Audio distortion on ASRock mobo

silentbob17 · Nov 7, 2005, 05:25 PM

I built a computer for my brother about two weeks ago and everything went just fine, but we didn't have speakers during assembly and now he's getting sound distortion when playing music files. The audio is integrated, it's AC'97. He says that it gets all digitally distorted whenever any other process does anything. For example if he plays an mp3 on any music player like WinAmp or WMP, and if he loads like a web browser or lanches other programs, the audio distorts while the other information is being processed. He lives in another city so I can't directly diagnose the problem. I told him to update all the drivers via windows device manager, but he hasn't gone to the manufacturers site yet.

Does this sound like a driver or a hardware problem?

Here's the mobo:

http://www.asrock.com/product/product_p4vm8.htm

**dj_stick** · Nov 8, 2005, 12:14 AM

sounds like a hardware problem to me, not all that much you can do

silentbob17 · Nov 8, 2005, 01:14 AM

Jeesus, is there some things I should try before giving up on it... it would be an AMAZING annoyance to try to return the mobo and rebuild the comp, so would I be ok just to get a cheap sound card if it turns out there is a hardware problem?

compunoob · Nov 8, 2005, 02:21 PM

Have you updated the drivers or at least tried to? Go to the Asrock site and check if the AC97 driver there is newer than the one installed.

g35x · Nov 16, 2005, 01:09 PM

yep go for a cheapo sound card,pain in teh ass replaceing the mobo for crappy onboard

classic_leon · Nov 16, 2005, 01:36 PM

Go for warranty. Changing your mobo is compulsory.

GeneralClaymore · Nov 16, 2005, 03:14 PM

warrenty would be the first thing i do first. if it happens again then i would just get a cheap sound card.

Nov 7, 2005, 05:25 PM	#1
silentbob17 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 159 Rep Power: 0	Audio distortion on ASRock mobo I built a computer for my brother about two weeks ago and everything went just fine, but we didn't have speakers during assembly and now he's getting sound distortion when playing music files. The audio is integrated, it's AC'97. He says that it gets all digitally distorted whenever any other process does anything. For example if he plays an mp3 on any music player like WinAmp or WMP, and if he loads like a web browser or lanches other programs, the audio distorts while the other information is being processed. He lives in another city so I can't directly diagnose the problem. I told him to update all the drivers via windows device manager, but he hasn't gone to the manufacturers site yet. Does this sound like a driver or a hardware problem? Here's the mobo: http://www.asrock.com/product/product_p4vm8.htm __________________ Overclocking: if it's not on fire, it can go higher! MoBo: ASUS M2N-E CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ RAM: 4GB OCZ Platinum XTC REV.2 PC2-6400 CL4-4-4-15 Video: EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800 GTS 320MB Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer 24BIT Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream 600W silentbob17 on xFire Hit-Or-Miss <--- Check this out

Nov 8, 2005, 01:14 AM	Thread Starter #3
silentbob17 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 159 Rep Power: 0	Jeesus, is there some things I should try before giving up on it... it would be an AMAZING annoyance to try to return the mobo and rebuild the comp, so would I be ok just to get a cheap sound card if it turns out there is a hardware problem? __________________ Overclocking: if it's not on fire, it can go higher! MoBo: ASUS M2N-E CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ RAM: 4GB OCZ Platinum XTC REV.2 PC2-6400 CL4-4-4-15 Video: EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800 GTS 320MB Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer 24BIT Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream 600W silentbob17 on xFire Hit-Or-Miss <--- Check this out

Nov 16, 2005, 01:09 PM	#5
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	yep go for a cheapo sound card,pain in teh ass replaceing the mobo for crappy onboard __________________

Nov 16, 2005, 01:36 PM	#6
classic_leon HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wu Han, Hu Bei, P.R.China Posts: 1,238 Rep Power: 0	Go for warranty. Changing your mobo is compulsory. __________________ 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.

Nov 16, 2005, 03:14 PM	#7
GeneralClaymore HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: MI Posts: 434 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	warrenty would be the first thing i do first. if it happens again then i would just get a cheap sound card. __________________ Source: x-fi titanium hd 2x LT1124ACN+ 2x LT1115 > Matrix M-Stage V2 /w 2x LME49710NA> DT880 pro 250ohm

Nov 8, 2005, 02:21 PM	#4
compunoob DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 104 Rep Power: 0	Have you updated the drivers or at least tried to? Go to the Asrock site and check if the AC97 driver there is newer than the one installed.