Sound ends up stuttering and popping

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 11:38 pm

Win98
SBLive 5.1 (using WDM drivers)
512MB
XP 2000+
Asus A7V333

Listenting to winamp for a while. i stop playback to watch a flash flick. go back to winamp. i find the sound to pop. kind of sounds like ten pulses a second. just pop pop pop. it also happens in d3. heavy sound load and d3 stutters.

what's goin on?

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:42 am

I've got the SB LIve(not 5.1) on a A7V333 and I've never noticed a poping. I use the Creative drivers, but choose for it to install only the drivers, nothign else. You didn't install the live ware crap did you?

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:59 am

only thing I installed other than drivers was the mixer to control the 5.1 part of the soundcard.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 11:31 am

no one knows?

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 11:34 am

Win 98... I'm guessing system load becomes too heavy and the sound buffer suffers. Win 98 = memory leak heaven, and unline NT-based OS's, the leaks aren't cleaned when the owner process terminates.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:52 pm

This is classic BS Live! behaviour. Try reducing PCI Latency in BIOS. Move card to another PCI slot.

Better yet - remove it - pound with 2lb hammer - install Turtle Beach Santa Cruz!

Arch · Post by **Arch** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 4:08 pm

Mobi, you don't want to reduce the PCI Latency, you want to increase it so the soundcard can hold onto the bus longer. A PCI Latency of 64, or 128 is recommended.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:44 pm

OOPS. OK. What he said!

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:09 pm

Mobi

- *insert foot here*

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:14 pm

Thanks arch. I'll try that.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:23 am

seemed to work so far...

EDIT: or not. still suffers slowdowns under load. bleh.

gonna blow this crap away. *sigh*

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:52 am

BTW
Creative WDM drivers was a big NO NO to put on 98 Machine!

that devloader drove me NUTZ

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 7:06 pm

Mobius, that was an issue with an older VIA chipset to begin with. (KT133A with the 686B southbridge to be exact) When I ran my A7V classic (KT133 chipset, 686A southbridge), my SB Live NEVER clicked, popped, or paused on anything but poorly encoded mp3s done by morons that shouldn't even be using a computer to begin with. I have that same card stuck in a system with a K6-450 on a motherboard with an ALI Alladin V chipset and it works like it did on the A7V, and the K6-2 350 system it was in before that. Next time, do a little research before spouting off BS.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:17 am

Haha I once downloaded an MP3 and heard people signing on and off of AIM. Didn't strike me as odd until I noticed no one was signing on and off AIM.