Sound Looping Hard Freeze. [Videos inside]

[Coldkilla]

Videos of problem: [sorry for lack of quality]
Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gohobQDIGPg
Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8LD_ltPwFA

Two hardware changes recently took place:
1. eVGA GTX 570 taken out of system to test eVGA GT 430 for friend [Worked fine].
2. Took out XFi-Elite Pro Soundcard [permanently], installed on-board audio.

During the hardware changes, I used Drive Sweeper to remove the drivers, and installed the new drivers in safe mode. Also tried previous WHQL display drivers.

Not sure if this is related:
-Recently firefox/chrome freezes for 5-10 seconds randomly at times.

I defragged with Auslogics Disk defrag not but a week ago. I also checked Drive Sweeper for any remaining Creative drivers after the removal of the XFi-Elite pro and they did not exist, I downloaded audio drivers from the motherboard product page itself (Gigabyte UD3R Rev. 1.0).

Current video card temps (no game has been running for 15 minutes):
CPU: 42'C / 105'F
GPU: 36'C / 96'F [71'C / 159'F under load]
HDD 45'C / 111'F

System:
-CPU: i7 920
-RAM: 6gb DDR3 Corsair
-GPU: eVA GTX 570
-Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Rev 1.0
-PSU: Seasonic 600w +12v

Thoughts?

 

[Coldkilla]

bump.

 

[Coldkilla]

bump.

 

[birthdaymonkey]

That's a tough one. Logic suggests the problem is likely related to the recent changes. It's probably not the issue, but I don't think you're supposed to install drivers in safe mode.

 

[mfenn]

What kind of HDD or SSD do you have?

 

[Coldkilla]

hdd: wd 500gb 7200rpm

 

[DSF]

That's a tough one. Logic suggests the problem is likely related to the recent changes. It's probably not the issue, but I don't think you're supposed to install drivers in safe mode.

That's the procedure I've usually seen on the web. Remove old drivers, wipe out traces with a cleaner, install in safe mode. I don't think he did anything wrong on that end.

As far as your issue with the sound looping hard freeze, I used to get that occasionally in Source-engine games. There are some threads on the Steam forums that address it that might be worth reading. No guarantee they'll help, but they'll at least give you some things to try.

 

[mfenn]

hdd: wd 500gb 7200rpm

The game issue coupled with the fact that your web browsers seem to hang randomly makes me think that you might have an issue with the drive. Do you have a spare to test with?

 

[Coldkilla]

I will probably swap over to a SSD. Thx all.