CreativeLabs Sound Blaster Audigy SE problem

PcFreak14 · 12-28-2007, 12:55 AM

Well for one of the things i received for Christmas/birthday i got a new sound card. I got the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy SE. I love the card and the difference from my old sound blaster live card. Theres one thing i noticed though while listening to music. No matter what im doing on my computer, anything from using photo shop or aim, to my computer not under load of a program other than i tunes, the music skips and i guess is choppy?. I came to the forum to see if you guys had an idea, because my specs "at least" to play music is i guess decent,
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
2.08 GHz, 1 gig of ram
120 gb Hd
I cant remember if i had this problem with my live sound card, but i think i did, most positive.
Im just confused why its doing this, i could understand if the pc's under a load, but even when its not its skips and is choppy randomly.
** I did, about a month ago install another stick of 512 ram, but i though the pc would benefit but i haven't noticed a difference of much.

Thanks again for reading and your suggestions,help

OvenMaster · 12-28-2007, 05:46 AM

My PC is about the same age as yours. I tried a few Creative sound cards and had the exact same problem you have, so I gave up and bought a Diamond soundcard that has worked perfectly since it was installed. Sounds great, too.

I've read that a number of Creative cards simply do not work properly with VIA chipsets from that era. There have been programs and BIOS tweaks to adjust RAM latency to try to solve this problem, but with mixed results.

PcFreak14 · 12-28-2007, 08:29 AM

Okay so its just not me experienceing this problem, i really dont want to go about exchanging this one, thanks for the info Ovenmaster

anyone else

PcFreak14 · 12-29-2007, 11:26 PM

ughh, its just gettin owrst and must more frequent and its something that i need to go about fixing, i always listen to msuic while on my pc,

12-28-2007, 12:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	CreativeLabs Sound Blaster Audigy SE problem Well for one of the things i received for Christmas/birthday i got a new sound card. I got the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy SE. I love the card and the difference from my old sound blaster live card. Theres one thing i noticed though while listening to music. No matter what im doing on my computer, anything from using photo shop or aim, to my computer not under load of a program other than i tunes, the music skips and i guess is choppy?. I came to the forum to see if you guys had an idea, because my specs "at least" to play music is i guess decent, AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHz, 1 gig of ram 120 gb Hd I cant remember if i had this problem with my live sound card, but i think i did, most positive. Im just confused why its doing this, i could understand if the pc's under a load, but even when its not its skips and is choppy randomly. ** I did, about a month ago install another stick of 512 ram, but i though the pc would benefit but i haven't noticed a difference of much. Thanks again for reading and your suggestions,help

12-28-2007, 05:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
OvenMaster VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Away for a while Age: 49 Posts: 1,961	My PC is about the same age as yours. I tried a few Creative sound cards and had the exact same problem you have, so I gave up and bought a Diamond soundcard that has worked perfectly since it was installed. Sounds great, too. I've read that a number of Creative cards simply do not work properly with VIA chipsets from that era. There have been programs and BIOS tweaks to adjust RAM latency to try to solve this problem, but with mixed results. __________________ Frankenbox III: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ * MOBO: Biostar K8M800 Micro AM2 * RAM: 2x1GB Kingston DDR2 667 HDD: WD 80GB Master, Seagate 320GB Slave * DVD: Pioneer DVR-115DBK & LiteOn SOHW-812S DVD/CD burners PSU: Antec SmartPower 2.0 350W * GPU: PNY GeForce FX5200 256MB AGP 8x * MON: ViewSonic LCD VA721 CASE: eMachines * SND: Diamond Xtreme 5.1 * PRN: Epson C88+ * OS: XP Home SP2 *** ROUTER: Linksys BEFSR41 Last edited by OvenMaster; 12-30-2007 at 05:55 AM.

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12-28-2007, 08:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	Okay so its just not me experienceing this problem, i really dont want to go about exchanging this one, thanks for the info Ovenmaster anyone else

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PcFreak14 Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Moosic,Pa Posts: 118	ughh, its just gettin owrst and must more frequent and its something that i need to go about fixing, i always listen to msuic while on my pc,