Audio Direct-X issue

JuggaloKillaz · 01-15-2007, 10:14 PM

hey guys i bought a creative sound blaster X-FI audio sound card and i went to access Everest Ultimate edition and i was looking to see the cool effects of the sound card from going to onboard to extream audio. I went to the video, music which it was fine but when i went to audio it shut down my PC badly just like unplugging the chord for the PSU. what can i do to fix this? any suggestions?

thanks,
Weezlexx89

PC eye · 01-16-2007, 12:19 AM

Have you been running the system since that happened to see if any other problems have been seen? If you didn't receive a bad card it sounds like it or something else was suddenly overloaded! When too much power was drawn for some reason the protection circuit may have kicked in to prevent permanent damage. There are a few things to look at there.

JuggaloKillaz · 01-16-2007, 05:05 AM

im 99.9% sure its the sound card thing. i dont think its damaged cuz it works fine im think there might be something conflicting and also i was told that it doesn't run good of DFI boards. is this true?

PC eye · 01-16-2007, 06:41 AM

The problems seen by others running any sound card may have nothing to do with a Sound Blaster but...! SBs are "known" for being power demanding little buggers at times! Why you saw the sudden shutoff is another matter. Even an SB model never slams a system that hard. The combo of Everest and SB? pulling too much? What do you have for a supply there?

JuggaloKillaz · 01-18-2007, 04:57 AM

heres my specs
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
AMD Opteron 144 Venus 1.8GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939
Thermaltake TR2 ATX 430W Power Supply 115/230 V
Nvidia Geforce MX 4000 128 MB
CORSAIR One 512MB Stick 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

PC eye · 01-18-2007, 08:20 AM

While the make of supply isn't on the "good" list here it should have enough power normally for the average user. The specifications seen at newegg show:
+3.3V=20A, +5V=30A, +12V=18A, -5V=0.5A, -12V=0.8A, +5VSB=2A http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153023

You can compare those to an Antec supply with:
+3.3V=20A, +5V=20A, +12V1=17A, +12V2=17A, -12V=0.8A, +5VSB=2.5A

I had to substitute the "@" for the "=" to keep those from becoming links! When going to perform the Direct X test you shouldn't have seen that unless one of two things happened namely the supply is unstable or you ended up with a bad card.

JuggaloKillaz · 01-19-2007, 05:44 AM

you might think its the power supply? I dont seem to think its the problem im only using 243 watts.
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

PC eye · 01-19-2007, 05:58 AM

Not when the system crashed! "Something" pulled a lot of power fast when you ran Everest there to see the system shutdown entirely! If the system simply rebooted it would be possible to look at a Windows/software problem seeing the auto reboot crach control in Windows take over. But a flaky supply or bad card would explain an overload. The shutdown there protected the board and other hardwares.

JuggaloKillaz · 01-20-2007, 03:13 AM

so it didnt screw up the PC? is it something i have to worry about or jsut dont run Everest in the audio section?

PC eye · 01-20-2007, 09:03 AM

Something caused the shutdown there. Without running Everest how is the system running otherwise? If the leds for power and hard drive activity dim at all you know the supply isn't handling the initial pull at post time. If you are running games or playing dvds, avi files, mp3 in WMP with the visualzations going, etc. without problems and good sound the current installation of Everest is suspect! But if you start seeing lights dimming and other things "hardware" not software becomes a concern.

01-15-2007, 10:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
JuggaloKillaz Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: On earth Posts: 163	Audio Direct-X issue hey guys i bought a creative sound blaster X-FI audio sound card and i went to access Everest Ultimate edition and i was looking to see the cool effects of the sound card from going to onboard to extream audio. I went to the video, music which it was fine but when i went to audio it shut down my PC badly just like unplugging the chord for the PSU. what can i do to fix this? any suggestions? thanks, Weezlexx89

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01-16-2007, 12:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,922	Have you been running the system since that happened to see if any other problems have been seen? If you didn't receive a bad card it sounds like it or something else was suddenly overloaded! When too much power was drawn for some reason the protection circuit may have kicked in to prevent permanent damage. There are a few things to look at there.

01-16-2007, 05:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
JuggaloKillaz Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: On earth Posts: 163	im 99.9% sure its the sound card thing. i dont think its damaged cuz it works fine im think there might be something conflicting and also i was told that it doesn't run good of DFI boards. is this true?

01-16-2007, 06:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,922	The problems seen by others running any sound card may have nothing to do with a Sound Blaster but...! SBs are "known" for being power demanding little buggers at times! Why you saw the sudden shutoff is another matter. Even an SB model never slams a system that hard. The combo of Everest and SB? pulling too much? What do you have for a supply there?

01-18-2007, 04:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
JuggaloKillaz Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: On earth Posts: 163	heres my specs COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra AMD Opteron 144 Venus 1.8GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Thermaltake TR2 ATX 430W Power Supply 115/230 V Nvidia Geforce MX 4000 128 MB CORSAIR One 512MB Stick 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

01-18-2007, 08:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,922	While the make of supply isn't on the "good" list here it should have enough power normally for the average user. The specifications seen at newegg show: +3.3V=20A, +5V=30A, +12V=18A, -5V=0.5A, -12V=0.8A, +5VSB=2A http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153023 You can compare those to an Antec supply with: +3.3V=20A, +5V=20A, +12V1=17A, +12V2=17A, -12V=0.8A, +5VSB=2.5A I had to substitute the "@" for the "=" to keep those from becoming links! When going to perform the Direct X test you shouldn't have seen that unless one of two things happened namely the supply is unstable or you ended up with a bad card.

01-19-2007, 05:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
JuggaloKillaz Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: On earth Posts: 163	you might think its the power supply? I dont seem to think its the problem im only using 243 watts. http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

01-19-2007, 05:58 AM	#8 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,922	Not when the system crashed! "Something" pulled a lot of power fast when you ran Everest there to see the system shutdown entirely! If the system simply rebooted it would be possible to look at a Windows/software problem seeing the auto reboot crach control in Windows take over. But a flaky supply or bad card would explain an overload. The shutdown there protected the board and other hardwares.

01-20-2007, 03:13 AM	#9 (permalink)
JuggaloKillaz Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: On earth Posts: 163	so it didnt screw up the PC? is it something i have to worry about or jsut dont run Everest in the audio section?

01-20-2007, 09:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,922	Something caused the shutdown there. Without running Everest how is the system running otherwise? If the leds for power and hard drive activity dim at all you know the supply isn't handling the initial pull at post time. If you are running games or playing dvds, avi files, mp3 in WMP with the visualzations going, etc. without problems and good sound the current installation of Everest is suspect! But if you start seeing lights dimming and other things "hardware" not software becomes a concern.