I am stumped - any good advice would be GREAT!!! Here's the situation: I got a new PC a few months back (specs are below) and I was really annoyed with the onboard MOBO sound. It would buzz and crackle and bleep incessantly (system noise), and it would grow even louder when I scrolled or dragged and dropped. I bought a Sound Blaster Audigy SE, and that's where my problem started. It would sound GREAT with the Audigy... for the first 30 minutes or so after I booted up. After that, the sound would disintegrate into static, and the PC would eventually lock up, requiring a reboot. I bought a USB sound adapter, thinking that perhaps my monstrous graphics cards were hogging the PCI bus or something. However, my new USB sound card is doing the same thing as the Audigy. I am stumped... PLEASE HELP ME!!! Thanks. Core i7 920 Asetek Water Cooler Asus P6T Mobo 2 4850s in CrossFire 6GB DDR3 - Triple Channel 1TB Hitachi HDD 800W PSU 2x Samsung 22x DVD+-RW Vista Home Premium 64bit IF YOU NEED MORE DETAILS, JUST ASK.
3 different sounds cards with same issues means windows problem or more likely a motherboard issue. as motherboard is still under warranty then have it replaced. if still have issue then is a vista problem.
Should I try installing XP 1st? I hadn't done it before because I want to use all my 6gb ram, and I only have 32 bit XP.
Currently I am running Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I have never installed XP or any other OS on this machine before.
which service pack xp do you have as in none, sp1, sp2 or sp3? did the computer come with vista or did you install it?
I always use a linux livecd to test my hardware. If the soundcard works good under linux, you can rule out a hardware problem. How to dual boot vista and xp http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/about88231.html You can also install xp inside vista if you don't want to dual boot. You need the free virtualbox software.
