Peter, My last action was to physically remove the card and give it a and the slot a good blow of Dust Off and re-seated it snugly. Still have the crackles.
To answer your questions, The case is open, quite honestly, for no good reason, just got lazy about putting it back on last time. Can they run too cool?!? By IDE ribbons, I just want to make sure we are talking about the same thing. You mean the ribbons leading MB --> HD? I am trying removing Audio Compression. Will let you know. It is happening with all aplication with all sounds. Peter Kaulback wrote: > > Matt, what is the temperature inside the case? Some Athlon setups that are > too hot produce strange issues. Have you replaced the IDE ribbons as > well? Try uninstalling audio compression in windows setup, and then > reinstall it again. > Is this happening in all media applications or just one? > > Peter Kaulback > > In the hour of 02:00 PM 1/28/2002 -0800, Matt spoke this: > >All, > > > >Anyone know why any sound (wav, mp3, mpeg, anything) would be filled > >with scratches? Well, not actual scratches, but for those of you who are > >over 40, it sounds EXACTLY like the scratches and pops that were on your > >oldes LPs when played on your grandmothers HiFi. > > > >Used to be an itermittant problem, and re-booting would solve it. Now it > >is all the time. > > > >No conflicts in Deivce Manager. > > > >Win 98, Athlon 700, Vortex Adaptec 3D soundcard. Changing speakers > >doesn't help. > > > >Any takers? ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
