D@mmit! Still get sound glitches with SB Live Platinum.

[Eug]

Who also gets this?

This is with digital output. With heavy gaming I get sound dropouts every so often. Stuck a heatsink on it and I thought I eliminated it, but no, it's still there, albeit less frequently.

It's VERY irritating. I'm considering RMA'ing (remove the heatsink and hope nobody notices I played with the heatsink), but I don't want to be without a sound card for weeks upon weeks, etc.

PCI bus is running at around 37 MHz, but (at least I put the heatsink on) I got the same problem at 33 MHz.

 

[Packet]

Did you try switching PCI slots?
Making sure its not sharing IRQ's?

 

[AMB]

I have not seen that problem, does it only happen in certain games?

 

[Eug]

Haven't tried switching slots. I'll check the IRQs. Forgot about that. Dunno if I'll be able to switch though, because of that heatsink in the way. I suppose I could always remove it.

It happens in Q3 and UT (the only two games I play) and well as previously when I played a CD (digital connect from CD-ROM to sound card). Haven't tried CDs lately. Haven't had a problem with MP3s though but I haven't played them much off my computer so I really can't say.

 

[Dennis Travis]

Eug, what OS are you running? The reason I ask is my SB Live has been doing that in some games and in Quicktime movies but only in Win 2k and with Liveware 2. I have to get Liveware 3 and see if that solves the problem. I have no problems whatsoever in Win 98SE with the same games or movies. It has to be something with the drivers that I have for 2k.

 

[Eug]

I get that in Windows 98. I haven't played my games in Windows 2000 lately so I can't remember if I get the same problem.

The SB Live is on IRQ 5 and 9.

On 5 it shares with PCI Steering (which is OK) and with USB (which is also OK).

On 9 it's alone.

So, it's not an IRQ conflict.

I'm running Liveware 3 in Windows 98, but I'll check for newer updates (don't remember seeing any).