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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.

12-28-2007, 05:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
OvenMaster VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Red Sox Nation Age: 49 Posts: 1,982	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 * OPT: two Pioneer DVR-115DBK DVD burners PSU: Antec Basiq 500W * GPU: PNY GeForce FX5200 256MB AGP 8x * MON: ViewSonic LCD VA721 CASE: EvTek minitower * SND: Diamond Xtreme 5.1 * OS: XP Home SP2 * ROUTER: Linksys BEFSR41 Last edited by OvenMaster; 12-30-2007 at 05:55 AM.