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Bob
Thought I'd try the General category as music isn't where
my sound problems are located. Hopefully someone can help
me.
Problem:
Scratchy Garbled sound.
When it DOESN'T happen:
Playing music, playing sound-bytes, etc. WinAmp/WMP9 work
fine.
When it DOES happen:
Interfacing sounds such as AOL Logon/Logoff, Logon/Logoff
of Windows, Gaming sounds(Magic Casting/Creature Sounds
in Asheron's Call.)
Why its NOT the soundcard:
I get the problem when I hook my headphones and speakers
into the AC'97 Onboard Sound
Why its NOT the Speakers or Headphones:
They work on my mom's PC, and my CD Player perfectly.
Why I know its NOT just those .wav files:
I can play them in Windows Media Player 9 and they play
flawlessly.
When this surfaced:
When I installed WinXP.(all sound worked fine in Win98)
What I have done:
Two Fresh Installs (after reformat) of WinXP.
One Fresh Install of WinXP SP2Beta.
One Update from Win98SE to XP.
One Update from Win2k Pro to XP.
Updated ALL drivers for EVERY device.
EVERY Security Update.
NEWEST DX9.
Muted Line-In.
Muted CD(could hear the cd-rom processing CD's in my
headphones.)
Moved my soundcard to new PC Slot furthest away from AGP
drive.
Made sure my AGP was at fullest setting.
Made sure all IDE devices were set to DMA When Available.
Made sure all power saving options that COULD be shut off
ARE shut off.
Made sure all Ports (printer/gaming/usb/etc) that are Not
in use are NOT turned on.
Made sure Processor wasn't oc'd(kinda hard to forget if
it was)
Made sure all hardware connections are secure.
Disabled any programs/services not needed to run WinXP
(windows messenger)
Double-Checked my memory to make sure it was securely in-
slot.
my sound problems are located. Hopefully someone can help
me.
Problem:
Scratchy Garbled sound.
When it DOESN'T happen:
Playing music, playing sound-bytes, etc. WinAmp/WMP9 work
fine.
When it DOES happen:
Interfacing sounds such as AOL Logon/Logoff, Logon/Logoff
of Windows, Gaming sounds(Magic Casting/Creature Sounds
in Asheron's Call.)
Why its NOT the soundcard:
I get the problem when I hook my headphones and speakers
into the AC'97 Onboard Sound
Why its NOT the Speakers or Headphones:
They work on my mom's PC, and my CD Player perfectly.
Why I know its NOT just those .wav files:
I can play them in Windows Media Player 9 and they play
flawlessly.
When this surfaced:
When I installed WinXP.(all sound worked fine in Win98)
What I have done:
Two Fresh Installs (after reformat) of WinXP.
One Fresh Install of WinXP SP2Beta.
One Update from Win98SE to XP.
One Update from Win2k Pro to XP.
Updated ALL drivers for EVERY device.
EVERY Security Update.
NEWEST DX9.
Muted Line-In.
Muted CD(could hear the cd-rom processing CD's in my
headphones.)
Moved my soundcard to new PC Slot furthest away from AGP
drive.
Made sure my AGP was at fullest setting.
Made sure all IDE devices were set to DMA When Available.
Made sure all power saving options that COULD be shut off
ARE shut off.
Made sure all Ports (printer/gaming/usb/etc) that are Not
in use are NOT turned on.
Made sure Processor wasn't oc'd(kinda hard to forget if
it was)
Made sure all hardware connections are secure.
Disabled any programs/services not needed to run WinXP
(windows messenger)
Double-Checked my memory to make sure it was securely in-
slot.