Mart
Sat Mar 04 11:23:00 CST 2006
Stephen, two issues perhaps?
You wrote :-
> On XP with nothing else installed, or running, except the Audigy the sound
> problem is exactly the same. - as running it in WinMe?
Which brings me around to my previous point :-
>> ... It's also beginning to look like your Audigy2NX USB might even be
>> faulty. Are you able to try it on a completely
>> different computer, if only for elimination purposes.
Although open minded, I'm not yet convinced it's a mobo problem.
Mart
"Stephen" <Stevenospam@which.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks
> The sound has never been very good but was bearable. The problem seems to
> have come to a head when I changed the sound card from SB PCI512 to a
> Trust card, in an effort to improve it. The onboard sound has never been
> very good and has been disabled in BIOS except for recent experimentation.
> WinME is installed on a FAT32 partition of a 160GB SATA HDD.
> The installation of XP was a clean install on an NTFS formatted partition
> on the same drive using Acronis OS Selector to hide the ME installation
> from it. This seems to have worked OK as XP cannot see the ME partition
> and vice versa.
> On XP with nothing else installed, or running, except the Audigy the sound
> problem is exactly the same.
> I am beginning to think that pushing in the old sound card and then
> removing it could have flexed the Mobo somehow, possibly damaging one of
> the printed circuits or something, but only the sound system seems to have
> been affected.
> Although its only a few years old, the Mobo (MSI 857P NEO-FIS2R, circa
> 2003) is probably obsolete now.
>
> Stephen
>
> Mart wrote:
>> Having also read your recent reply to Harry (elsewhere as a sub-thread in
>> this topic) the only other suggestion I can think of at this stage is to
>> try a fresh install - on a spare HDD!!! - and to try some elimination
>> experiments.
>>
>> Do you have access to a spare (empty) HDD - a couple of Gigs or so -
>> which you could use?
>>
>> If so pull both your C and D drives temporarily, fit the spare as the C
>> only and clean install WinMe (or XP if you prefer, but you are in a WinMe
>> news group!)
>>
>> See if the problem still exists and go forward from that point. You
>> should only need a minimum installation (no updates etc. should be needed
>> for this experiment). Try the on-board sound if necessary and try to
>> isolate/eliminate/confirm the mobo as the cause.
>>
>> I can't remember if you said earlier, whether the sound has ever worked
>> with this mobo even with any previous sound card that you've tried
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Stephen" <Stevenospam@which.net> wrote in message
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>>
>>>I haven't been able to try Audigy on a different PC.
>>>I have tried disabling all the fancy add-ons on this and other cards,
>>>different combinations of volume settings on card and speakers, replace
>>>speakers with headphones, all to no avail.
>>>I am beginning to think there may be a dodgy joint on the bits of the
>>>MOBO that deal solely with sound, if there are such things.
>>>MEMTEST 86 showed no errors after 4 passes, after the PC had been running
>>>all day.
>>>
>>>Stephen
>>>
>>>Mart wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Stephen wrote earlier :-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>... problem is exactly the same - all sounds are grossly distorted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I've just noticed a further line in the Creative blurb under
>>>>'Introduction' :-
>>>>
>>>>"Easily hook it up to the USB port of your PC or Notebook and get ready
>>>>for major sensory overload in your music, games and movies."
>>>>
>>>>A *major sensory overload* ?? Perhaps the distortion is there by design
>>>><g>
>>>>
>>>>Seriously though, are you sure that the settings of the 'sliders' in the
>>>>various Volume Control Properties (on your System Tray) aren't set too
>>>>high? It's even beginning to look like your Audigy2NX USB sound card
>>>>might even be faulty. Are you able to try it on a completely different
>>>>computer , if only for elimination purposes. But it is still most weird
>>>>that all sound devices that you've apparently tried on your existing PC
>>>>give you the same problem.
>>>>
>>>>Mart
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Stephen" <Stevenospam@which.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:O%23W9Y$uPGHA.1696@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I have USB 2 on both ME and XP.
>>>>>The device is connected to the Enhanced USB controller via a USB
>>>>>composite device.
>>>>>The user manual does not offer any help and the Creative diagnostics
>>>>>programme that came with the device shows no errors.
>>>>>The Creative web site didn't offer much help either.
>>>>>
>>>>>Stephen
>>>>>
>>>>>Mart wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Just a thought, from
>>>>>>
http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=204&product=9103&nav=4
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Under *Minimum* Requirements, although it states that it is WinMe
>>>>>>compatible, it goes on to somewhat ambiguously say :-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Available USB port (USB 2.0 port required for USB 2.0 support)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Is it 'fully' compatible with USB 1.1 ? Does the user
>>>>>>manual/help/support offer any further advice?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Do you have USB 2.0 on your PC ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If not, it might be worth/necessary to fit a PCI - USB 2.0 card. Won't
>>>>>>do any harm anyway, especially with a couple of (much) faster USB
>>>>>>ports <g>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Just a thought <g>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Mart
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Stephen" <Stevenospam@which.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:upAFVptPGHA.3256@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thank you for your reply.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Onboard sound is disabled in the Bios and no drivers have been
>>>>>>>installed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Stephen
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Heirloom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Ah..........has the 'onboard' sound been disabled?? There may be a
>>>>>>>>conflict between the onboard sound and the USB device. The
>>>>>>>>disabling of the onboard sound may be as simple as changing/adding a
>>>>>>>>strap to your MOBO or a setting in the BIOS, check with your MOBO
>>>>>>>>maker to be sure.
>>>>>>>> Heirloom, old and it's too
>>>>>>>> early
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"Stephen" <Stevenospam@which.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:udjItmsPGHA.5352@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The sound card is a USB device, not a PCI card. I chose this option
>>>>>>>>>because I couldn't get either a Trust or a Creative PCI sound card
>>>>>>>>>to work, or the onboard sound.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Stephen
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Noel Paton wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Oh dear - this does look, in this case, as if it's a hardware
>>>>>>>>>>problem.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Which slot is the sound card in? - try moving it away from the AGP
>>>>>>>>>>slot, as these are sometimes locked together.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>