Sound problems

[Zanatio]

I recently upgraded my motherboard and processor to a Celeron 2.4GhZ (the motherboard is an Asus P4S533-MX) and moved my hard drives, CD-ROMs and GeForce 2 from my old system to this one. The motehrboard came with onboard sound and video cards, but I'm using my GeForce and would've used my SoundBlaster AWE 32 card had there been a slot for it! So I'm forced to use the onboard sound card. At first I couldn't get the sound to work, because of a BIOS problem apparently, so I reset my BIOS settings to default which fixed the problem. Then I was having Direct3D errors, and despite having installed DirectX9 and the latest drviers for my GeForce, the problem persisted. So I managed to find a set of drivers from the Asus website that fixed the problem (althougn I'm still not sure exactly what they were for or what they did.) Now I have a new problem, one that actually started before I fixed the Direct3D problem: my MP3s and some in-game sounds in several of my games are jumping and hissing, kinda like a CD played at double speed. I tried installing what I thought were the latest drivers for the sound card but that didn't work, so now I'm not sure what to do. Anyone have any advice?

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[Cool Matty]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Zanatio:
I recently upgraded my motherboard and processor to a Celeron 2.4GhZ (the motherboard is an Asus P4S533-MX) and moved my hard drives, CD-ROMs and GeForce 2 from my old system to this one. The motehrboard came with onboard sound and video cards, but I'm using my GeForce and would've used my SoundBlaster AWE 32 card had there been a slot for it! So I'm forced to use the onboard sound card. At first I couldn't get the sound to work, because of a BIOS problem apparently, so I reset my BIOS settings to default which fixed the problem. Then I was having Direct3D errors, and despite having installed DirectX9 and the latest drviers for my GeForce, the problem persisted. So I managed to find a set of drivers from the Asus website that fixed the problem (althougn I'm still not sure exactly what they were for or what they did.) Now I have a new problem, one that actually started before I fixed the Direct3D problem: my MP3s and some in-game sounds in several of my games are jumping and hissing, kinda like a CD played at double speed. I tried installing what I thought were the latest drivers for the sound card but that didn't work, so now I'm not sure what to do. Anyone have any advice?

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How could there not be a slot for your sound card? Was there not enough, or just not th right type? If its teh wrong type (meaning its some really old ISA card), then the onboard sound would be much better than that.

Also, go into the DirectX config (start&gt;run&gt;dxdiag&gt;OK)

Then go to the sound tab. Then lower the sound Hardware Acceleration level one point. Continue to do this until you either fix it or reach the other side. Tell me if that doesn't work.

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[Zanatio]

Thanks for the help. I turned off the sound card hardware acceleration in the DirectX diagnostic, and my songs are back to their normal speed. http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif Some games, however, still have sounds that are jumping here and there at times.

My old sound card is a Sound Blaster AWE 32. There wasn't a slot long enough for the card, which is why I couldn't put it in on the new motherboard.

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[Darth Evad]

That's REALLY old. I'm not being sarcastic when I say, throw it in the garbage.

Go into Settings &gt; Sound and turn the volume down to 4/5. Then turn up the volume as much as you want on your speakers.

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[Zanatio]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Darth Evad:
That's REALLY old. I'm not being sarcastic when I say, throw it in the garbage.</font>
Well there's nothing wrong with the thing (apart from the fact that it won't fit onto the motherboard!). A sound card isn't like a graphics card, in that you don't need to get a new one every few months in order to enjoy top-notch performance. That's what I think, at least.

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Go into Settings &gt; Sound and turn the volume down to 4/5. Then turn up the volume as much as you want on your speakers.
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Not quite sure why you mention this. How will this help me stop my sound from jumping?



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[herb]

that's like enhanced pci or something similar. i had a modem that used that and I have one slot on my mobo that can hold one.