Filburt
02-05-03, 01:31 AM
Well I decided to use my TB Santa Cruz until I could find a remedy. I'm having the following problems with the APU on my nForce2 motherboard (Asus A7N8X Deluxe).
1. Sometimes the sound will go into what I call "crackle mode" where the sound is just WAY overdriven...sounds almost like what happens if you turn up the boost and volume too high on your mic and it's all crackly. Recently had an occurence where in game (Half Life) it was crackly...but if I'd minimize that and play a song...it sounded fine. However the game was still crackly. It will also happen in non-game operations occasionally as well.
2. Rhythmic stuttering in-game. I can fix it by restarting, but it will come back after some undetermined number of hours uptime again. I had heard it had something to do with the SMBus, but someone said it's related to the APU.
3. Game crashes that I never used to get. These seem to most certainly be soundcard related. They are of the same nature as the crashes I used to get with an old SBLive.
Anyhow, I like this board, and I think the APU is a nice piece of hardware...but I'm really really disappointed in the drivers. I'd rate them among some of the worst drivers I've dealt with. I suppose I wouldn't be quite as upset if it weren't a feature I find myself fond of :/.
1. Sometimes the sound will go into what I call "crackle mode" where the sound is just WAY overdriven...sounds almost like what happens if you turn up the boost and volume too high on your mic and it's all crackly. Recently had an occurence where in game (Half Life) it was crackly...but if I'd minimize that and play a song...it sounded fine. However the game was still crackly. It will also happen in non-game operations occasionally as well.
2. Rhythmic stuttering in-game. I can fix it by restarting, but it will come back after some undetermined number of hours uptime again. I had heard it had something to do with the SMBus, but someone said it's related to the APU.
3. Game crashes that I never used to get. These seem to most certainly be soundcard related. They are of the same nature as the crashes I used to get with an old SBLive.
Anyhow, I like this board, and I think the APU is a nice piece of hardware...but I'm really really disappointed in the drivers. I'd rate them among some of the worst drivers I've dealt with. I suppose I wouldn't be quite as upset if it weren't a feature I find myself fond of :/.