- Aug 19, 2009
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Description:
After playing 5mins to 1hour, full-volume distorted static noise. In some games, it phazes out in pulses and slowly returns to normal sounds. In other games, it remains a full-volume static hiss.
Devices Affected:
Sound Blaster X-Fi Gamer Fatality series: green speaker port
EVGA 750 SLi FTW Real-Tek: on board green speaker port
Testing:
(Dead Space 3 is my best test-bed as the sound can be replicated every time in the first 5 mins of the game- Sound distortion is present when in full-screen game mode. Press windows key and instant silence/normality occurs. Open media player and normal sound/music occurs. Return to the game and static resumes. Static will vanish after 2mins if I press escape to bring up the in-game menu, then windows key to minimize the game)
(Hitman: Absolution- runs for hours with zero audio corruption)
--Some games never cause the issues: Mumble + Battlefield 3 + WinAmp = normal
--Multiple headphone's used, same sound replication when present in all speaker peripherals.
--I've tried turning off all the advanced features of my Xi-Fatality card, and those of the on board sound.
--I've set the internal sound bit processor on both sound devices to 24bit, 192000Htz thru 16bit, 41000Htz..
--I removed the Sound Blaster card properly, retested with on board audio only: problem persists
--Removed on board device from Device Manager, restarted to update drivers- problem persists
--All other audio devices are disabled in "Playback Devices"
--All extra video & sound codecs have been removed. (I could use instructions on how to reinstall the default audio codecs in Win 7)
Cause ideas:
My mobo & CPU are OC'd. FSB & Core clocks. But I can generally run extreme tests for 14+ hours without failures. Its water cooled and I feel, stable. If there were issues with the other clock, which hardware component would the fault occur with? MCP?
Is this a Dx Sound issue? Maybe IRQ issue? How do I test for that? Any thoughts?
After playing 5mins to 1hour, full-volume distorted static noise. In some games, it phazes out in pulses and slowly returns to normal sounds. In other games, it remains a full-volume static hiss.
Devices Affected:
Sound Blaster X-Fi Gamer Fatality series: green speaker port
EVGA 750 SLi FTW Real-Tek: on board green speaker port
Testing:
(Dead Space 3 is my best test-bed as the sound can be replicated every time in the first 5 mins of the game- Sound distortion is present when in full-screen game mode. Press windows key and instant silence/normality occurs. Open media player and normal sound/music occurs. Return to the game and static resumes. Static will vanish after 2mins if I press escape to bring up the in-game menu, then windows key to minimize the game)
(Hitman: Absolution- runs for hours with zero audio corruption)
--Some games never cause the issues: Mumble + Battlefield 3 + WinAmp = normal
--Multiple headphone's used, same sound replication when present in all speaker peripherals.
--I've tried turning off all the advanced features of my Xi-Fatality card, and those of the on board sound.
--I've set the internal sound bit processor on both sound devices to 24bit, 192000Htz thru 16bit, 41000Htz..
--I removed the Sound Blaster card properly, retested with on board audio only: problem persists
--Removed on board device from Device Manager, restarted to update drivers- problem persists
--All other audio devices are disabled in "Playback Devices"
--All extra video & sound codecs have been removed. (I could use instructions on how to reinstall the default audio codecs in Win 7)
Cause ideas:
My mobo & CPU are OC'd. FSB & Core clocks. But I can generally run extreme tests for 14+ hours without failures. Its water cooled and I feel, stable. If there were issues with the other clock, which hardware component would the fault occur with? MCP?
Is this a Dx Sound issue? Maybe IRQ issue? How do I test for that? Any thoughts?
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