audigy-gamer

blink · July 28th, 2003, 07:43 PM

evening all,installed the sound card and have static in the background.speakers are just 2.1's.but the sound should still be clean right?i tried using their player and without .the os is win.2000 with sp2. on the card i used the jack farthest from the fire-wire.the speakers work fine in my other system.

thanks

*NooNoo* · July 29th, 2003, 04:56 AM

Via chipset? Cordless phone nearby? Both cause static!

blink · July 29th, 2003, 12:30 PM

thanks noonoo it does have a via set in there.will load new
hyperions when i get home.cordless is a room away.

blink · August 1st, 2003, 08:02 PM

well put the new hyperions in with no difference.than moved the card to another slot.now i have no static but no sound.device mgr shows all is good;but the irq is 18 or 19??mobo is msi k7t266 pro2.

jmcavoy · August 1st, 2003, 10:39 PM

I have the audigy2 platnum with win2k. I had the same problem with static, I updated the drivers and it fixed it.

*NooNoo* · August 2nd, 2003, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by blink
well put the new hyperions in with no difference.than moved the card to another slot.now i have no static but no sound.device mgr shows all is good;but the irq is 18 or 19??mobo is msi k7t266 pro2.

It is quite normal to have high irq numbers in ACPI compliant motherboards.

blink · August 2nd, 2003, 04:10 PM

update:still no sound but found where the static came from.in the mixer-advanced mode- there is a check box
for digital out only.i've also updated the drivers but still no luck.

do i really need their play center and other apps?

*NooNoo* · August 2nd, 2003, 04:27 PM

No, you just need the card drivers...

confus-ed · August 4th, 2003, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by blink
update:still no sound but found where the static came from.in the mixer-advanced mode- there is a check box
for digital out only.i've also updated the drivers but still no luck....

You 'moved' the card in the middle of all this ? ... you need to completely uninstall all the drivers & re-apply once the card is where it ought to live ... then reapply hyperions after you've installed the s/c drivers ... hopefully that'll do it ... these are 'sensitive' to order of install (read the drivers are rubbish!)

(if you can find a newer bios for your mothrboard give that a whirl too ... I seem to remember that the original bios on these boards doesn't like sounblaster 'anything' !)

Six Eyed Smily · August 5th, 2003, 09:45 AM

also check the speaker wire is not running near mains power leads or similar - if it has to cross power leads, it needs to do so at right angles.

blink · August 6th, 2003, 09:19 PM

ok it looks like i'm in need of a bios flash.everything goes on a bootable correct?their site has instr.for using the c:.
the particulars: os--2000
mobo-msi -k7t266 pro 2--ms6380 ver 2.0
bios version 3.3 113001
should i put the flash to c:? where on the c:?www.msicomputer.com/support. worst case i'll get new
board.

confus-ed · August 7th, 2003, 05:21 AM

BIOS FLASHING is DANGEROUS & can result in DAMAGE to the motherboard if applied incorrectly ! ....

By the looks blink, you've never flashed a motherboards bios before, so I've included the above warning ....

You should be able to find the bios you want From this MSI search ... if you need it ...

The download includes instructions on how to 'flash' ... READ them CAREFULLY ! ...

That said we haven't necessarily sorted out the issue even with our proposed bios flash ... You said earlier :-

Quote:

but the irq is 18 or 19?

W2k can allocate IRQs up to 255 (theorectically , though how the hell you actually get that many is beyond me !) ... there are 16 'real' IRQs 0-15 available in bios & W2k can have virtual ones for 'shares' beyond that ... however anything like a sound card doesn't want one of these, too much cpu to device 'traffic' which can cause problems (just like you have now) ... The issue is what pci devices are in what slots ...

IRQ allocation is fairly simple, first come first served ! As you add devices each is allocated an irq by bios, when you've used all the spare ones (Generally 5 - this is what the audigy wants - 10 & 11 in a system with ACPI on) ... the 'tried & tested' method for getting IRQs 'right' is to pull every pci card you have, start with only vga & sound present, reboot then add back all the other devices, this ensures the maximum spare IRQs with no sharing for 'tricky' devices (those that don't really want to share) ...

Why creative have never produced a utility to make sure their cards don't share IRQs is beyond me ... they never seem 'happy' on anything but IRQ 5 on their own

blink · August 7th, 2003, 12:25 PM

thanks confus-ed for the link it's the same one i found,they had a flash ver3.4/34 i think had something to with soundcard/pci slot.i'll remove everything/reinstall before trying the flash.

July 28th, 2003, 07:43 PM	#1
blink Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: belleville,nj usa Posts: 176	audigy-gamer evening all,installed the sound card and have static in the background.speakers are just 2.1's.but the sound should still be clean right?i tried using their player and without .the os is win.2000 with sp2. on the card i used the jack farthest from the fire-wire.the speakers work fine in my other system. thanks

July 29th, 2003, 04:56 AM	#2
NooNoo Driver Terrier Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: UK Posts: 31,622	Via chipset? Cordless phone nearby? Both cause static! __________________ Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."

August 2nd, 2003, 04:10 PM	#7
blink Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: belleville,nj usa Posts: 176	update:still no sound but found where the static came from.in the mixer-advanced mode- there is a check box for digital out only.i've also updated the drivers but still no luck. do i really need their play center and other apps? Last edited by blink; August 2nd, 2003 at 04:15 PM.

August 2nd, 2003, 04:27 PM	#8
NooNoo Driver Terrier Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: UK Posts: 31,622	No, you just need the card drivers... __________________ Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."

August 5th, 2003, 09:45 AM	#10
Six Eyed Smily Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: uk Posts: 357	also check the speaker wire is not running near mains power leads or similar - if it has to cross power leads, it needs to do so at right angles. __________________ "they're funny things, accidents. you never have them untill you're having them" - Winnie The Pooh

July 29th, 2003, 12:30 PM	#3
blink Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: belleville,nj usa Posts: 176	thanks noonoo it does have a via set in there.will load new hyperions when i get home.cordless is a room away.

August 1st, 2003, 08:02 PM	#4
blink Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: belleville,nj usa Posts: 176	well put the new hyperions in with no difference.than moved the card to another slot.now i have no static but no sound.device mgr shows all is good;but the irq is 18 or 19??mobo is msi k7t266 pro2.

August 1st, 2003, 10:39 PM	#5
jmcavoy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 10	I have the audigy2 platnum with win2k. I had the same problem with static, I updated the drivers and it fixed it.

August 6th, 2003, 09:19 PM	#11
blink Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: belleville,nj usa Posts: 176	ok it looks like i'm in need of a bios flash.everything goes on a bootable correct?their site has instr.for using the c:. the particulars: os--2000 mobo-msi -k7t266 pro 2--ms6380 ver 2.0 bios version 3.3 113001 should i put the flash to c:? where on the c:?www.msicomputer.com/support. worst case i'll get new board.

August 7th, 2003, 12:25 PM	#13
blink Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: belleville,nj usa Posts: 176	thanks confus-ed for the link it's the same one i found,they had a flash ver3.4/34 i think had something to with soundcard/pci slot.i'll remove everything/reinstall before trying the flash.

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