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Numenorean

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I haven't had this problem before. Quite odd.

Some background.

Recently upgraded to an i7 system with an Asus P7P55D-E Pro.

I was running Win7 Ultimate x64, still am. Same software installed, really only difference is that I reloaded and have the different drivers for the motherboard.

I used to use a CMI-8788 based sound card, but I got rid of it because the driver support was so horrible and the company that made it (Sondigo) is one of the worst companies in the world apparently. They were a more recommended card a few years ago when I got it. But there still is no good Win7 support.

The issue:

Anyway - I am now using the onboard VIA HD Audio on this board, which I figured can't be too terrible - it's not like I'm mixing a bunch of tracks and crap. Mostly I just listen to my MP3's while I'm working out these days.

So this is the issue - when listening to the MP3's in WMP 12, I am hearing the device disconnect sound a lot. It happens in the middle of songs, it happens at the end of songs. But it's annoying as hell and I want it to stop.

I have googled this, but there isn't much out there and what I did find I tried but it didn't work. One person said to disable the WMP Network Sharing Service and that fixed his problem - tried it - didn't work.

I'm beginning to think that this onboard audio is a bunch of crap and I should get a discreet card. I have already had to dig around in the registry to remove the "sleep" mode for the audio chip which would cause a static pop on the speakers every time it went into our out of sleep mode.

Any ideas?
 
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I think you answered your question. Truth is that most sound drivers are horrible, regardless of company since it is not-much-profitable business as OEM onboard chips cost few bucks apiece.

Back in day when discrete cards were more common, popping and cracking was plaguing VIA-based chipsets due to issues with PCI bus latency.
You can try to loading some linux CD such as ubuntu and play mp3s there, to see if open source driver makes difference, or the sound chip is messed up.
 
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postmortemIA said:
I think you answered your question. Truth is that most sound drivers are horrible, regardless of company since it is not-much-profitable business as OEM onboard chips cost few bucks apiece.

Back in day when discrete cards were more common, popping and cracking was plaguing VIA-based chipsets due to issues with PCI bus latency.
You can try to loading some linux CD such as ubuntu and play mp3s there, to see if open source driver makes difference, or the sound chip is messed up.
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How would running something in Linux (which doesn't even have the Microsoft Win7 device disconnect sound, nor WMP) solve any issue?
 
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Numenorean said:
How would running something in Linux (which doesn't even have the Microsoft Win7 device disconnect sound, nor WMP) solve any issue?
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it is something to try to see if your problem is hardware or software related. your problem is bit weird. yeah, there are few other things to try. perhaps playing mp3s in some stand-alone unrelated player like winamp?
 
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The Linux solution makes sense. Boot to Ubuntu Live and see if the problem persist. If it does, the chip os probably crap. If it doesn't, the drivers are probably the issue.
 
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oynaz said:
The Linux solution makes sense. Boot to Ubuntu Live and see if the problem persist. If it does, the chip os probably crap. If it doesn't, the drivers are probably the issue.
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The linux solution doesn't make any sense at all.

Yeah let's just remove the OS, Media Software, Sound File, AND drivers ALL in one step and if it doesn't do the same thing, then it must be the chip. Makes perfect troubleshooting sense. :rolleyes:
 
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mnewsham said:
Id rather use a USB off board DAC then take up a PCI slot with a useless soundcard that will get distorted anyway.
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That's a ridiculous idea. I have one card in my system (video) and everything else is run off of the motherboard right now. Yeah, tossing a PCIe or PCI sound card in there would just totally cramp the case and use up SO MUCH of my expansion slots that I'm not using anyway, and probably never will.

I'd get a nice Creative PCIe sound card if they weren't so damned expensive.
 
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Numenorean said:
The linux solution doesn't make any sense at all.

Yeah let's just remove the OS, Media Software, Sound File, AND drivers ALL in one step and if it doesn't do the same thing, then it must be the chip. Makes perfect troubleshooting sense. :rolleyes:
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He can try another media player or sound file in Windows, so we are only removing the driver and OS.
 
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oynaz said:
He can try another media player or sound file in Windows, so we are only removing the driver and OS.
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Yes, I can try another media player, which I probably will.

I wish I still had my Montego sound card though...got rid of it when they said they weren't going to make Win7 or 64-bit drivers. Liars.
 
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Numenorean said:
The linux solution doesn't make any sense at all.

Yeah let's just remove the OS, Media Software, Sound File, AND drivers ALL in one step and if it doesn't do the same thing, then it must be the chip. Makes perfect troubleshooting sense. :rolleyes:
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Actually, it does makes perfect sense. The key to good troubleshooting is eliminating one possible cause at a time.

Numenorean said:
No, but that would defeat the purpose wouldn't it? For one, it wouldn't play the sound when it is supposed to. Second, that is just hiding the issue.
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Numenorean said:
That's a ridiculous idea. I have one card in my system (video) and everything else is run off of the motherboard right now. Yeah, tossing a PCIe or PCI sound card in there would just totally cramp the case and use up SO MUCH of my expansion slots that I'm not using anyway, and probably never will.

I'd get a nice Creative PCIe sound card if they weren't so damned expensive.
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Numenorean said:
Yes, I can try another media player, which I probably will.

I wish I still had my Montego sound card though...got rid of it when they said they weren't going to make Win7 or 64-bit drivers. Liars.
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OP, why did you create this thread if you've got everything already figured out?
 
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