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tony wrote:Thats the one you linked to me ages ago Nigel? If so it works well for me as well.

I think one of my installs worked out that way also Nigel i.e not a vhd. Have 2 on the slow boat from hong kong so will report back when I try R2 on them

Sligolad wrote:Finally found the service that MQN needs to be running in Scott's script when applied to Server 2012 R2, guess it should also work for all Server versions.

I have not had time to go back and forth to see if there is much of an improvement but I do know that it works and shuts down lots of unnecessary services, gets rid of swap file and other optimisations.
I have run it after switching to minimal mode in Server 2012 R2 with no issues. There is another script to reset you install back to how it was before running the script.

Anyone new to this looking to try it google Computer Audio Design or go here for some guidance.
http://www.computeraudiodesign.com/Wind ... 20V2_1.pdf

Script files are below on dropbox, save to your drive and double click on optimisation file and answer all prompts as required, Make sure to answer yes to leaving WASAPI and the rest I went yes apart from No for Firewire which I do not use.
As usual no comebacks if it goes wrong, as with most of this stuff it generally does not go wrong most of the time but if you do mess up make sure you have an image of your OS or at least a recovery point!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/349 ... sation.zip

I made another edit to Scott's script today 19 Oct 2013 and replaced the original in the dropbox link.
The turn off screen after 1 minute was causing issues with MQN on my system with HiRez file playback due the action of the screen disable which was kicking back in once causing sound breakup, rather than find what was kicking it back in and messing with HiRez playback I set the script to leave the screen on all the time. I just ran the optimiser script again to make this change. All OK now on HiRez playback. Cheers, Pearse.

jkeny wrote:I mentioned this to Nige but it is probably worth posting:
Also, one thing to think about with relays - what is the impedance of the relay? If one of the advantages of batteries is their lower internal impedance (the lower the better i.e. better instant current delivery) then we don't want to introduce a higher impedance device between battery & Mobo!
I've noticed this with some battery management PCBs that sit between the battery pack & the PC - the sound dis-improved when used to power the PC

nige2000 wrote: can a relay be any worse than a switch?

when everything is separated out it divides the current draw
on my pc thats 0.1 amps on the 12v 0.3-0.5 on 5v and 0.2 on the 3.3v
cpu draws 0.6 amps but does not require a relay as theres no draw when pc's off

pc's underclocked thats why the current is low

ive put a battery on the 12v with relay, anker supply without and 3.3 on a switch
have tested everything one at a time as usual over and back a-b a-b a-b

theres no doubt about it theres definitely a good improvement i would say similar to the change from trilinear to tribattery
so once you hear the real true bass, body and the detail there will be no going back.

issues to work out are
to get a 4.8v cell to replace anker as does not charge fast enough to maintain itself
stop battery current from going into pico as it gets confused and thinks the pc is still on

Pearse has found a fundemetal improvement!!
well done!!!!

jkeny wrote: Sounds like a nice step-up but remind me what exactly is the cause of this improvement - did you not have independent 12V, 5V & 3.3V battery supply - I can't remember your previous config?

tony wrote:John is right I am happy plugging out the two positive terminals on my batteries and also disconnecting the light on the anker to power down the supply to the usb key.All in all 2 power cables to be disconnected,2 battery terminals,power off the regenerator and plug out light on the anker. Much better than SQ sapping relays.