, like gaming, office work, browsing the internet (including a wild variaty of chat- and fun-stuff that comes with it) and maybe even some video editing. The result: more and more tiny programs running in the background and this means use (or waste) of valuable system resources.
The whole idea behind this page is to make your system more dedicated while keeping it's versatility.

Different options
The essential question is: how do we squeeze full power out of our system when we need it for audio editing? The answer: make different configurations. And there are various roads that lead to Rome. On this page we try to draw a map of these roads. The choice which road to walk is yours. That means that you don't have to follow all the tips on this page. Just use what suits your situation best (technically as well as financially).

Foreknowledge, Methods, Additional Information
Under the buttons on the right you find different articles. They are devided in three catecories:

• Foreknowledge: useful knowledge that help you apply the methods we present you with. The heading of the article is marked: [Foreknowledge].
• Method: a desctiption of a Method you can apply to reduce system load and thereby create as much room for audio editing as possible. The heading of the article is marked: [Method].
• Additional Information: additional, general information that may help to fine-tune your system even more. The heading of the article is marked: [Additional].

We recommend you to read the 'Foreknowledge' articles first, so that you at least have a general idea of what you're going to do when applying the different Methods.
At the bottom of an article you may find references to Alternative Methods and/or Related Topics.

No presumptions
We do not pretend to be 'the gurus' of system tuning. We just pass on some information that proved to be useful in daily practice. When you disagree or have better solutions, please email us and we will add them to this page.
Also, it's not likely that this page will ever be complete. When we come up with new or better ideas we'll put them on. And of course your contributions are welcome!

The buttons
Just click one of the buttons on the right to read a story about a certain topic. When you hover over the button, a short description appears above the button collumn.

Disclaimer
A short note for our own peace of mind: all the solutions mentioned on this page you perform at your own risk! If you don't feel confident, you have several options: don't do it at all, ask help from more experienced users (e.g. in our Discussion Forum), always make backups first and -if applicable- read the manuals and helpfiles of the utility programs you might use.

Must have programs [Foreknowledge]

Before we start 'tuning', is good to know about some tools that might come in handy. Some programs just make your life a lot easier. Especially when it comes to tailoring your Windows system for your special needs. They are not exactly from the 'for dummies' category, but when you take time to study the basics of it (so read the manual), they can be the solution for a lot of problems. And you might need them to perform some of the tricks we suggest on this page.
Note that these are mostly commercial programs, but they are worth the money. And of course it's up to you if you buy or borrow them ;-)

Powerquest Partition Magic (www.powerquest.com)
This well known program lets you make several partitions on your harddrive, thus enabling you to keep your system- and program files separated from your data files. And most important: you can create and resize partitions as much as you like, without losing data ('on-the-fly').
Some advantages of having more than one partition on your harddrive(s):

	You can make a special partition for your Windows swap file. When the Windows swap file is on a separate partition, especially when this partition is located on another fixed drive, it makes your system faster. Read more about this under the button Partitions.
	You can install more than one operating system on your computer (Dual-Boot ) This may come in handy when you want to use more than one operating system on the same computer. Those operating systems can be different, for example Windows98 and WindowsNT, but it's also possible to create a situation in which you have Windows 98 installed twice: one install on a partition that you use for audio tasks, one on another partition for other tasks (e.g. gaming, design, experimenting with shareware etc.). The Partition Magic package includes the bootmanager you need for this (BootMagic). Read more about this subject under de button Dual-Boot.
	You can create a separate partition for keeping an image of your Windows install When you finally managed to make a fine working Windows install, including all the programs you want and a happily sounding EWS, the thing is to keep it that way. So it's wise to make an 'image' of this install on a separate partition. Read more about this below in the paragraph about Norton Ghost and under the button 'The Ghost'.

Of course this nice piece of software has many more features, but for out objective -tuning up our audio computer- this will do. And Partition Magic teams up perfectly with the next program, Norton Ghost.

Norton Ghost (www.symantec.com)
Norton Ghost gives you the opportunity to make a complete image of your harddisk or certain partitions on it. It's easy to use, as long as you read carefully what the screens present you. Within the framework of this tune-up page it can be used to make an image of the C:-partition on which a freshly made clean Windows + applications resides. The image is stored on a separate partition, so that you can always restore it to the C:-partition when things get messed up. After that your installation is as clean as a whistle again. So no more time-consuming and frustrating new Windows installs.
Read more about this under the button 'The Ghost'.

System Info
A utility that comes with Windows98, so you already have it. It's in your Accessoiries department: System Tools --> System Information--> Tools Menu --> System Configuration. A complicated path, so you better run it directly via Start --> Run --> msconfig. You can use it (among other things) to switch off all that tiny programs that nestle themselves in the system tray, whether you need them or not. And they use up your precious system resources. And system resources we need as much as we can when we run our powerful audio applications.
Of course there are many other utils on the internet that can be used to tweak your system.

Alternatives
The above mentioned programs like Partition Magic and Norton Ghost are not the only players in their respective fields. There are other partitions managers, but PM is considered the best. The alternative for Norton Ghost could be Power Quests Drive Image Pro.

Two computers in one [Method]

Here's a fine method to have the best of both worlds: you can have your computer the way it was, with all kinds of different programs on it, and at the other hand make it a dedicated system for audio purposes.
The bottom line is: use two different harddisks and make them 'removable'. On each harddisk you install the system you want.

What you have to buy
You have to spend some money here, but it's far less than the price of a new computer. The best scenario is:

• Buy two large harddisks. The access time should be as fast as your system can handle. The prices of harddisks decrease by the month these days, while the storage capacity is more or less inversely proportional to the price. Note: you don't need SCSI harddisks anymore for high performance.
• Buy two of those handy removable harddisk trays. Make sure they are exactly the same brand and type.

Get your screwdriver
Now get a suitable screwdriver and do the following:

• Remove your 'old' harddisk.
• Build one of the harddisk tray-housings into a free 5,25 inch bay of the computer.
• Build each new harddisk into a tray.
• You need only one tray housing (the one you build into the computer). The other one you may set aside as a spare one ;-)
• Connect the harddisk cable in the computer to the tray housing. Also connect the harddisk power supply (5 and 12 volts) to the tray-housing.
• Slide one of the trays into the tray housing. Make sure you lock it. We recommend you to lable it on the outside with a name like 'Normal system'.
  Note: some trays are sold as 'hot swappable' (removable/insertable while computer is on), but for security reasons this is not advisable. Always power down the computer before swapping a tray.

Installing two systems
We are now ready to install things the way we want them to be:

• Partition and format the first harddisk (the one that's in the inserted tray now).
• Install Windows and all the programs you want for daily use (like Office, games, MP3, ICQ and whatever garbage you normally have on your computer ;-)). You may include the EWS drivers and software as well, so that you have sound. But do not install all kinds of high-end audio programs like Cubase, Cakewalk or Logic.
• If all those things are ready, power down the computer and remove the harddisk tray with the 'normal system'.
• After that, insert the second tray with the second harddisk into the computer. We recommend you to lable it again on the outside, this time with something like 'Audio System'.
• Repeat the steps for partitioning and formatting the second harddisk.
• Install Windows and all audio related programs you want to use for audio editing. So, everthing you might want to use on a 'dedicated' audio system.
• If you have components that are not needed for the normal functioning of your computer and that are not particularly necessary for your audio system (certain add-on cards, game controllers etc.), switch them off in the Windows Device Manager (right-click My Computer, Properties, Device Manager tab, select the device you don't need, choose Properties and select 'Disable in this Hardware Profile').
• Make sure nothing further is installed that you don't need for audio editing (also read: Don't Want Programs').

The result
What you have now in fact is two different computers. When you need your computer for audio tasks, you simply swap the harddisk trays. You're BIOS won't know the difference ;-).

Tip
To avoid the ever frustrating process of re-installing Windows after a few months, you may want to split up each harddisk into more than one partition, so that you can make a ghost image that will be parked on a different partition. Also make sure to store your audio-data on a separate partition then. Read more about this under 'Partitions' and 'The Ghost'.

Alternatives: see 'Dual Boot' and 'User Profiles'.
Related topics: 'Windows' and 'Don't Want Programs'.

A word about partitions [Foreknowledge]

When you start tuning your system it's very useful to know how to devide you harddisk(s) into several partitions. That will come in handy at a later stage. A few examples:

• They give you the opportunity to set up a one time clean install and make a Ghost image of that install, which can be restored if necessary. [read more about Ghost images under 'The Ghost]
• You need them if you plan to make a Dual Boot system [see Dual Boot]
• You can make your system faster by specifying a separate partition for your Windows swap file.

Making more than one partition
In the old days we used the DOS-utility FDISK for partitioning the harddisk. Repartitioning meant loss of all data on the disk. Nowadays we use programs like Partion Magic for that. This flexible tool lets you create, resize and alter partions without loss of data and you can use it over and over again. You don't have to think ahead to much anymore how large a partition should be: you ajust it to your needs of the day.
If you expected that we would teach you how to make partitions you're wrong: that would be a waste of valuable space on this page. Just use Partition Magic and read the manual. It's easy enough.

More partitions are useful in any circumstance
Apart from the tuning we try to do here, from the standpoint of system management it's always wise to make one C:-partition for your system (Windows) and your applications and one separate D:-partition for your data (including a Ghost image of that C:-partition if you want). That way you don't have to go through the frustrating process of reinstalling Windows + applications every half a year. If Windows gets polluted, you just restore the Ghost image that resides on D:. If something has changed since you made the image, it's always less work to make that changes again and make an updated Ghost image again.
Tip: after making a first-time Windows install it's a good idea to immediately set the driveletter of your CD-ROM to Z: (and if you have a burner as well: set that one to Y:). That way those driveletters don't shift if you decide to add partitions at a later stage.

Partition to speed up the swapfile
Another good use of partitions is to make a relatively small extra partition for the Windows swapfile. By default Windows autimatically makes and maintains a swapfile on C:. In many cases system performance will benifit from a fixed location of the swapfile on a seperate partition, especially when it resides on another harddisk (that harddisk should be at least as fast as the master harddisk). The size of the swapfile should be set to a minimum of at least 2,5 times the amount of internal memory. Don't forget to adjust this minimum size when you do a memory upgrade.
To move the swapfile to a special partition and set it's size, go to My Computer, Properties, Performance tab, press the Virtual Memory button and select the option 'Let me specify my own memory settings'. Specify the driveletter of the partition you created for the swapfile and set the minimum (2,5x internal memory) and maximum (e.g. the size of the partition) size. Windows pops up a warning, but you can ignore that. Windows will create a new swapfile on the specified partition automatically. The completion of this process requires a reboot.

The blessings of Ghost Images [Foreknowledge]

Norton Ghost is a program that's a real blessing for system managers. It can make a clone of a harddisk or an exact image of a partition. When the system gets messed up for some reason (and we can all think of a few), you can easily restore the disk or the partition to the state it was in at the moment you made the image.
The program is not expensive and easy to use as long as you read the screens carefully and know what you are doing. Because the most disastrous thing that can happen here is that you overwrite the wrong partition.

What do we need it for?
We need it because in the long run Windows gets 'polluted', which decreases system performance. Also crashes happen more often. At that point it was always necessary to go through the cumbersome process of reinstalling Windows plus applications. Let alone all that precious personal settings you made since the latest fresh install. Norton Ghost will save you those many hours of frustration.

The basics
The basic process of making a ghost image is as follows:

• You devide your harddisk into several partitions: one for Windows + applications, one for data, one for a ghost image. If you don't use a partition manager you have to plan this in advance, so before formatting and installing. We recommend you to use a partition manager, because that makes life a lot easier (read more under 'Partitions'). Optional: you may want to make a separate partition for your Windows swap-file (also see: 'Partitions').
• Install Windows + applications on the firs partition (C:). Some people also separate Windows and the Applications on two different partitions, but we are not in favour of that: nowadays the operating system and the applications are too much tied together.
• Make all settings the way you want. Take your time for this.
• Defragment the C:-partition.
• It's wise to create the ghost image from the DOS prompt (not a DOS-box under Windows).
• Make a bootable diskette. Include on this diskette the ghost.exe program. If you want you can insert a command line in the autoexec.bat that starts ghost.exe automatically after booting with the disk.
• Boot the computer with the diskette. When Norton ghost has started you create an image from the C: partition. Note that the destination partition must be another partition than the source partition (C:). Also the destination partition should be large enough to store the image (at highest compression Norton Ghost reduces the size of the image file by about 30%). Only actual data are stored in the image file. So if you have 800MB data on C:, the uncompressed size of the image file will be 800MB.
• If you have a cd-burner, you can burn the image on a (preferrably bootable) cd and after that remove the image from your harddisk. Note that your BIOS has to support booting from cd and that this option should be switched ON in the boot-sequence (also to be set in your BIOS).
  Don't forget that the image size should not exceed the storage capacity of the cd. Think ahead and use high compression while making the image. If the image size still exceeds the cd-capacity, use the split parameter of Ghost (on the command line: ghost.exe -split=630MB). The image will be split up into several files with a maximum size of 630 MB. As you see we included a safety margin of 10MB here, but you are free to choose your own file-sizes. Read the Ghost-manual for more command line options to automate the process even further. Read the helpfile of the burning program how to make a bootable cd.

Restoring the image
When it's necessary you can restore the image from the other harddisk partition or from cd. Choose the Ghost-menu option 'restore partion from image'. Your system will be as clean as a whistle again.
In case you make major alterations to your system, for instance when you install new hardware plus drivers, you should make a new Ghost-image. The best way is: restore the original Ghost-image, install the new hardware, defragment the partition again, make a new Ghost-image. It takes some time and work, but at the long run it pays off.

Related topics: 'Partitions', 'Must have Programs', 'Dual Boot'.
Alternatives: an alternative for 'Norton Ghost' is 'Drive Image Pro' from PowerQuest.

Making a Dual Boot system [Method]

What should you read first?
Before you start reading about making a dual- or even multiple-boot system, you better first read the topics about 'Partitions' and 'Must Have Programs'. Because you can't create a dual-boot system without basic understanding of partitions and the tools that are available to make partitioning easier.

What is a Dual Boot system?
Windows 95/98 needs an active primary partition to boot from. And only one partition can be active at the same time. So normally you can have only one Windows 95/98 operating system on your harddisk.
A dual-boot or multiple-boot system has more operating systems you can boot from. With Windows this should be impossible, but their is a solution: the Bootmanager. The task of a bootmanager is to set that particular primary partition active you want to boot from. That way you can make several partitions with a different operating system on each.
When your computer starts, the bootmanager appears first. It presents you with a menu which of the installed operating system you want to use. When you made your choice, that particular partition is set active and the other primary partitions remain 'hidden'.

Why Dual Boot?
There can be many reasons why you may want a Dual Boot system. Let's mention a few:

• You don't want only Windows 98 on your computer. You would like to play around with Windows NT, Windows 2000 and/or Linux as well.
• You want two seperate Windows 98 installations on your computer: one for the serious stuff and one for experimenting (with shareware for instance). That way the 'serious' installation suffers less from polution.
• You want two different Windows 98 installations for two different important tasks, for instance one for office work and one for audio. This is the one we are aiming at in this particular situation. Because we want a separate Windows install for audio purposes.

How to make a Dual-Boot system.
Let's keep it simple here, otherwise you make life more complicated than it already is: use Partition Magic (see: 'Must Have Programs'). Partion Magic comes with a bootmanager, called BootMagic. This way you have all the tools and manuals to make a dual- or multiple boot system. An overview of the main steps in this procedure:

• Do a normal, fresh Windows install on your harddisk.
• The first program you install under Windows is Partition Magic. Also install BootMagic. It's important that you create resque diskettes for Partition Magic and BootMagic during installation. You will be prompted for that.
• Use Partition Magic to downsize the Windows partition, so that you end up with free space for another Windows partition.
• Use Partition Magic to make a second partitition in the free space and use Partition Magic's option to 'prepare it for new operating system'.
• On the second partition you also install Windows 98. You might need to boot with the BootMagic resque diskette first to set the second partition active, otherwise you can't 'see' it.
• Once you have two Windows installs, you can re-activate the first partition, because there's where your BootMagic resides. You have to set BootMagic active now. Once you start you computer again, the BootMagic menu appears and you can choose the partition you want to boot from.
• On the first partition you continue with the installation of the 'normal' programs. On the second partition you install your audio programs. You can also fine-tune that installation for audio purposes. Read more about that under 'Don't Want Programs'. It's also possible to disable certain devices in this audio-dedicated Windows by means of the Device Manager (e.g. game controllers). We have written a bit more about that under 'Two computers in One'.

As you can understand we can only draw an outline here. Partition Magic comes with a very comprehensive manual, so read it for the specific details about this whole operation.

Alternative methods: see 'Two computers in One' and 'User Profiles'.
Related topics: 'Must Have Programs', 'Partitions', 'Don't Want Programs', 'Windows'.
Resource for additional information: Windows Help net.

But still a new computer... [Additional]

If you still decide to buy a new computer for your audio, we like to mention some brief suggestions for things to take into consideration.

Advantages of clone type computers
In most cases the so called A-brand computers (like Compaq, IBM etc.) are more limited in their options to put in your own gear. Some of them also work with 'tailored' Windows versions, that may cause conflicts with your EWS.
Clone-type computers give you much more freedom in choice of components. And if you choose high-end components, the quality is as least as good as from the A-brands.

The right mainboard
Of course the mainboard you choose should at least have one ISA slot, otherwise you can throw your EWS away. Make sure that the computer housing does not obstruct that valuable ISA slot (some housings do).
Some mainboards seem to work better than others with the EWS. Under the button 'Mainboards' we try to collect input from other users to make a list of mainboards that have proven to work with the EWS.

Processors
Many users are in doubt what processor to choose, for instance Intel or AMD. We think both should work fine with the EWS. If you have other experiences, please email us about that.
If you use Cubase, consider that Steinberg always was in the frontline to use new Intel features like MMX.
Speed is important, but don't forget the value of a lot of memory. Sometimes a computer performs even better with more internal memory and a somewhat slower processor than the other way around.

Windows Issues [Foreknowledge]

The right Windows version for your EWS
From what other users reported, we have the impression that Windows 98 Second Edition still is the best option for use in conjunction with your EWS-card. Users that upgraded to Windows ME suddenly experience problems. And as you can add the most important enhancements of Windows ME to Windows 98SE by simply installing things like Internet Explorer 5.5 and the latest Windows Media Player, we think it's better to stay away from ME. If you want to know more about the experiences from other users with Windows ME, please go to our Discussion Forum.

Windows NT or Windows 2000 of course are a completely different story, as those operating systems are not primarily intended for multimedia. As a result of that, you can't get the most out of your EWS under those operating systems, despite the efforts of Terratec to supply you with drivers for it.
We can imagine that you have other valid reasons that makes you want to use NT or W2k, but in that case we would opt for other solutions mentioned on this page, like dual boot or that seperate harddisk.

Tweaking Windows
The whole idea behind this page is to tune your computer for the optimum action with your audio gear and software. The key thing here is: make it as 'dedicated' as you can, without excess bagage like programs running in the background that are not needed for the audio task. So it's important that you read the part about 'Don't Want Programs' to safe your precious system resources and memory.
As for the tweaking of Windows in general we are not going to re-invent the wheel. There are many excellent resources on the internet that can help you with that. We will put you on track by mentioning two of them below. Go there and read all about it.

Related topics: see under 'Don't Want Programs' .
Resource for additional information: Windows Help net and Winmag.com

Mainboards that work with the EWS [Additional]

When you decide to buy a new mainboard, but you're not sure if it works with the EWS, this is the topic for you. Below you find a list of mainboards that other used successfully with the EWS. Obviously all these mainboards have at least one ISA slot.

This list is not complete: we wait for user contributions, so please email us your mainboard information if you use it with an EWS card (ISA type). Also include information about processor, processor type, processor speed and amount of memory.