Distortion with my X-FI

[Gagan]

Have a Fatal1ty and I can't listen to the sounds properly sometimes it fizzes or crackles.

X64... ANy ideas?

 

[Rubycon]

You need the latest nForce drivers (chipset) or you will get really weird sounds!

 

[Gagan]

thank you ms dawn. I will try them now

 

[Gagan]

6.69 is installed.

 

[Raduque]

Yea, but did it fix it?

 

[Gagan]

no

 

[Rubycon]

I have the same issue btw.

Try using winamp and changing the output settings in directsound to NOT use hardware. In some games there's crackle like a dirty record, this can be fixed by changing settings (try all of them until it stops) This is clearly a codec/driver issue with x64. 32bit has no issues but "wastes" a gig of ram on my system.

Of course the Edirol FA101 has NO problems in 64bit and playback / recording is perfect. Elite Pro X-Fi is for the games.

 

[Gagan]

THank you ms dawn but it's Itunes

 

[Rubycon]

Oh yes that's a problem - perhaps there's someone that knows a way to get the program to process pcm streams differently. I'd be curious on how to change WMP settings in this regard as well.

 

[Gagan]

Hehe you gotta love and hate x64 at the same time

Bump for Ms dawn and i!

 

[43st]

Same X-fi card here and no issues. I don't think the processor type matters... it's a driver conflict of some sort. I'd suggest deleting the Creative drivers, running driver cleaner in safe mode, and reinstalling the latest web update drivers. I think some people had issues the drivers off the CD.

 

[Gagan]

i only use the web drivers.

 

[43st]

EDIT: can't link to the knowledgebase, Doh.

Ok, then try the Creative site. Here's the forum FAQ for common problems.

Good luck.

 

[Gagan]

Thanks for that info what's ACPI FO
DUAL Core support or something? I think I need that, Tried them all no workie yet.
GOnna try these ughbio settings.

 

[xtknight]

Disabling APCI/APIC in BIOS with an ACPI kernel will cause Windows to fail booting...

If you don't mind risking your current Windows (you would have to reinstall to get non-ACPI their way anyway), you can try loading a non-ACPI kernel: http://www.joshie.com/~jlevitsk/blog/archives/000122.html

Try MPS multiprocessor for X2 and uniprocessor for single-core CPUs.

 

[Rubycon]

You can disable ACPI and reload (repair) windows. I would not recommend this. Your cpu will run much hotter and people that have tried this say it does not alleviate the problem.

 

[Ghouler]

I would not disable ACPI completely. But there are various sorts of ACPI. I picked one ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. Initially I had ACPI Uniprocessor. Now all IRQs above 16 are gone, but still it is ACPI. No sound problems, thou.

 

[Rubycon]

Will the system still "see" two cores (or logical cpu with HT) when using the ACPI Uniprocessor HAL?

 

[Bootstrap]

I wouldn't try messing with ACPI unless nothing else helps you.

There's a huge thread about this problem on the creative message boards. If you're patient, you can look through it, several people have been able to fix their problems, though there doesn't seem to be a solution that works consistently.

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs...id=31426&view=by_date_ascending&page=1