Warble when I start up and with other sounds

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nickravo

I get a nasty warble at the beginning of all sounds, Windows start up,
cds, music downloads, whatever. Any thoughts on cause and repair?
 
nickravo said:
I get a nasty warble at the beginning of all sounds, Windows start up,
cds, music downloads, whatever. Any thoughts on cause and repair?
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You haven't given us any information about your computer, so it is
impossible to give you a specific answer. Please go here for help in
crafting a good newsgroup post:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


In the meantime, things to answer/try:

1. Did the sound ever work properly? If so, what changed between the
time things worked and the time they didn't?

2. Do you have a beefy enough power supply to handle all the devices you
may have in your computer?

3. Is the sound device old?

a. Try updating its drivers - get them from the device mftr.'s
website, the motherboard mftr.'s website if onboard, or the OEM's
website for your specific model machine if you have an OEM computer
(Dell, Sony, HP, etc.).

b. Swap out the old soundcard for a known-working one. If you have
onboard sound, disable it in the BIOS and put in an inexpensive PCI
card soundcard instead.

4. Are the speakers connected properly? Are they old? Does the problem
happen with a different set of speakers?

All troubleshooting should be done systematically, making only one
change at a time, keeping notes, and testing after each change.

Malke
 
Thanks. Sorrt for the dearth of information. The only thing that has
changed is I was playing around deleteing some audio files in Windows
Media player. Could I have done something there? I thought I only
killed music files. It did work after I got it out of the box a few
weeks ago. Dell. Speakers seem fine.
 
nickravo said:
Thanks. Sorrt for the dearth of information. The only thing that has
changed is I was playing around deleteing some audio files in Windows
Media player. Could I have done something there? I thought I only
killed music files. It did work after I got it out of the box a few
weeks ago. Dell. Speakers seem fine.
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Then try this:

1. First do a System Restore to before you messed around. If that fixes
things, stop there.

2. If that doesn't fix things, uninstall your soundcard drivers and
reinstall them.

Malke
 
nickravo said:
Will others things get changed if I use this function? and how do I do
it?
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What function? System Restore? Here is MVP Bert Kinney's website with
tons of information about System Restore:

http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html

Spend some time reading there so you will know what to expect and how to
do a System Restore.

If you are uncertain, consider taking the machine to a professional
computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigStoreUSA) and
have them put it right for you. Next time you want to "delete some
files", set a System Restore point first.

Malke
 
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