"Jim Routis" wrote in message
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| Have you tried to reinstall Windows ?

Twas one of the steps what led to this situation... I suspect the WDM
version files are the culprit. Can't get rid of them.

Has anyone ever determined what the 'favorite' slot of this annoying card
is?

| "S.P. Goodman" wrote in
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| AMD Duron 800, 256MB SDRAM, Asus A7VPro w/VIA chipset, Win2000 Pro,
SBLive
| (MP3+, though it's seen as a "value"), two IDE HDs (both on channel 0,
| master/slave), Lite-On LTR-32125W CDRW (channel 1, cable select).
|
| I have recently upgraded the NIC in the system from an old 3C509 Combo
to
| a
| new 3Com 3C590, so to get the obvious benefits of 100Mb/s, and a
four-port
| Firewire card (TI OHCI-compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller).
|
| In the process of upgrading the NIC I encountered "shadow" devices'
| installations left over from previous removals/uninstallations (View
| Hidden
| Devices), which obfuscated the NIC's access to the net. These have been
| uninstalled without trouble, at which point the NIC was fully
functional.
| Before I'd discovered the View Hidden Devices method, though, there was
a
| good amount of card switching slots-wise. End result has everything
| running
| apparently fine - with the exception of crackling, which has returned to
| this PC after four years.
|
| Previous to the Lite-On CDRW the CDRW was a SCSI-based Yamaha 4416s -
the
| Adaptec SCSI card was a pain in the tail to configure AND keep it out of
| the
| way of other devices, but I *did* get it to eventually behave. Mind you
I
| lived in fear and loathing of any hardware changes while the SCSI
element
| was present, and the speed of the new unit was also a joy. So I figured
| with the SCSI card gone it'd be a breeze.
|
| Not so. I've gotten ALL the Creative drivers/programs reinstalled and
| updated, and still problems with the crackling. I find it's worse when
| disk
| access is occurring, and even worse when it's a WAV and not an MP3
| playing.
| For instance I'll be playing an MP3 with no crackling, then start
reading
| the hard drive - and the pops begin. I've updated all the VIA programs,
| AND
| set the latency to everything from 0 to 32, no change.
|
| Suggestions beyond playing musical card slots? Thanks.
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| Stephen Goodman
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