Video driver causes audio studder

[demanlov]

I have a Dell Dimension 8400 with 3.2G processor and 1 GB of RAM. The video card is a nVidea 6800 and the sound card is a Soundblaster 24-bit live. I had a problem a few months ago with my audio periodically skipping and causing my modem not to work. I tried alot of things including reloading the machine from the ground up several times and it would not go away. I noticed that if I uninstalled my Video driver, I had no problems, but as soon as I reloaded the video driver, the problems would come back. The problem was periodic, but one thing that would always make it stop working was to Diablo 2 on-line.

After talking with Dell several times, I finally convinced them to send me a replacement Video Card. I reload the machine again with the old card, but as soon as I got to the Video driver, the audio started studdering again. I replaced the video card with the one they sent me and the problems went away. I completed the load and everything worked well. I could play Diablo 2 on-line and had no problems. I thought it was fixed.

This Christmas I got Guild Wars. I loaded it up. I logged in and started to play it. I got outside the city and started to fight some monsters and the audio studder returned, knocking my modem off the internet. I can still play Diablo 2 on the internet, but if I try to play Guild Wars, the audio begins to studder and I get kicked off the internet again.

I checked and verified that my Video Card, Audio Card, and my modem are on different interrupts. I'm really not sure what to do next? Any ideas????

Thanks!!!

 

[Lord_Exodia]

Try removing the sound card and putting it in another pci slot. Go into the bios F2 during bootup and making sure onboard sound is disabled instead of set to auto.