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I am having serious problems with sound. XP is final 2600. When HDD is runnind sound is getting slow and distorted. This happens in windows (even first greeting sound is corrupted) and running winamp. I tried to adjust slider for priority in Winamp but it doesnt work. Task manager says winamp is set to realtime priority. I am running last winamp version (3.72). In games I didnot notice that happens(possibly because I have 512 MB RAM). I tried last W2k drivers for SB128 but corruption remains. Before I had W98SE and everything was fine. Any ideas how to fix this really annoying problem? Thanx
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I have a similar problem with my SB 128 in win 98SE. The sound gets destorted when i minimise or maximise windows or when i open a long tool bar you can hear a litle sqeak, however it doesnt happen just after retstart as you described , for me this problem appears after few hours of intencive computer usage and music palyning.
I can't precisely put a finger on what is cousing this problem but i think it is something to do with pc resources, because i didnt have that problem when my hardrive was almost emty with windows and few applications.Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe (nForce2)>>AMD 2500+@ 3200+ (Barton)>>1.5 GB Ram (PC400)>>Leadtek GF 6800 12x6(385/850)>>Western Digital 120GB (WD1200JB) & Fujitsu 20Gb(MPF3204AT)>>Cambridge Audio azur 540A>>Razer Viper(Mouse)>>V7 V7S20PD 20.1 TFT Monitor>>NEC 3510A>>Lite-ON (40x10)>>Cherry CyMotion>>CanoScan N670U>>Epson Stylus Color 760>>Windows XP (SP2)
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Nope, I just cleaned te HDD, having 6 GB free of 11.5 HDD...
Before I had w98se with almost full HDD and everything was okComment
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No problems here with SB 128 on W2k SP2. Did you use the standard drivers, that come with the OS ? They seem to work better in W2k / XP than aynthing else.
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Celeron II 700 @ 1,1 GHz
ASUS CUSL2-C, Bios 1009 final
Alpha 6035MFC, 60 -> 80mm adapter
2 x 80mm Papst Cooler 19/12dB
256 MB PC133 Crucial 7E (CAS2)
Maxtor Diamond MAX VL40
ATI Radeon 8500 64MB @ Catalyst 3.0
Hauppauge WinTV TV-Card
Iiyama Vision Master Pro 400
Plustek Optic Pro U12B
HP Deskjet 959C
Plantronics LS1 Headset
all on W2k Professional SP2
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I tried both standard and last drivers for w2k. I have no conflicts. I have no idea what to do. Maybe I should swap card into another PCI slot.Comment
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What chipset are you running? They're are problems with via chipsets and creative soundcards.Comment
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I am using P2B with BX chipset... I tried to swap slots. Nothing happened.Comment
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Did you disable ACPI ? SoundBlasters need the ACPI function !
MK<font size="1">
Celeron II 700 @ 1,1 GHz
ASUS CUSL2-C, Bios 1009 final
Alpha 6035MFC, 60 -> 80mm adapter
2 x 80mm Papst Cooler 19/12dB
256 MB PC133 Crucial 7E (CAS2)
Maxtor Diamond MAX VL40
ATI Radeon 8500 64MB @ Catalyst 3.0
Hauppauge WinTV TV-Card
Iiyama Vision Master Pro 400
Plustek Optic Pro U12B
HP Deskjet 959C
Plantronics LS1 Headset
all on W2k Professional SP2
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What is ACPI? I have not disable anything. I will try with AWE64 just to eliminate power supplay. Maybe power supplay gives bad current to card? I will post results.Comment
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ACPI means "Advanced Configuration Power Interface" and was developped by Microsoft. It is mainly a more sophisticated version of the APM "Advanced Power Management" (look in the upper right corner of your initial boot screen).
Now, if your bios version is from December 1999 or newer, Win2k will install ACPI automatically. Is your bios version older, the OS uses the normal APM functions for power saving.
Check in the properties section od W2k, if you have installed a "Standard PC" (= w/o ACPI) or if the ACPI function is enabled. If not, you might run into problems because I read somewhere, that the SoundBlaster series need the ACPI to work properly on todays operating systems.
Are there any experts out there who can confirm that ?
MK
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Celeron II 700 @ 1,1 GHz
ASUS CUSL2-C, Bios 1009 final
Alpha 6035MFC, 60 -> 80mm adapter
2 x 80mm Papst Cooler 19/12dB
256 MB PC133 Crucial 7E (CAS2)
Maxtor Diamond MAX VL40
ATI Radeon 8500 64MB @ Catalyst 3.0
Hauppauge WinTV TV-Card
Iiyama Vision Master Pro 400
Plustek Optic Pro U12B
HP Deskjet 959C
Plantronics LS1 Headset
all on W2k Professional SP2
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Problem solved. It was bios related. Stupid PCI latency timer was set to 0 instead of 32 or more. Thanks you all for help.Comment
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