Massive Distortion/Stuttering

adamk · Jul 29, 2009, 08:02 PM

I recently installed the kx driver (version 5.10.0.3548) on a Vista Business x86 machine (SP2). Unfortunately, all sound is massively distorted:

http://www.npark.com/sblive.ogg

That's the sound when I test the device from the Vista mixer, though I get the same distortion in everything, from itunes to the system sounds.

The card has the following on the chip and on a label:

MODEL: SB0100
EMU10K1-JFF

According to pciconf from FreeBSD (where it is supported and works with the emu10k1 driver) the chip and card IDs:

card=0x80641102
chip=0x00021102
rev=0x0a
hdr=0x00

I've also tried 3538, 3539, and 3541, but I have this problem with all of them. Any thoughts?

adamk · Jul 30, 2009, 12:48 PM

I brought another SB Live! in from home, in case this was specific to that one particular chip, but I get the same distortion with:

card=0x80401102
chip=0x00021102
rev=0x05
hdr=0x00

This card works fine in my home computer with kx driver 3548 (on Vista Ultimate, though not sure of the SP level at the moment, but probably SP2). This problem seems to be related to the machine.

Working machine:

Dual core xeon
2 gigs of RAM
x86 Vista Ultimate Edition

Non-working machine:

Core2 Quad
3 gigs of RAM
x86 Vista Business Edition

I guess the next thing I will do is remove some RAM and see if it works.

EDIT:

That did it. I removed a gig of RAM and now the driver works fine. Any chance of seeing the x86 version of the driver support up to 3 gigs?

Adam

Jul 29, 2009, 08:02 PM	#1
adamk DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Massive Distortion/Stuttering I recently installed the kx driver (version 5.10.0.3548) on a Vista Business x86 machine (SP2). Unfortunately, all sound is massively distorted: http://www.npark.com/sblive.ogg That's the sound when I test the device from the Vista mixer, though I get the same distortion in everything, from itunes to the system sounds. The card has the following on the chip and on a label: MODEL: SB0100 EMU10K1-JFF According to pciconf from FreeBSD (where it is supported and works with the emu10k1 driver) the chip and card IDs: card=0x80641102 chip=0x00021102 rev=0x0a hdr=0x00 I've also tried 3538, 3539, and 3541, but I have this problem with all of them. Any thoughts?

Jul 30, 2009, 12:48 PM	Thread Starter #2
adamk DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: Massive Distortion/Stuttering I brought another SB Live! in from home, in case this was specific to that one particular chip, but I get the same distortion with: card=0x80401102 chip=0x00021102 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00 This card works fine in my home computer with kx driver 3548 (on Vista Ultimate, though not sure of the SP level at the moment, but probably SP2). This problem seems to be related to the machine. Working machine: Dual core xeon 2 gigs of RAM x86 Vista Ultimate Edition Non-working machine: Core2 Quad 3 gigs of RAM x86 Vista Business Edition I guess the next thing I will do is remove some RAM and see if it works. EDIT: That did it. I removed a gig of RAM and now the driver works fine. Any chance of seeing the x86 version of the driver support up to 3 gigs? Adam Last edited by adamk; Jul 30, 2009 at 01:04 PM.