Sound -distortion in Vista64

[Kue2]

Anyone else have problems with sound (breaking up in Vista).The downloading
or any activity on the internet seems to effect my sound.

Comments

Suggestions on possible fixes?

 

[Guest]

Kue2:
There's a huge range of root causes for your problem.
Hardware:
- Is it up to the task, i.e., does it have enough muscle for multitasking?
- What is your sound device?
Software:
- Try lowering down the priority of Internet Explorer (bring up task
manager, right click on the iexplore.exe process and lower down its priority)
- Lates drivers for your sound device?
- Does it happen with any player? Have you tried the lightweight Media
Player Classic instead of resource hog WMP?

Carlos

 

[David]

Anyone else have problems with sound (breaking up in Vista).The
downloading or any activity on the internet seems to effect my sound.

Comments

Suggestions on possible fixes?

try new sound card drivers, if avail., I had trouble with my Toshiba
laptop's sound not long ago and I had tried 3 sound drivers from
Realtek. None of them worked correctly and I was about to give up,
wondering if the issue was my hardware. Then Realtek issued yet another
driver revision and lo and behold, music sounds awesome now. I have the
model with the harmon kardon branded speakers, so I'm eager for the
system to output decent sound. This laptop is the best sounding one
I've heard to date. My wife's Gateway laptop's sound is so tinny,
sharp, and piercing, that I dunno if either of us would ever notice if
the software was working correctly or not.

Dave

 

[Kue2]

Hi Carlos
Asus On board sound AC 97 Via chipset-vt8237. Using drivers installed from
Microsoft
I cannot find updated drivers for the on-board sound. I use Nero
player.Downloaded Media player classic will try it.

 

[Kue2]

Still skips playing mp3 using MCP 64 bit

Hi Carlos
Asus On board sound AC 97 Via chipset-vt8237. Using drivers installed from
Microsoft
I cannot find updated drivers for the on-board sound. I use Nero
player.Downloaded Media player classic will try it.

 

[Guest]

Kue2:
Please provide the exact ASUS motherboard motherboard number.
If it is an AC97 sound chipset it might be a Realtek one with drivers here:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=23&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
But then again, it will depend on your exact mobo.
Try to find as much info as you can of your audio chipset.
Carlos

 

[Kue2]

Asus K8V Se Deluxe audio chipset Via chipset-vt 8237

 

[Guest]

Kue2:
And that would be "SoundMAX AD1980/AD1888" audio.
Those drivers are hard to find because ADI doesn't post them in their site
but rather recommends addressing the mobo manufacturer.
Can't help you any further, sorry.
Carlos

 

[Guest]

Kue2:
I think Charlie had an ASUS A8V mobo but don't know whether he installed
Vista x64 onto it and, consequently, was or was not successful with the audio
issue.
Carlos