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Crackling sounds - weird!
hey,
I'm experiencing weird crackling and static-ish noises with some games. Most popular games like Quake III, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2, FIFA 2003 etc sound okay, as do MP3s and general Windows sound events. But a few games, Pacific Warriors 2, V-Rally 3 (the demo), etc are giving me grief. I've also managed to replicate the crackling sound within the Windows environment -- Open up Wordpad and keep the CTRL-END keys pressed together (for 5-10 secs), this will result in a recurring ding noise, but in my case, the ding sound doesn't complete playback before the next ding starts, sounds like didididididing (instead of ding...ding...ding...ding). And while the 'driiiiiiing' noise occurs, I can distinctly hear the crackling noise through my speakers. I would guess, the explosions and other sound effects in Pacific Warriors 2 (an action/arcade flight sim) are overlapping and causing the crackling. What's even weirder is that if i playback an MP3 file in Windows Media Player and repeat the Wordpad/CRTL-END exercise, i get the driiiiiiiiing sound BUT without any static (i've tried keeping an MP3 running in the background while playing Pacific Warriors 2, but that doesnt help, I'm guessing games access the soundcard differently) My Config: WinXP, XP 2400+, KT400, 512MB RAM, Radeon 9600 Pro, Sound Blaster Live! Value best, vin ps: I've tried fidding with the PCI Latency timer (currently at 32) and even switching off Creative Labs\Sound Blaster Turbo setting in the registry, but no luck |
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Vin wrote:
hey, I'm experiencing weird crackling and static-ish noises with some games. Most popular games like Quake III, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2, FIFA 2003 etc sound okay, as do MP3s and general Windows sound events. But a few games, Pacific Warriors 2, V-Rally 3 (the demo), etc are giving me grief. I've also managed to replicate the crackling sound within the Windows environment -- Open up Wordpad and keep the CTRL-END keys pressed together (for 5-10 secs), this will result in a recurring ding noise, but in my case, the ding sound doesn't complete playback before the next ding starts, sounds like didididididing (instead of ding...ding...ding...ding). And while the 'driiiiiiing' noise occurs, I can distinctly hear the crackling noise through my speakers. I would guess, the explosions and other sound effects in Pacific Warriors 2 (an action/arcade flight sim) are overlapping and causing the crackling. What's even weirder is that if i playback an MP3 file in Windows Media Player and repeat the Wordpad/CRTL-END exercise, i get the driiiiiiiiing sound BUT without any static (i've tried keeping an MP3 running in the background while playing Pacific Warriors 2, but that doesnt help, I'm guessing games access the soundcard differently) My Config: WinXP, XP 2400+, KT400, 512MB RAM, Radeon 9600 Pro, Sound Blaster Live! Value best, vin ps: I've tried fidding with the PCI Latency timer (currently at 32) and even switching off Creative Labs\Sound Blaster Turbo setting in the registry, but no luck A couple things that I would try: - Run msconfig to disable all startup programs, reboot, and check if the problem continues or goes away. - Run Ad-Aware and/or Spybot to see if you have any covert keyloggers installed. - You mention a bunch of specs on your system but omit the most important information: the keyboard you are using since that is the device you are complaining about. If it is a non-standard keyboard (multimedia, web functions, programmable, cordless, etc.) then make sure you install the latest driver from the keyboard maker. If it is a cordless keyboard, press the reset button on the receiver and then press the reset button on the keyboard. - Use the Keyboard applet in Control Panel to check your repeat rate and also your delay before repeat. There might be other settings depending on your unnamed keyboard. -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ |
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"*Vanguard*" wrote in message news:hILvb.204122$mZ5.1524508@attbi_s54... Vin wrote: hey, I'm experiencing weird crackling and static-ish noises with some games. Most popular games like Quake III, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2, FIFA 2003 etc sound okay, as do MP3s and general Windows sound events. But a few games, Pacific Warriors 2, V-Rally 3 (the demo), etc are giving me grief. I've also managed to replicate the crackling sound within the Windows environment -- Open up Wordpad and keep the CTRL-END keys pressed together (for 5-10 secs), this will result in a recurring ding noise, but in my case, the ding sound doesn't complete playback before the next ding starts, sounds like didididididing (instead of ding...ding...ding...ding). And while the 'driiiiiiing' noise occurs, I can distinctly hear the crackling noise through my speakers. I would guess, the explosions and other sound effects in Pacific Warriors 2 (an action/arcade flight sim) are overlapping and causing the crackling. What's even weirder is that if i playback an MP3 file in Windows Media Player and repeat the Wordpad/CRTL-END exercise, i get the driiiiiiiiing sound BUT without any static (i've tried keeping an MP3 running in the background while playing Pacific Warriors 2, but that doesnt help, I'm guessing games access the soundcard differently) My Config: WinXP, XP 2400+, KT400, 512MB RAM, Radeon 9600 Pro, Sound Blaster Live! Value best, vin ps: I've tried fidding with the PCI Latency timer (currently at 32) and even switching off Creative Labs\Sound Blaster Turbo setting in the registry, but no luck A couple things that I would try: - Run msconfig to disable all startup programs, reboot, and check if the problem continues or goes away. - Run Ad-Aware and/or Spybot to see if you have any covert keyloggers installed. - You mention a bunch of specs on your system but omit the most important information: the keyboard you are using since that is the device you are complaining about. If it is a non-standard keyboard (multimedia, web functions, programmable, cordless, etc.) then make sure you install the latest driver from the keyboard maker. If it is a cordless keyboard, press the reset button on the receiver and then press the reset button on the keyboard. - Use the Keyboard applet in Control Panel to check your repeat rate and also your delay before repeat. There might be other settings depending on your unnamed keyboard. -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ John Brown Also you might try reducing your sound device acceleration to the minimum and see if that helps. When I play Star Trek Armada that is what I have to do or I get static and shortened soud effects. |
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"Vin" wrote in message ... hey, I'm experiencing weird crackling and static-ish noises with some games. Most popular games like Quake III, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2, FIFA 2003 etc sound okay, as do MP3s and general Windows sound events. But a few games, Pacific Warriors 2, V-Rally 3 (the demo), etc are giving me grief. I've also managed to replicate the crackling sound within the Windows environment -- Open up Wordpad and keep the CTRL-END keys pressed together (for 5-10 secs), this will result in a recurring ding noise, but in my case, the ding sound doesn't complete playback before the next ding starts, sounds like didididididing (instead of ding...ding...ding...ding). And while the 'driiiiiiing' noise occurs, I can distinctly hear the crackling noise through my speakers. Soundcard... Creative makes a poor soundcard, then their drivers just make it worse. This paired with a VIA chipset really emphasizes this. Not sure who is worse though - Creative or VIA. The only thing I can think of is to try the soundcard in a different slot, or try removing the card and using the onboard sound (if you have it.) IF you are using the digital out on the soundcard (yellow jack), the plug/jack may be faulty. I had this happen to me. Using analog was fine, but the digital jack had issues. |
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