Golden Boy
12-16-05, 04:16 PM
Hello all
I recently replaced my Audigy 2 ZS with a X-FI extreme music, as i saw much people here are very happy with it.
I cleaned the whole old drivers out, and placed the card in the same slot, where the audigy was, installed all drivers, all went ok without problems.
But what i noticed - when i have the card running in Entertainment mode - and i am listening to music or watching video clips AND there is some other HDD access at the same time, the sound has some cracks and popping noises in the background.
Therefore i searched the net about it, and found out that someone had likely the same problem , and by switching to Audio creation mode, and enable "bit matched playback" in a sub-menue (disables SVM and 24 bit crystalizer as it says) - the cracks and popping noises went away.
So this looks like a strange software issue to me.
I had never any sound problems with my audigy 2 ZS, regardless about the system usage or hdd usage...
I tried "Game mode" too, to have full hardware EAX support in games and so, and the cracking noises are there too (you always have HDD access in games :P) .
I tried disabling SVM and or 24 bit crystalizer, but did not use anything.
Just the "Audio creation mode" with that option checked does the trick.
I dont think swapping the card with my SCSI card will help, they will remain that close together - but it makes no sense somehow, because with that option checked - the sound works normally.
Is someone out there with a DFI Mobo / other NF4 mobo, and having that kind of problems too - is there perhaps a bios option to enable / disable - which could help ?
I read a lot on the net too, creative forums... they always advise to change PCI latency and that kind of stuff... or updating mobo bios (but that was for worse problems to get the card working on nf4 mainboards as far as ive read).
But somehow i dont believe that would help, because the soundcard works in that specific mode, and my "old" soundcard worked too without any specific settings or drivers :(
I really would like to be able to switch modes , and have no sound glitches !!
I also tried to disable some audio ports (CD/AUX/Line in) to have no interferences... did not help.
I have the 6-23 bios on my board, its working fine until now, and is a recent one as far as i know.
I really would appreciate any tips or ideas .... because i always search a lot before i ask somewhere...and i got stuck now at this point.
Best regards
I recently replaced my Audigy 2 ZS with a X-FI extreme music, as i saw much people here are very happy with it.
I cleaned the whole old drivers out, and placed the card in the same slot, where the audigy was, installed all drivers, all went ok without problems.
But what i noticed - when i have the card running in Entertainment mode - and i am listening to music or watching video clips AND there is some other HDD access at the same time, the sound has some cracks and popping noises in the background.
Therefore i searched the net about it, and found out that someone had likely the same problem , and by switching to Audio creation mode, and enable "bit matched playback" in a sub-menue (disables SVM and 24 bit crystalizer as it says) - the cracks and popping noises went away.
So this looks like a strange software issue to me.
I had never any sound problems with my audigy 2 ZS, regardless about the system usage or hdd usage...
I tried "Game mode" too, to have full hardware EAX support in games and so, and the cracking noises are there too (you always have HDD access in games :P) .
I tried disabling SVM and or 24 bit crystalizer, but did not use anything.
Just the "Audio creation mode" with that option checked does the trick.
I dont think swapping the card with my SCSI card will help, they will remain that close together - but it makes no sense somehow, because with that option checked - the sound works normally.
Is someone out there with a DFI Mobo / other NF4 mobo, and having that kind of problems too - is there perhaps a bios option to enable / disable - which could help ?
I read a lot on the net too, creative forums... they always advise to change PCI latency and that kind of stuff... or updating mobo bios (but that was for worse problems to get the card working on nf4 mainboards as far as ive read).
But somehow i dont believe that would help, because the soundcard works in that specific mode, and my "old" soundcard worked too without any specific settings or drivers :(
I really would like to be able to switch modes , and have no sound glitches !!
I also tried to disable some audio ports (CD/AUX/Line in) to have no interferences... did not help.
I have the 6-23 bios on my board, its working fine until now, and is a recent one as far as i know.
I really would appreciate any tips or ideas .... because i always search a lot before i ask somewhere...and i got stuck now at this point.
Best regards