Sound Card problems

Daesom · 11-26-2006, 05:33 PM

Hello, I am having problems with my sound card. In certain games, it seems to be making a cracking noise. I have an on board SigmaTec Audio card. I updated the drivers and it still does the crackling. I also tried to put in another older sound card but the computer couldn't read it and the driver wouldn't install unless the computer could read it. Is there anyway I could solve this crackling problem? Could someone double check and make sure I downloaded the correct sound driver if possible? My motherboard is an intel board, Intel D 975XBX I believe, not quite sure to tell you the truth if it is the XB or XBX. Thanks for reading and helping.

Dark_Phoenix · 11-27-2006, 07:34 AM

Are you sure it is the board and not the speakers? I have had that same problem in the past, turned out it was a broken wire in the speaker cable.

Daesom · 11-30-2006, 04:01 PM

Sorry it took awhile to reply, I am pretty sure it is the card. The sound only occurs in certain games. I would assume that if it was the speakers, it would do it always, whereas the card there might be a certain version of sound coding that might mess up the sound in certain programs. Is it possible for headphones to be ok in all but a few programs as well? I mean I play music pretty loud and sometimes with a heavy base and never hear any problems with them or the card, only in BF2 and UT2k4

11-26-2006, 05:33 PM	#1
Daesom Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 23	Sound Card problems Hello, I am having problems with my sound card. In certain games, it seems to be making a cracking noise. I have an on board SigmaTec Audio card. I updated the drivers and it still does the crackling. I also tried to put in another older sound card but the computer couldn't read it and the driver wouldn't install unless the computer could read it. Is there anyway I could solve this crackling problem? Could someone double check and make sure I downloaded the correct sound driver if possible? My motherboard is an intel board, Intel D 975XBX I believe, not quite sure to tell you the truth if it is the XB or XBX. Thanks for reading and helping.
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11-27-2006, 07:34 AM	#2
Dark_Phoenix Darkness Prevails Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 174	Are you sure it is the board and not the speakers? I have had that same problem in the past, turned out it was a broken wire in the speaker cable. __________________ *Using Code::Blocks and Windows XP* In every hero, there COULD be a villain!
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11-30-2006, 04:01 PM	#3
Daesom Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 23	Sorry it took awhile to reply, I am pretty sure it is the card. The sound only occurs in certain games. I would assume that if it was the speakers, it would do it always, whereas the card there might be a certain version of sound coding that might mess up the sound in certain programs. Is it possible for headphones to be ok in all but a few programs as well? I mean I play music pretty loud and sometimes with a heavy base and never hear any problems with them or the card, only in BF2 and UT2k4
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