Irritating Sound then Lock-up

[Theo Weber]

I've cross posted this thread since all these items could
potentially be the problem. When I'm playing a game (NHL 2004) or run
Media Player, I get an irritating howl/whine sound, lose control of the
game controller or mouse, and then after 10 seconds, the computer will
lock up. Sometimes it takes a few minutes, sometimes 30, sometimes
everything works w/o problem.

ASUS A7V-E
AMD Duron 1.3 GHz
ATI Radeon 7200 (Catalyst 4.6)
SB Live 5.1 Platinum
WinXp Professional SP1
Media Player 9

 

[Guest]

I've run accross this annoyance in an on-line game that I play. Newer games (2003+) use Dx 8.0 / 9.0 / 9.0b. Many of these games do not support integrated sound that usually comes stock with the computer. Go into device mgr, locate sound cards, diable them play the game w/o sound, if this prevents the game from freezing after a terrible sound, then you need to get a sound card that is compatable with your game AND Dx9.0b, install it and set it up as your default sound in msconfig, also if you have an after mkt sound card already, make sure that your integrated card is disabled any way. Good luck, sure beats holding in the comp start button for a naked shut down and cold boot to "get out" of the screen.

 

[Ted F]

Patch fixes for the sound card and games...Maybe video card too.

 

[Theo Weber]

Latest fixes and patches already installed.

Patch fixes for the sound card and games...Maybe video card too.

 

[Theo Weber]

SB Live Platinum isn't an integrated card and is compatible w the
game as it worked in Win98SE before I upgraded to XP. DX 9.0b
installed. I'll try disabling the card to see if it helps the game.

 

[Diskhead]

I've cross posted this thread since all these items could
potentially be the problem. When I'm playing a game (NHL 2004) or run
Media Player, I get an irritating howl/whine sound, lose control of the
game controller or mouse, and then after 10 seconds, the computer will
lock up. Sometimes it takes a few minutes, sometimes 30, sometimes
everything works w/o problem.

ASUS A7V-E
AMD Duron 1.3 GHz
ATI Radeon 7200 (Catalyst 4.6)
SB Live 5.1 Platinum
WinXp Professional SP1
Media Player 9

I have had that happenh recently in a few games, but not all. Only
commonality I see here is the ATI drivers.

 

[Mostro]

I have an ATI Radeon 9700 and it did the same thing because SMART GART did
not work with my chipset.

 

[patrickp]

I have had that happenh recently in a few games, but not all. Only
commonality I see here is the ATI drivers.

Well, considering the OP is the only person to quote any system
details at all to the point you posted in this thread, Diskhead,
everything he's quoted is the only commonality.

However, I notice the OP has also mentioned an ASUS A7V-E mobo, which
AFAIK has a VIA chipset. Could just as well be the PCI Latency
problem as anything else.

Theo, have you tried George Breese's PCI Latency patch? You can get
it from http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/.

patrickp

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[patrickp]

I have an ATI Radeon 9700 and it did the same thing because SMART GART did
not work with my chipset.

What chipset was that, Mostro? And have you installed the drivers for
that chipset and enabled AGP appropriately in your BIOS?

patrickp

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[Theo Weber]

Installed the patch a few days ago and everything seems to be
working fine now. NHL 2004 is running like it did in Win98 and
MediaPlayer doesn't stall anymore. Amazing what a little 17 kB patch
will do! Guess I was using the wrong terms on the search engine to find
it. Will advise if problems crop up again. Cheers

 

[patrickp]

Installed the patch a few days ago and everything seems to be
working fine now. NHL 2004 is running like it did in Win98 and
MediaPlayer doesn't stall anymore. Amazing what a little 17 kB patch
will do! Guess I was using the wrong terms on the search engine to find
it. Will advise if problems crop up again. Cheers

You're welcome, Theo. It can be a difficult one to troubleshoot if
you don't specifically know about the PCI Latency problem, and it's
obvious if you do - you just look wise (gosh, I do that good!) and say
"aHA! VIA chipset, eh?"

The trouble is that the symptoms are so general: crackling soundcards,
hard drive lockups, DVD crashes - basically, anything that's affected
by data transfers on the PCI bus...

patrickp

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[Mostro]

I have the 8INXP, with Intel 7205 and a 9700 AIW card, and yes, I am always
on the lookout for the latest drivers

 

[Malke]

I have the 8INXP, with Intel 7205 and a 9700 AIW card, and yes, I am
always on the lookout for the latest drivers

Open the computer and run it open, observing all fans carefully. It
sounds like a fan isn't working properly and the computer is
overheating. I'd suspect the video card fan first.

Malke

 

[Tweek]

I've had this problem before with the live 5.1. Try moving it to another PCI
slot. Worked for me.