Major Audio Problems!!!

Drakon · Mar 7, 2005, 07:06 PM

OK guys, I think my beautiful Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS card is gone

Late yesterday afternoon after i booted up the sound was really low for some reason. So i checked the Master Volume & Wave sliders in the control panel for the drivers. Everything was fine, so i checked winamp to see if the volume was low and it was 100%. I then shutdown and took it out the pci slot and then put it back in. Booted windows back up and then the sound was back to normal levels. I was then moving my case back in place and i touched the back of the card and the sound went back to being really low, so i took it out and placed it back again.

Everything was fine last nite. Then this morning i booted up and started playing Rammstein really loud and a few mins into the 1st song, the sound dropped backed really low. I tried reinstalling the drivers. I tried using my Discman to see if it was the speakers, but they worked fine. Even tried my mom's speakers and i was getting low sound with those. What's weird is the line out connector for the front speakers gives really low sound (hardly audible), but the rear connector gives a little louder sound than the front, but it's full of static.

So what do you guys think? Is it the card? Should i go ahead and RMA it?

So now i'm using my onboard sound and does it suck!!!

**dj_stick** · Mar 7, 2005, 07:39 PM

does the card look damaged in any way?
are there any capacitors that have broken leads, that just touch the contact points on the card?

Drakon · Mar 7, 2005, 08:49 PM

nope. the card looks fine. nothing seems to be broken

**dj_stick** · Mar 8, 2005, 03:28 AM

have you had the chance to test the card in another machine?

Drakon · Mar 8, 2005, 04:38 AM

I was thinking of trying it out in my old rig on Wed nite when i return from school.

Drakon · Mar 14, 2005, 02:25 AM

Well the audigy2 is in my old rig and it seems to be working fine... at least for now. Dunno why it was acting up in my other rig. I hope the pci slot isn't defective

Mar 7, 2005, 07:06 PM	#1
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	Major Audio Problems!!! OK guys, I think my beautiful Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS card is gone Late yesterday afternoon after i booted up the sound was really low for some reason. So i checked the Master Volume & Wave sliders in the control panel for the drivers. Everything was fine, so i checked winamp to see if the volume was low and it was 100%. I then shutdown and took it out the pci slot and then put it back in. Booted windows back up and then the sound was back to normal levels. I was then moving my case back in place and i touched the back of the card and the sound went back to being really low, so i took it out and placed it back again. Everything was fine last nite. Then this morning i booted up and started playing Rammstein really loud and a few mins into the 1st song, the sound dropped backed really low. I tried reinstalling the drivers. I tried using my Discman to see if it was the speakers, but they worked fine. Even tried my mom's speakers and i was getting low sound with those. What's weird is the line out connector for the front speakers gives really low sound (hardly audible), but the rear connector gives a little louder sound than the front, but it's full of static. So what do you guys think? Is it the card? Should i go ahead and RMA it? So now i'm using my onboard sound and does it suck!!! Last edited by Drakon; Mar 7, 2005 at 07:27 PM.

Mar 7, 2005, 08:49 PM	Thread Starter #3
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	nope. the card looks fine. nothing seems to be broken

Mar 8, 2005, 04:38 AM	Thread Starter #5
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	I was thinking of trying it out in my old rig on Wed nite when i return from school.

Mar 14, 2005, 02:25 AM	Thread Starter #6
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	Well the audigy2 is in my old rig and it seems to be working fine... at least for now. Dunno why it was acting up in my other rig. I hope the pci slot isn't defective