Strange sound problem (I am not making this up)

[Henrythewound]

OK, heres one for the gurus out there. I have some sort of basic soundblaster card (not sure which model) installed in a computer a buddy and I built approx 3 years ago. I recently reformatted the hard drive and needed to reinstall windows etc. My sound card stopped working. I downloaded all the drivers for W98 from SB website and tried installing them figuring one would do the trick. I got one to take hold and I had good, working sound for about 2 weeks. Now, if my computer has been in hibernation mode and I try to wake it and play something on winamp for example, there is a strong, ultra-annoying static noise whenever any program plays a sound. BUT, now heres where it gets weird, if I hold the left mousebutton down as if I am going to drag a window around, the sound suddenly becomes crystal clear. SO as long as I dont mind taping that button down I can listen to music while I study, otherwise I have to reboot and listen until the comp goes into hibernation mode again whereupon the sound again becomes crap. Anyone have any suggestions as to what is actually wrong? I would say its just the driver, but it worked well for 2 weeks or so. Any expert advice would be appreciated


Joe aka Henrythewound

 

[Unforgiven]

no clue as to what the problem is, but sounds like you need to disable hibernation and that should solve your issues. i know that doesnt exactly solve the issue, but it seems like the most basic thing to do to resolve the problem since hibernation seems to be the issue.