Are you suing Digital or analog playback? Try switching it to the
other setting...(Note for analog you need the cable from the cd to the
sound card for digital you do not)
On Sun, 1 May 2005 13:21:05 -0700, "Daniel Hefley"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I went through it again but still crackles on playback of cds.
>
>"Byte" wrote:
>
>> Take a look here:
>> Resources for Troubleshooting Sound Problems in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q307918
>> --
>> I'm no expert, but I did stay at
>> the Holiday Inn Express last night.
>>
>>
>> "Daniel Hefley" wrote:
>>
>> > I'm having a problem playing CDs from Windows Media player 10.00.00.3802. It
>> > only happens when playing back song on cds. It crackles and skips. All
>> > other play back works great including ripping music from the cd and playing
>> > it back on the hard drive.
>> >
>> > I fixed the same problem with another machine (which was a little faster,
>> > same sound card) by turning on the hyper threading feature. The problem with
>> > that fix is that this machine does not support hyper threading.
>> >
>> > I've upgraded the Sound Blaster drivers (several ways), tweaked the hardware
>> > acceleration features, adjusted the IRQ (by switching slots), adjusted all
>> > settings in XP audio settings, and messed with every setting in Windows Media
>> > 10 known to man (minus registry settings).
>> >
>> > Brief summary on hardware:
>> > Dell GX260 (512 Meg of Ram, 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 Processor)
>> > Sound Blaster Live! Digital
>> > Samsung SC-148C 48x CD-ROM
>> > Harmon HK206 Analog Speakers
>> >
>> > Brief summary on software:
>> > Windows XP w/ Service Pack 2 (freshly loaded)
>> > Windows Media 10.00.00.3802
>> >
>> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Sorry about the double post.
>> > I forgot an important paragraph on last post.
>> >
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