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O.K., I'm experiencing a few different sound issues in my system. I've spent months trying to nail them, but they keep coming up.
The sound problems are one of 3 types:
1) In some games, the soundtrack gets stuck in a loop (generally solved by setting the system back to default clock speeds)
2) Hissing noise in the headphones when my CD player (but not DVD player) spins up.
3) - the wierdest - with NO headphones or speakers installed, I sometimes hear noise coming from the system. When I open up the system, it sounds like the noise is eminating from the video card, but it is hard to tell. Again, there are no speakers or headphones connected when I hear this, and I test it running the system at default clock speeds. And here's the kicker- the noise only occurs in this specific scenario - when using the scroll wheel of my mouse in MS Internet Explorer. Just that app. I can happily scroll in any other app without the noise, it's only when IE is the active window and I am scrolling through it.
What I've tried so far:
Totally taking the system apart, many times. Re-routing cables differently to avoid cross-talk. Removing non essential things like the internal drive bay box from my Audigy, getting rid of my floppy drive, getting rid of the joystick output which I don't use, changing to different PCI slots, adjusting memory timings, changing cooling systems (going from seriously air-cooled to koolance water cooling, adding/removing fans) and switching mice, moving my computer and external cables to avoid other types of cross-talk. Also updating BIOS and drivers for motherboard, sound card and video card.
Current system specs:
Koolance water cooling rig, PC Power and Cooling 425watt PSU
2.4 GHz P4c
Crucial matched DDR ram, running at 2-3-3-5 timings, 2x512 modules
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum.
Samsung DVD player.
Samsung CD/RW drive. (both drives are fairly new).
eVGA GeForxe FX 5900 Ultra, 256 MB, stock cooling. Runing WHQL drivers from the eVGA site, 6.14.10.5303
Abit IC7-G Motherboard, latest BIOS as of Mid-January.
Razer Boomslang 2000 USB mouse.
Pair of 37GB Raptor drives running in a stripe set using the Intel Serial ATA Raid on the motherboard.
On board sound is Disabled.
Silicon Image Raid is Disabled.
As noted above, I've removed the floppy drive and cables, the joystick adapter is removed that accompanied the Audigy, and I've removed the drive-bay box for the Audigy.
I've changed the way my cables are routed around my system till I'm blue in the face trying to cut down on cross-talk. I've even replaced some of the cables entirely.
I think I've tried everything I can (I can't afford to buy any new hardware, and my stockpile of old hardware is long gone
so aside from trying different mice, I don't have any other hardware to swap out.
The only thing I haven't done is to take out the Audigy and try running the on-board sound. Don't want to do that, my ego doesn't want to know that I wasted a ton of money on a sound card that's causing problems
Thank you for your time.
The sound problems are one of 3 types:
1) In some games, the soundtrack gets stuck in a loop (generally solved by setting the system back to default clock speeds)
2) Hissing noise in the headphones when my CD player (but not DVD player) spins up.
3) - the wierdest - with NO headphones or speakers installed, I sometimes hear noise coming from the system. When I open up the system, it sounds like the noise is eminating from the video card, but it is hard to tell. Again, there are no speakers or headphones connected when I hear this, and I test it running the system at default clock speeds. And here's the kicker- the noise only occurs in this specific scenario - when using the scroll wheel of my mouse in MS Internet Explorer. Just that app. I can happily scroll in any other app without the noise, it's only when IE is the active window and I am scrolling through it.
What I've tried so far:
Totally taking the system apart, many times. Re-routing cables differently to avoid cross-talk. Removing non essential things like the internal drive bay box from my Audigy, getting rid of my floppy drive, getting rid of the joystick output which I don't use, changing to different PCI slots, adjusting memory timings, changing cooling systems (going from seriously air-cooled to koolance water cooling, adding/removing fans) and switching mice, moving my computer and external cables to avoid other types of cross-talk. Also updating BIOS and drivers for motherboard, sound card and video card.
Current system specs:
Koolance water cooling rig, PC Power and Cooling 425watt PSU
2.4 GHz P4c
Crucial matched DDR ram, running at 2-3-3-5 timings, 2x512 modules
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum.
Samsung DVD player.
Samsung CD/RW drive. (both drives are fairly new).
eVGA GeForxe FX 5900 Ultra, 256 MB, stock cooling. Runing WHQL drivers from the eVGA site, 6.14.10.5303
Abit IC7-G Motherboard, latest BIOS as of Mid-January.
Razer Boomslang 2000 USB mouse.
Pair of 37GB Raptor drives running in a stripe set using the Intel Serial ATA Raid on the motherboard.
On board sound is Disabled.
Silicon Image Raid is Disabled.
As noted above, I've removed the floppy drive and cables, the joystick adapter is removed that accompanied the Audigy, and I've removed the drive-bay box for the Audigy.
I've changed the way my cables are routed around my system till I'm blue in the face trying to cut down on cross-talk. I've even replaced some of the cables entirely.
I think I've tried everything I can (I can't afford to buy any new hardware, and my stockpile of old hardware is long gone
so aside from trying different mice, I don't have any other hardware to swap out.The only thing I haven't done is to take out the Audigy and try running the on-board sound. Don't want to do that, my ego doesn't want to know that I wasted a ton of money on a sound card that's causing problems
Thank you for your time.