I really need help!!! I have done everything but nothing works :(

~~Timsh~~ · Feb 12, 2006, 09:25 PM

I have popping/cracking problems in all my games.. It cracks and pops when there is a loud pitch kind of sound

Example.. in bf2
If artillery fires near me or if I fire inside the apc i hear pops/clicks

I have a xfi fatalt1y card but my old audigy2 when i reinstalled it did the same but could be stopped or limited with new drivers and lower treble to 35.. So it makes me think that there is something wrong with my computer..

I have done everything I could think of to try to stop the popping but nothing works

replaced mother board
replaced xfi with new Rev B
updated drivers
tweaked bios
reformated
different pci slots
tried all different settings
pci tool
lowered hardware accleration
etc

Whats wrong????? Only thing I changed inside my computer was a new graphics card x1900xtx. I only have a 460wat psu but everything runs fine.. Only other thing I can think of is there isnt enough power to the sound card? How can i tell? How much power does it need?

Why lower treble help? I never had to learn about sound cards until now and I never
bought a 300 sound card and have sound problems

.. Anyone else have issues or had issues and fixed it some how??

If anyone can help me I would REALLY appreciate it.. problem has been like this when the xfi first came out

heres a topic on it.. but i still dont think its the xfi itself beacuse it happens with the audigy just i can limit/stop it

http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=31426

I have cheap speakers but i never had problems with them before.. I also get the same pops in headphones..

savak · Feb 13, 2006, 07:15 AM

I'm not sure it's gonna help but try this. In the device manager go to sound video and game controllers ---> audio codec ---> properties --- > windows media audio codec ---> set it to priority 1

~~Timsh~~ · Feb 13, 2006, 09:12 AM

no didnt help.. but thanks anyways

I know this is a common problem beacuse its all over the web.. has to be some way to fix this??

**temeteus82** · Feb 13, 2006, 09:36 AM

Just asking, I had problems BF2 and xfi, when i reinstalled windows xp all problems were solved ...

~~Timsh~~ · Feb 13, 2006, 08:17 PM

already reinstalled 3 or 6 times

No_Style · Feb 14, 2006, 01:06 AM

What motherboard do you have? A full list of specifications would be nice.

Snickers · Feb 14, 2006, 01:26 AM

Installed chipset drivers?

If you can't solve it you're going to have to return it or something. Pay $300 for a sound card that pops is not something Creative should be making money over.

~~Timsh~~ · Feb 14, 2006, 03:21 AM

mother board is just a intel mother board.. 925x is the chipset

my computer is just a x1900xtx and a intel cpu p4 with ddr2 ram 2 gs/ power is 460wat everyone told me its fine and thats about it

Robert McClelland · Feb 14, 2006, 04:22 AM

Did you check for bios updated for that mother board?

e v o · Feb 14, 2006, 05:06 AM

is the pci tool, the pci latency tool?

edit: are you using scsi drives?

Check what revision you have. I think that revision D or later has fixed this problem (i think they have heatsinks). Nvidia says if you send it back, they'll flash it with different firmware. A pain i know.

~~Timsh~~ · Feb 14, 2006, 05:19 AM

yup

and bios is updated

Feb 12, 2006, 09:25 PM	#1
~~Timsh~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 107 Rep Power: 0	I really need help!!! I have done everything but nothing works :( I have popping/cracking problems in all my games.. It cracks and pops when there is a loud pitch kind of sound Example.. in bf2 If artillery fires near me or if I fire inside the apc i hear pops/clicks I have a xfi fatalt1y card but my old audigy2 when i reinstalled it did the same but could be stopped or limited with new drivers and lower treble to 35.. So it makes me think that there is something wrong with my computer.. I have done everything I could think of to try to stop the popping but nothing works replaced mother board replaced xfi with new Rev B updated drivers tweaked bios reformated different pci slots tried all different settings pci tool lowered hardware accleration etc Whats wrong????? Only thing I changed inside my computer was a new graphics card x1900xtx. I only have a 460wat psu but everything runs fine.. Only other thing I can think of is there isnt enough power to the sound card? How can i tell? How much power does it need? Why lower treble help? I never had to learn about sound cards until now and I never bought a 300 sound card and have sound problems .. Anyone else have issues or had issues and fixed it some how?? If anyone can help me I would REALLY appreciate it.. problem has been like this when the xfi first came out heres a topic on it.. but i still dont think its the xfi itself beacuse it happens with the audigy just i can limit/stop it http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=31426 I have cheap speakers but i never had problems with them before.. I also get the same pops in headphones..

Feb 14, 2006, 01:06 AM	#6
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Feb 14, 2006, 01:26 AM	#7
Snickers DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 0	Installed chipset drivers? If you can't solve it you're going to have to return it or something. Pay $300 for a sound card that pops is not something Creative should be making money over. __________________ AMD Athlon 3400+ @ 2.4 GHz 200 MHz FSB 2x512mb Kingston PC4000 DDR500 HyperX + 1x512mb Kingston PC3200 DDR400 ValueRAM (yes stable) nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 370/1000 MHz ASUS K8V-X Motherboard VIA K8T800 chipset Antec 400W PSU Audigy2 ZS Windows XP Professional

Feb 14, 2006, 04:22 AM	#9
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Feb 14, 2006, 05:06 AM	#10
e v o HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	is the pci tool, the pci latency tool? edit: are you using scsi drives? Check what revision you have. I think that revision D or later has fixed this problem (i think they have heatsinks). Nvidia says if you send it back, they'll flash it with different firmware. A pain i know. __________________ Last edited by e v o; Feb 14, 2006 at 05:22 AM.

Feb 13, 2006, 07:15 AM	#2
savak HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 88 Rep Power: 0	I'm not sure it's gonna help but try this. In the device manager go to sound video and game controllers ---> audio codec ---> properties --- > windows media audio codec ---> set it to priority 1

Feb 13, 2006, 09:12 AM	Thread Starter #3
~~Timsh~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 107 Rep Power: 0	no didnt help.. but thanks anyways I know this is a common problem beacuse its all over the web.. has to be some way to fix this??

Feb 13, 2006, 08:17 PM	Thread Starter #5
~~Timsh~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 107 Rep Power: 0	already reinstalled 3 or 6 times

Feb 14, 2006, 03:21 AM	Thread Starter #8
~~Timsh~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 107 Rep Power: 0	mother board is just a intel mother board.. 925x is the chipset my computer is just a x1900xtx and a intel cpu p4 with ddr2 ram 2 gs/ power is 460wat everyone told me its fine and thats about it

Feb 14, 2006, 05:19 AM	Thread Starter #11
~~Timsh~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 107 Rep Power: 0	yup and bios is updated