nForce2 board "bus noise" from sound card

[trmiv]

I have an Abit NF7-2 v2 board (nForce2). Lately I've noticed I can hear what I guess is "bus noise" coming from the sound card. When I have the speakers plugged in, it is a deep "buuuuzzz" sound. When the headphones are plugged in, it sounds more like white noise, but I can also hear odd noises when the disk is doing something.

Anyone had this problem with the nForce2? I'm not sure where to start with this thing. I'm running the latest drivers from nVidia's site.

 

[Akshay]

Check this
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2088

U might need to install WDM drivers.
Also, preferably use drivers from Abit than nVidia.

Or it could be static due to ur cabinate casing, though ideally it shld not be.

 

[trmiv]

This is XP, so I don't need to install WDM drivers. Anyway, reinstalling the drivers seems to have fixed the problem. Now though, the damn game I was playing (No One Lives Forever 2), keeps crashing while loading. Damn.

 

[Akshay]

i should have thought so, world is moving ahead, only few stoneaged ppl like me use win98se
am clueless about the wonders ( and horrors) gaming over xp

 

[Concillian]

Originally posted by: Akshay
i should have thought so, world is moving ahead, only few stoneaged ppl like me use win98se
am clueless about the wonders ( and horrors) gaming over xp

OMG, you should not have a big smiley after Win98SE, you should have a blue sad face

Windows 2000 is about 2000 times better than 98SE, and I'd be willing to bet gaming performance is significantly increased as well. XP vs 2000 I think is significantly less an issue, as they are almost the same, but Windows 95/98/ME sucked.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: trmiv
This is XP, so I don't need to install WDM drivers. Anyway, reinstalling the drivers seems to have fixed the problem. Now though, the damn game I was playing (No One Lives Forever 2), keeps crashing while loading. Damn.

Do you have the game patched to the last version? If so then to fix the issue may require reinstalling the game, a real PITA but sometime the only way.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: Concillian

Originally posted by: Akshay
i should have thought so, world is moving ahead, only few stoneaged ppl like me use win98se
am clueless about the wonders ( and horrors) gaming over xp

OMG, you should not have a big smiley after Win98SE, you should have a blue sad face

Windows 2000 is about 2000 times better than 98SE, and I'd be willing to bet gaming performance is significantly increased as well. XP vs 2000 I think is significantly less an issue, as they are almost the same, but Windows 95/98/ME sucked.

Nah, win98se is just as fast as win2k or XP. Depending on the game, one OS may have an insignificantly small advantage. Every comparison I have ever seen published on the web shows pretty much the same gaming performance across the board.