Sb Live! - Driver

Hi! I have problems with my Soundblaster Live!-Card since I installed the new drivers from 17/07/2002 sometimes there is a cracking noise in my boxes (in games, when I play music. . . ) Is there a solution? THX.

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Hi!
 
I have problems with my Soundblaster Live!-Card since I installed the new drivers from 17/07/2002 sometimes there is a cracking noise in my boxes (in games, when I play music...)
 
Is there a solution? THX

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i notice it occasionally myself
it happened before but its a little more frequent now.

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Remove the new drivers, and install the old drivers.

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i have not solved it
honestly i havent been looking because it's not too annoying yet

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Does turning down the hardware acceleration have any effect?

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Quote:Does turning down the hardware acceleration have any effect?

I think that's a bad idea ;( but I will test it

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Lowering hardware acceleration is not a bad idea at all. It's a common diagnostic.
 
What motherboard are you using?
If you are using a VIA mobo, have you dried the VIA hack's?
 
Have you tried the KX drivers?

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@Jerry Atrik it often happens in games in "explosion-sounds"
 
@DosFreak I know there are problems with SB Live! and VIA chipsets, but I haven't a mainboard with VIA chipset... Older drivers work without problems, only the new are so bad I mean, the sound is very fine but this cracking noise is terrible...

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I turned down the hardware acceleration, but it didn't help

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to get rid of most of my pops and cracks i went into the sound mixer and turned the volume down on all the outputs... including the master
 
i use the volume on the apps and the speakers.
 
it got rid of just about all of them

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I havent had this problem though. But chances are you could try to reduce the PCU latency of your mobo in BIOS.