Problems with SBLIVE Value and Bad sound

[Zarick]

Im having a serious problem with my sblive value.
Ill be playing a game like asherons call and something will go kinda hay wire.. all the sudden all I hear is massive white noise. Its really bad.
The only way to fix it is to shut down the program and restart it.
I havent played ac for a while so I didnt see much of the problem, but it started up with some new games like ac2 and a couple of demos. All the sudden that white noise hits. Sometimes if I move around the white noise will pop and crackle and sorta go away... but then if I move around more it comes back. So its shut down and restart the game to get rid if it.

Specs
SBLIVE Value OEM
Nvidia Geforce 3 ti500
Asus a7v133
512 Megs of PC133 ram
AMD thunderbird 1.2ghz
Windows XP with service pack 1

 

[Zarick]

bump!

 

[Zarick]

AHHHH What happened to all the helpful people here.

 

[risen]

You might have already tried it but have you installed the new sb drivers from their website.

 

[tweakmm]

via chipsets and creative labs don't like eachother

 

[Mem]

You tried the SB Live in different PCI slot?

 

[DeViLM4N]

I have the same problem with apollo on a7v266 from asus in combination with soundblasterPCI128(WDM)
(+3com 10/100 PCI server NICK w/3XP(3cr9905vr97)+Adaptec AHA-2940UW PCI SCSI controller+USB mouseman+GeForce 2 GTS Pro)
sometimes the sound works perfect untill u star using the mouse and scrolling or clicking, switching programs it all cracks up the sound


-tried all slot
-tried all drivers availeble
-tried latency patch (made it worse)
:|

plz any advise?(dont tell me to go buy some other sound adapter)

 

[Zarick]

yes
ive tried the new drivers
yes Ive tried different slots.

Im starting to think turtle beach is the way to go.
I never use eax in my games since on my value it sucks so badly.

 

[RegaPlanet]

Had and still rarely have the same problem with my sblive+ newest drivers + MSI Kt3 Kt333 mobo + XP...
Try turning down your hardware acceleration to standard or basic for your sound card...

Control Panel... Sounds and Audio devices... Audio Tab... Advanced under sound playback... Performance...

Play with different settings of hardware acceleration. Helps some I hear.

 

[Zarick]

but if I drop hardware acceleration down am I gonna lose massive fps in my games?

 

[RegaPlanet]

I don't think so... but you'll have to try for yourself to see.

 

[Zarick]

hmm
well I tried it.. I set it to basic. I actually think I might have boosted my fps.
odd.

 

[RegaPlanet]

hahaha, yea that does sound a little odd altho I dont know exactly how that slider bar affects everything.