sound problems w/sound blaster 24 bit live

iam4rok · 10-07-2005, 06:05 AM

Hello,

I had a problem with my pc about 2 weeks ago that didn't result in me reformatting but repairing xp. The problem is with my Sound Blaster Live 24-bit external sound card. Sound is now breaking up and its really bad when other programs are running like surfing the web or just simply playing a game of solitaire. I looked through my device manager and it said everything is working properly. I have a P4 2.66, 512 mb ram. 120g hd, Videomate Tuner, dvdrw, cdrw, dvdrom, nividia geforce fx 5500. Everything worked fine until I had this problem. Any suggestion would be great. Thanks for your time Stewart

randruff · 10-07-2005, 03:02 PM

Stewart..First, when issues come up like this, usually try re-installing your drivers first. Many times what happens is the drivers become corrupted somehow. Is your computer a home build or retail (Dell, Gatewat, etc)? You may want to open the case and, with a can of compressed air, clean out all of your fans and such. You could be experiencing overheating issues. Try those out and hopefully that takes care of the problem. Let us know how it goes.

iam4rok · 10-07-2005, 05:17 PM

My computer is home built. Everything inside of it is less than 2 years old except for the dvd-rom. I will clean it out but I am positive it cannot be an overheating issue. The card is an external card. Also I have one fan blowing inside of the computer and one blowing outside in order to keep air flow regulated. I definitely will do a reinstalling of my driver. I did not try that before, but had thought about it. I will give it a shot. Thank you.

randruff · 10-07-2005, 05:21 PM

You mentioned its external.....is it connect via USB or firewire? Could be possible either your USB or firewire drivers are corrupted as well.

iam4rok · 10-07-2005, 05:26 PM

tryed the driver...did not do anything. it is connected to usb. the problem occurs when i play the song in win amp and then try openin up any program such as mozilla or even spidr solitaire

iam4rok · 10-08-2005, 05:06 PM

anyone else able to help me please?

elmarcorulz · 10-08-2005, 05:08 PM

did you try using a different usb port?

iam4rok · 10-10-2005, 04:53 PM

Yes I tryed front and back

10-07-2005, 06:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
iam4rok New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 9	sound problems w/sound blaster 24 bit live Hello, I had a problem with my pc about 2 weeks ago that didn't result in me reformatting but repairing xp. The problem is with my Sound Blaster Live 24-bit external sound card. Sound is now breaking up and its really bad when other programs are running like surfing the web or just simply playing a game of solitaire. I looked through my device manager and it said everything is working properly. I have a P4 2.66, 512 mb ram. 120g hd, Videomate Tuner, dvdrw, cdrw, dvdrom, nividia geforce fx 5500. Everything worked fine until I had this problem. Any suggestion would be great. Thanks for your time Stewart

10-07-2005, 03:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
randruff Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 30 min south of iraq....oops....Detroit. Age: 26 Posts: 742	Stewart..First, when issues come up like this, usually try re-installing your drivers first. Many times what happens is the drivers become corrupted somehow. Is your computer a home build or retail (Dell, Gatewat, etc)? You may want to open the case and, with a can of compressed air, clean out all of your fans and such. You could be experiencing overheating issues. Try those out and hopefully that takes care of the problem. Let us know how it goes. __________________ Asus A8N SLI Deluxe AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2GB OCZ Platinum PC3200 - Dual Channel 2x WD 74GB Raptor 10,000RPM - RAID 0 eVGA geForce 7800GTX Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX 5.1 1010W 19' Samsung 915N 8ms Raidmax 520W PSU

10-07-2005, 05:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
randruff Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 30 min south of iraq....oops....Detroit. Age: 26 Posts: 742	You mentioned its external.....is it connect via USB or firewire? Could be possible either your USB or firewire drivers are corrupted as well. __________________ Asus A8N SLI Deluxe AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2GB OCZ Platinum PC3200 - Dual Channel 2x WD 74GB Raptor 10,000RPM - RAID 0 eVGA geForce 7800GTX Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Logitech Z-5500 Digital THX 5.1 1010W 19' Samsung 915N 8ms Raidmax 520W PSU

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10-07-2005, 05:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
iam4rok New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 9	My computer is home built. Everything inside of it is less than 2 years old except for the dvd-rom. I will clean it out but I am positive it cannot be an overheating issue. The card is an external card. Also I have one fan blowing inside of the computer and one blowing outside in order to keep air flow regulated. I definitely will do a reinstalling of my driver. I did not try that before, but had thought about it. I will give it a shot. Thank you.

10-07-2005, 05:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
iam4rok New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 9	tryed the driver...did not do anything. it is connected to usb. the problem occurs when i play the song in win amp and then try openin up any program such as mozilla or even spidr solitaire

10-08-2005, 05:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
iam4rok New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 9	anyone else able to help me please?

10-08-2005, 05:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 6,032	did you try using a different usb port?

10-10-2005, 04:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
iam4rok New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 9	Yes I tryed front and back