EDIROL DA-2496 Driver Ver.1.02 for Windows XP / Windows 2000
About this driver
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This driver can be used with EDIROL DA-2496 with Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition/Professional and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Professional.
Contents
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+--- Readme_E.txt : This document
+--- Readme_J.txt : Japanese version of this document
+--- DAPCIUninstaller.exe : Driver uninstaller
+--- WinXP_2000_Drv : Driver folder
Revision
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- Improved processing performance of MIDI Interface
- Multiple use of DA-PCI cards is possible. Up to 4 DA-PCI cards can be used at the same time in audio applications.
- Rate Locked in "DA-PCI Control Panel" can be selected. When you check "Rate Locked," the audio will be output as set in the "DA-PCI Control Panel" regardless of other settings on the PC.
- "See Control Panel" is shown in place of "Internal" in clock selection of ASIO driver settings when you use Cubase.
- Fixed output port error in SONAR when you change DMA Buffer Size.
- Fixed errors occurring after resuming from computer's Stand-by (Suspend) mode.
- Fixed errors selecting export port when you export to multi-channel in MME application.
- Fixed errors relating to no audio being recorded in MME applications like Cool Edit.
- Fixed noise errors at beginning of playback when the wave data has silent period at the beginning.
Installation (Windows XP)
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* If you have already installed the old driver, please follow the instruction in "Uninstallation" below.
1. Start up your computer.
2. Log on to Windows as a user with administrative privileges (such as Administrator).
3. The DA-PCI will be detected automatically, and the "Found New Hardware Wizard" will appear. Click "Next."
4. Check "Display of the list known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver," and then click "Next."
5. When the "Hardware type" dialog box appears, click "Sound, video, and game controllers," and click [Next].
6. When the "Select device driver"dialog box appears, click "Have disk."
7. Specify the location of the driver data file. Choose DAPCI.INF in "WinXP_2000_Drv" folder of this extracted archive.
8. Click "OK."
9. When the "Start installing the device driver" dialog box appears, click "Next."
10.Installation will begin. Click the "Continue Anyway" if you see the statement "has not passed WindowsLogo testing..."
11.When the display indicates "Completing the New Hardware Wizard finished. EDIROL DA-PCI: Windows are finished installing the Software for this device," click "OK."
12. When the dialog box "System Setting Change" appears, click "Yes"to restart Windows.
Next, you need to connect the DA-2496 to the DA-PCI. Proceed to Connecting the DA-2496 to the DA-PCI.
13. Follow the instruction in Owner's Manual for "Audio/MIDI input and output settings".
Installation (Windows 2000)
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* If you have already installed the old driver, please follow the instruction in "Uninstallation" below.
1. Start up your computer.
2. Log on to Windows as a user with administrative privileges (such as Administrator).
3. The DA-PCI will be detected automatically, and the "Found New Hardware Wizard" will appear. Click "Next."
4. Check "Display of the list known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver," and then click "Next."
5. When the "Hardware type" dialog box appears, click "Sound, video, and game controllers," and click [Next].
6. When the "Select device driver"dialog box appears, click "Have disk."
7. Specify the location of the driver data file. Choose DAPCI.INF in "WinXP_2000_Drv" folder of extracted archive.
8. Click "OK."
9. When the "Start installing the device driver" dialog box appears, click"Next."
10.Installation will begin. Click "Yes" if "Digital Signature Not Found" dialog box appears.
12. When the dialog box shown "System Setting Change" appears, click "Yes"to restart Windows.
Next, you need to connect the DA-2496 to the DA-PCI. Proceed to Connecting the DA-2496 to the DA-PCI.
13. Follow the instruction in Owner's Manualfor "Audio/MIDI input and output settings".
Uninstallation
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1. Start up your computer.
2. Log on to Windows as a user with administrative privileges (such as Administrator).
3. Exit all applications before performing the uninstallation.
4. Delete the driver.
4-1. Open the "Control Panel," and double-click "System."
* If the above icon cannot be found, click the "view all Control Panel options." in "Control Panel."
4-2. Click the "Device Manager" tab.
4-3. Double-click "Sound, video and game controllers" to see the list of devices.
4-4. From the list, select "EDIROL DA-PCI" and click "Remove."
4-5. A "Confirm Device Removal" dialog box will appear. Make sure that "EDIROL DA-PCI" is shown in the dialog box, and click the "OK" button.
4-6. In "System Properties," click "Close."
* If you cannot delete the driver completely, restart from "Safe Mode" of Windows, and follow the instructions above relating to "Uninstallation." Then, follow the instructions from Step 5.
5. Execute "DAPCIUninstaller.exe"
6. Press the "Uninstall DA-PCI Drivers" button.
7. Exit Windows.
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After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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