XFI XtremeMusic Crackling and Poping?

[Jules]

Anyone else have this problem? Im using a pair of headphones and it isnt the PC150's as i was just using them on my laptop. Ive tryed all 3 PCI Slots and the same thing. Any ideas?

 

[imported_Imp]

Infamous problem with the X-fi. See Creative Forums for 500 page thread on people discussing problem. I have had it happen in some games, turned out to be CMSS-3D. Essentially, it's probably a driver issue that Creative is 'trying' to fix.

Where and when is it popping for you? Under heavy load, in games, music, idle?

 

[Jules]

Was watching some original transformers cartoons and it does it. Very annoyoing.

 

[Jules]

funny thing is i never had this problem the last time i bought this card.

 

[Makaveli]

i've not experience this issue since the SB live series on Via motherboards way back when. on my audigy 1 card and my current X-fi music doesn't happen.

 

[Jules]

i cant figure out what it is. i tryed everything i can think of.

 

[Jules]

Still in the same boat.

here are my system specs
Biostar Tforce 965PT 1791 @ Stock Voltage
C2d E6300 @ 3.0 Stock Vcore/Ultra 120
2GB OCZ Platinum XTC PC2-6400 @ 860MHZ (5-5-5-15) @ 2.1v
EVGA 8800GTS 640mb @ 621/2000
Maxtor 350GB 16mb cach 7200rpm HD IDE
Corsair HX520 520W PSU
Dell 2407WFP

 

[imported_Imp]

Running anything in the background while watching movies? I surf and watch stuff usually, and certain sites take 100% of the CPU for some retarded reason, thus popping, but I doubt it's the same type you're getting. Have you tried turning all those fancy-smancy garbage features in the Creative console off (CMSS-3D, 24-bit, etc.)?

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: Imp
Running anything in the background while watching movies? I surf and watch stuff usually, and certain sites take 100% of the CPU for some retarded reason, thus popping, but I doubt it's the same type you're getting. Have you tried turning all those fancy-smancy garbage features in the Creative console off (CMSS-3D, 24-bit, etc.)?

Yep i tryed that.

 

[JJ650]

I had this problem at first with mine. I uninstalled the card and used driver cleaner (in safe mode) and nixed any creative/Nvidia audio drivers.
I downloaded the latest drivers from Creative's site and did just a basic install, also while in Safe Mode. You still get to access all of the card's functions, but without the pretty display. An audio console will be in your Control Panel window.

I know I don't get the crackling or slow down. It happened a lot on C&C3, but it hasn't done it since.

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: JJ650
I had this problem at first with mine. I uninstalled the card and used driver cleaner (in safe mode) and nixed any creative/Nvidia audio drivers.
I downloaded the latest drivers from Creative's site and did just a basic install, also while in Safe Mode. You still get to access all of the card's functions, but without the pretty display. An audio console will be in your Control Panel window.

I know I don't get the crackling or slow down. It happened a lot on C&C3, but it hasn't done it since.

Damn, tryed that and still no go. This is pissing me off already.

 

[Smartazz]

Yeah, I've had this problem a lot and I never found out what it was. I guess this is the problem. It can happen at pretty much any time, listening to music or playing games. Quite loud when it crackles too.

 

[Smartazz]

OP, have you tried lowering your overclock by any chance and see if that helped?

 

[Laminator]

I have this problem too (rig in sig.). It only happens when I play certain games with the sound processor on, namely Battlefield 2 and F.E.A.R.. I heard it had something to do with the motherboard lacking bandwidth in the PCI bus for the X-Fi, but I may be wrong. Anyways, it's a common problem.

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: Laminator
I have this problem too (rig in sig.). It only happens when I play certain games with the sound processor on, namely Battlefield 2 and F.E.A.R.. I heard it had something to do with the motherboard lacking bandwidth in the PCI bus for the X-Fi, but I may be wrong. Anyways, it's a common problem.

Well that sucks. Not sure what to do at this point. any ideas?

 

[LittleNemoNES]

I had this problem till I got my p5w -- it NEVER happened again...thank god.

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: gersson
I had this problem till I got my p5w -- it NEVER happened again...thank god.

what did you have before?

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Originally posted by: MyStupidMouth

Originally posted by: gersson
I had this problem till I got my p5w -- it NEVER happened again...thank god.

what did you have before?

I used to have an A8R32 Deluxe (the Asus board with the Xpress 3200 chipset) w/ Opteron 170

 

[Jules]

I think i might just go to onboard sound. This is pissing me off

 

[LittleNemoNES]

OMG I HATE THIS THREAD

I haven't had issues with my X-Fi making crackling sounds for more than a year now all of the sudden...

O__O

It's JinXED

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: gersson
OMG I HATE THIS THREAD

I haven't had issues with my X-Fi making crackling sounds for more than a year now all of the sudden...

O__O

It's JinXED

Your having that problem now?

 

[Thor86]

If your sound card is sharing an IRQ with another device - drive controller for example, and anytime your PCI bus is busy with drive reads/writes, your sound card will crackle.

 

[Jules]

this is how it looks IRQ.JPG

Seems that everytime the hard drive is reading it crackles alot.

 

[Midnight Rambler]

IRQ sharing was, is, and will forever be, the bane of all sound cards.

At least in DOS we had some good workarounds ...

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: Midnight Rambler
IRQ sharing was, is, and will forever be, the bane of all sound cards.

At least in DOS we had some good workarounds ...

any idea how to fix this? it doesnt seem like its sharing