is my LIVE card dying?

Geminiwave · Oct 21, 2004, 01:03 AM

alright I have a LIVE! 5.1 card that is fairly new. I got it around May or so and there have been problems from day one...You see in Halo the sound crackles alot with hardware acceleration(and lots of other shit in halo goes wrong). Now I've tried many different fixes including patches, different drivers, registry hacks, etc etc etc etc etc. LOOOOOTS of stuff.

Heres the trouble...

this didnt bother me so much because I just turn hardware acceleration off and things are good.

Games that use EAX 2 run GREAT but anything with EAX is slightly sketch but in Halo its AWEFUL! CS its getting worse and worse by the day. Now when EAX is on and im playing for 30 min or so, the left and right channels go out of sync. So someone will go "Storm the front!" 1 sec gap. Right speaker "Storm the front!"

it sucks

Again though, I felt like i could just turn EAX off and things were good.

This was the last straw...

Now my MP3s and MP4s are making sounds like when you stretch tapes or scratch records while playing music. this is UNACCEPTABLE! I love my music and I cant stand having it sound so bad now.

So tell me...is my card dying?

classic_leon · Oct 21, 2004, 12:43 PM

If you turn off EAX while playing music as well as before, your card survives.

Geminiwave · Oct 21, 2004, 03:18 PM

actually i figured out why it was doing so badly this time. A fan fell off and was scraping up the back of the card. I took the fan off and things seem to be great now. I see no scratches or anything.

unfortunatly I still have problems with EAX in games.

btw turning EAX off with music makes no difference.

ROBSCIX · Oct 22, 2004, 03:47 AM

I installed creative drivers to test EAX in a game an I had issues with "skipping" that weird digital dragging sound...turned out to be an ACPI issue...changing the driver cleared it right up....other than that I use KX

classic_leon · Oct 22, 2004, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geminiwave

actually i figured out why it was doing so badly this time. A fan fell off and was scraping up the back of the card. I took the fan off and things seem to be great now. I see no scratches or anything.

unfortunatly I still have problems with EAX in games.

btw turning EAX off with music makes no difference.

Have you run "Creative Diagnosis"(installed Cracked Audigy ZS Pack or YouP LIVE-NewYear)? Did it show "no problem"?

classic_leon · Oct 22, 2004, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROBSCIX

I installed creative drivers to test EAX in a game an I had issues with "skipping" that weird digital dragging sound...turned out to be an ACPI issue...changing the driver cleared it right up....other than that I use KX

EAX really exists have the serious problem. But that maybe won't come out after you install them on "pure" Windows.

Geminiwave · Oct 22, 2004, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classic_leon

Have you run "Creative Diagnosis"(installed Cracked Audigy ZS Pack or YouP LIVE-NewYear)? Did it show "no problem"?

I cant install the ZS pack. IT wont let me. It keeps saying that I dont have any creative product. Its a problem that alot of LIVE 5.1 users are having appearently

**dj_stick** · Oct 22, 2004, 11:07 PM

do you have a sb022x series card? that could be why, as they are the newer live models… as for the fan right next to the card that would cause heaps of problems, RFI from fans is huge

Geminiwave · Oct 22, 2004, 11:34 PM

right thats why I moved it. Unfortunatly its still close. Anyway it was doing the sound distortion long before I had it up next to the fan. the BIG problems were just when the fan fell off and was running on top of the soundcard

pretty bad I gotta say.

and yea I think its the sb022x. My live card is VERY new. got it in the spring.

**dj_stick** · Oct 22, 2004, 11:38 PM

try using drivercleaner after uninstalling the CL drivers and software, and then doing a fresh install of the original drivers

Geminiwave · Oct 23, 2004, 02:40 AM

in that order? run DC and THEN uninstall??

**dj_stick** · Oct 23, 2004, 02:47 AM

actually try uninstalling first, then use drivercleaner

Oct 21, 2004, 01:03 AM	#1
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 63	is my LIVE card dying? alright I have a LIVE! 5.1 card that is fairly new. I got it around May or so and there have been problems from day one...You see in Halo the sound crackles alot with hardware acceleration(and lots of other shit in halo goes wrong). Now I've tried many different fixes including patches, different drivers, registry hacks, etc etc etc etc etc. LOOOOOTS of stuff. Heres the trouble... this didnt bother me so much because I just turn hardware acceleration off and things are good. Games that use EAX 2 run GREAT but anything with EAX is slightly sketch but in Halo its AWEFUL! CS its getting worse and worse by the day. Now when EAX is on and im playing for 30 min or so, the left and right channels go out of sync. So someone will go "Storm the front!" 1 sec gap. Right speaker "Storm the front!" it sucks Again though, I felt like i could just turn EAX off and things were good. This was the last straw... Now my MP3s and MP4s are making sounds like when you stretch tapes or scratch records while playing music. this is UNACCEPTABLE! I love my music and I cant stand having it sound so bad now. So tell me...is my card dying? __________________

Oct 21, 2004, 12:43 PM	#2
classic_leon HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wu Han, Hu Bei, P.R.China Posts: 1,238 Rep Power: 0	If you turn off EAX while playing music as well as before, your card survives. __________________ Fashion keeps us alive. YouP-PAX Please visit http://www.A-PAX.co.uk to discuss the computer mods. The latest YouP PAX modded drivers are provided on the site.

Oct 21, 2004, 03:18 PM	Thread Starter #3
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 63	actually i figured out why it was doing so badly this time. A fan fell off and was scraping up the back of the card. I took the fan off and things seem to be great now. I see no scratches or anything. unfortunatly I still have problems with EAX in games. btw turning EAX off with music makes no difference. __________________

Oct 22, 2004, 11:34 PM	Thread Starter #9
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 63	right thats why I moved it. Unfortunatly its still close. Anyway it was doing the sound distortion long before I had it up next to the fan. the BIG problems were just when the fan fell off and was running on top of the soundcard pretty bad I gotta say. and yea I think its the sb022x. My live card is VERY new. got it in the spring. __________________

Oct 23, 2004, 02:40 AM	Thread Starter #11
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 63	in that order? run DC and THEN uninstall?? __________________

Oct 22, 2004, 03:47 AM	#4
ROBSCIX DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,732 Rep Power: 0	I installed creative drivers to test EAX in a game an I had issues with "skipping" that weird digital dragging sound...turned out to be an ACPI issue...changing the driver cleared it right up....other than that I use KX