From: A Clown on 11/14/2002
When i boot up windows 2000 i get a crackling sound at the beggining.i have abit kt7a motherboard amd xp2000+ chip 768mb ram and a sounblaster live. i have got service pack 3 on.i have installed all the latest gfx, sound ,and via drivers.my gfx card and soundcard share the same irq number. somebody suggested changing my computer from acpi to a standard pc. i did this and my sound was perfect but i couldnt change from 16 colours to 32bit colours and i couldnt get my geforce 4 gfx card to work. it had also changed my soundcard to a different irq number.i also changed my soundcard irq number in the bios but it has no affect.so i had to change back to acpi and crappy sound. does anyone know how i can change my irq number for my soundcard.i went into my irq settings and i could not highlight manual settings it was stuck on auto so i cannot manually change my irq numbers. can anyone help please ?
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From: A Clown on 11/16/2002
i used to get a soundloop when it was sharing the same irq and i ended up restarting in op flashpoint. but not now it just quits the game and goes back to the desktop, any ideas anybody please ??
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From: A Clown on 11/15/2002
Something strange happened today. my gfx and soundcard share the same irq number 11. for some reason i disabled the soundcard then enabled it and it changed from 11 to 7. the noise isnt that bad but still slightly there. trouble is as soon as i restart it goes back to 11.
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From: A Duhweeb on 11/14/2002
I wonder if it's something simple like your speakers picking up the noise? Have you tried different speakers or headphones to see if it still does it? Cleaned off the plug in connector?
I am about to say get a new sound card, but if you have someone who will let you try theirs, give it a try just for fun. I would say a different mfg would be best as a test.
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From: A Clown on 11/14/2002
I HAVE SWITCHED MY CARDS IN VARIOUS SLOTS FIRST NEXT TO THE AGP SLOT THEN AT THE BOTTOM PCI SLOT, BUT STILL THE SOUND CRACKLES.ITS STRANGE HOW IF I USE NON ACPI SETTINGS IT CHANGES THE IRQ AND MY PROBLEM HAS GONE BUT I CANNOT GET MY GFX CARD TO WORK NO MATTER WHAT
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From: Computerpilot on 11/14/2002
I agree with the first post. Try switching the soundcard to another PCI slot. In addition, you can move other cards that share the same IRQ as your sound card.The ACPI hal does not allow the user to change IRQ's (even in the BIOS). Windows completely manages the IRQ settings. In my option, it does not do a very good job!!!!!!!!! Expecially with Windows NT and XP. I have had a lot of problems with this as well. Usually less expensive motherboards exhibit this problem (a surprise for Abit - no sarcasm). I agree in that you should keep ACPI and try switching PCI slots. You may also consider a different motherboard in an extreme situation. You might also want to check out the sound card manufacturer's website for a possible updated driver or fix. Computerpilot
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From: A Duhweeb on 11/14/2002
Have you tried sticking the sound card into a different slot? Switching card slots with another card? Try turning PnP off? Leave out other cards to see if that helps?
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