otwist26
05-05-2003, 03:42 PM
Hello all.
I appear to have a serious audio problem related to using a combination of WindowsXP Pro and the rather popular motherboard ASUS A7N8X.
I am reposting here an edited version of my previous posts, representing the sum of my efforts thus far. I'm doing this both in the hope that someone might still be able to help me with the problem and as a warning to anyone considering using the A7N8X with WindowsXP Pro. I hope this is acceptable on the forum.
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My system is:
MB - ASUS A7N8X
CPU - AMD AthlonXP 2400+
Vid Card - GeForce4 64MB AGP
512MB DDR PC2100 RAM
The problem:
Sound always skips/stutters/stumbles in every song played at 4-5 seconds into the track. After that, the tempo of the track is wrong (a bit too slow or too fast), sound quality is slightly muffled, and there are occaisionaly other skips at random intervals.
This occurs:
-With both MP3 and WAV files.
-With every media player I've tried (WinAmp, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, QuickTime, etc.)
-Only on WindowsXP Pro (on WindowsME the audio playback is as smooth as can be!)
-With both onboard audio and my PCI sound card.
I have tried:
-practically everything!
-3 different hard drives
-other memory sticks
-2 different video cards
-Many different sound card driver versions, both manufacturer and reference.
-A half-dozen different video card drivers, both manufacturer and reference, including of course the latest from nVidia(detonator series).
-3 different NForce motherboard driver versions, both manufacturer and reference.
-3 differnt CD-ROMS
-2 power supplies
-I've removed all hardware in my system but mainboard, memory, cpu, vid card, and hdd. I've disabled all extra hardware on the motherboard (LAN, USB, etc) (except for audio when trying onboard audio).
-I've re-installed WinXP Pro at least 10 times.
-WinXP SP1a
-DirectX 9.0
-I've tweaked every sound, driver, DirectX and DirectSound setting I can find.
-I've disabled EVERY system service in WinXP (except RPC, plug-and-play, and Windows Audio, which are necessary).
What a saga. My friends I can only conclude that the problem is with WindowsXP sound processing and the motherboard (or NForce motherboard drivers).
A few questions:
-Anyone want to buy an ASUS A7N8X???
-Anyone using the same Motherboard/WinXP Pro combo, with or without experiencing this problem?
-What else could it be???
Any other thoughts greatly appreciated.
I appear to have a serious audio problem related to using a combination of WindowsXP Pro and the rather popular motherboard ASUS A7N8X.
I am reposting here an edited version of my previous posts, representing the sum of my efforts thus far. I'm doing this both in the hope that someone might still be able to help me with the problem and as a warning to anyone considering using the A7N8X with WindowsXP Pro. I hope this is acceptable on the forum.
____________________________________
My system is:
MB - ASUS A7N8X
CPU - AMD AthlonXP 2400+
Vid Card - GeForce4 64MB AGP
512MB DDR PC2100 RAM
The problem:
Sound always skips/stutters/stumbles in every song played at 4-5 seconds into the track. After that, the tempo of the track is wrong (a bit too slow or too fast), sound quality is slightly muffled, and there are occaisionaly other skips at random intervals.
This occurs:
-With both MP3 and WAV files.
-With every media player I've tried (WinAmp, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, QuickTime, etc.)
-Only on WindowsXP Pro (on WindowsME the audio playback is as smooth as can be!)
-With both onboard audio and my PCI sound card.
I have tried:
-practically everything!
-3 different hard drives
-other memory sticks
-2 different video cards
-Many different sound card driver versions, both manufacturer and reference.
-A half-dozen different video card drivers, both manufacturer and reference, including of course the latest from nVidia(detonator series).
-3 different NForce motherboard driver versions, both manufacturer and reference.
-3 differnt CD-ROMS
-2 power supplies
-I've removed all hardware in my system but mainboard, memory, cpu, vid card, and hdd. I've disabled all extra hardware on the motherboard (LAN, USB, etc) (except for audio when trying onboard audio).
-I've re-installed WinXP Pro at least 10 times.
-WinXP SP1a
-DirectX 9.0
-I've tweaked every sound, driver, DirectX and DirectSound setting I can find.
-I've disabled EVERY system service in WinXP (except RPC, plug-and-play, and Windows Audio, which are necessary).
What a saga. My friends I can only conclude that the problem is with WindowsXP sound processing and the motherboard (or NForce motherboard drivers).
A few questions:
-Anyone want to buy an ASUS A7N8X???
-Anyone using the same Motherboard/WinXP Pro combo, with or without experiencing this problem?
-What else could it be???
Any other thoughts greatly appreciated.