Have had a problem with sounds on my system.
I have a Asus p5s800-vm mother board.
I have just purchased a Sound Blaster Audigy sound card.
However when sounds are played, like an MP3 the sound distorts.
The sound is a type of burring, a bit hard to describe.
Reason for purchase of the s/card as mentioned was the on board sound was
cactus as well.
Thanks in advance.
Don
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There are a number of possible solutions listed on Google to get rid of that
crackling/popping noise, but unfortunately, most didn't seem to work. Here
are some things to try:
-Move the card to a different slot.
-Mute anything that's not used such as Microphone, Line In, etc.
-Update the drivers.
-Update your chipset drivers (that seemed to be a working fix for VIA
chipsets, but yours is SiS, I believe).
-Change your speaker set-up in the SB options to something slightly
different.
-Unplug any wireless cards/dongles you may have installed.
-Try these drivers:
http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/
Here's a list of supported and unsupported Sound Blaster Cards:
http://kb.kxproject.lugosoft.com/list.html
I don't believe I ever got mine completely fixed. I went to a Zalman USB
sound card a couple of years ago, and have not had the same problems I did
with the Creative cards. In all fairness to Creative Labs, the earlier ISA
cards and the SB Live! USB card worked fine. It wasn't until I tried two or
three different PCI cards (one of them an Audigy) that I experienced the
noise problems. I would still be using the SB Live! USB if it hadn't quit
working after 5 years or so of use.
SC Tom