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8RDA+ Rear channel sound lag? I dont want no stink'in echo!

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joe4324

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Heya, I just installed an Epox 8RDA+ (took out my A7N8X-D to create a standalone DAW out of it)
I just finnished getting my soundstorm drivers installed and have been listening to some Mp3's, they sound great when using just the default 2 speaker selection.

But soon as I enable the rear channel I get a Bizzare effect. it sounds like reverb, but my ears are telling the sound comming out of the rear (or front) is off, at LEAST 100ms maybe more. it almost sounds like a full echo. its pretty serious.

and seriously annoying. no effects are enabled. I have NO clue why this is happening. any ideas befor I freak out?

Also I didnt have this problem with the A7N8X-Deluxe...
 
I would reload the NForce2 unified drivers again, right on top of the old ones; possibly something didn't take correctly. Ensure you reboot. Then I'd go into the NVidia control panel and do the Speaker Setup Wizard thing. (You do have your front and rear speakers plugged into the correct jacks on the back, right?)

Make sure that all those effect things are disabled. I never had a problem with my 4-channel speakers w/the same board. Good luck.
 
I got the same thing when I went to the new 2.41 nForce drivers; the 2.03 drivers do not (always) have this. Sometimes it would give the echo, but a reboot would stop it. The 2.41's made it permanent. I think nVidia's chipset driver writers are going to too many parties and getting a bit drunk lately.
But since you mentioned that this has not occurred with the A7N8X Deluxe; I'll send an e-mail to Epox about this. Their tech support is unique in the fact that they actually reply.🙂
Ah nuts, they want a serial number, and there's no way to see it with the motherboard in the PC; got to find a small mirror...
 
I was gonna suggest that you may have speaker wires that are much longer in the back... But if you were using that same speaker setup with a different board, then probably not..

GL!
 
Originally posted by: DurocShark
I was gonna suggest that you may have speaker wires that are much longer in the back... But if you were using that same speaker setup with a different board, then probably not..

GL!
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I think they'd have to be several (hundred) miles longer for it to introduce a noticable delay - electricity moves at near the speed of light.😉

Here is a link to the nForce2 2.03 drivers on my webserver if you want to try them; I don't think that nVidia has them posted anymore.
 
Wow! I really appreciate how fast you have replied (>5min!) Its interesting to see that I'm not the only one who has seen/had this problem. I am using the latest Nforce drivers (downloaded from nvidia about a week ago) I'm quite worried about installing the old ones over the new ones so I'd really like to avoid that, but tonight when I get home I'll put the new ones over the new ones (hehe talking in circles!) I'm fairly certian I was running the latest uni drivers for the Asus too. so that would make the board the culprit? ugh....

 
Advice for switching nForce drivers:
With the 2.03 nForce drivers saved to the hard drive, go to Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore, and create a restore point. Then uninstall the nForce drivers using Add/Remove Programs.
Reboot, install the 2.03 drivers (EXCEPT for the IDE driver; its installation method is screwed up). Then reboot again. All should be peachy.
To update the IDE drivers:
Open the nForce driver file with Winzip/WinRAR, and decompress the files to a temp folder.
Next, go to Device Manager -> IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers. Right click on the PCI IDE controller, or whatever it is there, and select Update Drivers. Select Install From List (advanced) and click Next. Don't Search, I want to choose the driver, click Next. Click Have Disk. Direct it to the IDE\WinXP folder of the decompressed nForce drivers; it might need a reboot to fully update the drivers. Now the IDE drivers will be updated, without doing it the messed up way that the installation procedure uses.
 
Ok, I re-installed the drivers over the old ones. still have the same thing... I "really" dont want to go back to an older driver version but what other options do I have???
 
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