Warble when I start up and with other sounds

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nickravo wrote:

> I get a nasty warble at the beginning of all sounds, Windows start up,
> cds, music downloads, whatever. Any thoughts on cause and repair?

You haven't given us any information about your computer, so it is
impossible to give you a specific answer. Please go here for help in
crafting a good newsgroup post:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

In the meantime, things to answer/try:

1. Did the sound ever work properly? If so, what changed between the
time things worked and the time they didn't?

2. Do you have a beefy enough power supply to handle all the devices you
may have in your computer?

3. Is the sound device old?

a. Try updating its drivers - get them from the device mftr.'s
website, the motherboard mftr.'s website if onboard, or the OEM's
website for your specific model machine if you have an OEM computer
(Dell, Sony, HP, etc.).

b. Swap out the old soundcard for a known-working one. If you have
onboard sound, disable it in the BIOS and put in an inexpensive PCI
card soundcard instead.

4. Are the speakers connected properly? Are they old? Does the problem
happen with a different set of speakers?

All troubleshooting should be done systematically, making only one
change at a time, keeping notes, and testing after each change.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

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nickravo wrote:

> Thanks. Sorrt for the dearth of information. The only thing that has
> changed is I was playing around deleteing some audio files in Windows
> Media player. Could I have done something there? I thought I only
> killed music files. It did work after I got it out of the box a few
> weeks ago. Dell. Speakers seem fine.

Then try this:

1. First do a System Restore to before you messed around. If that fixes
things, stop there.

2. If that doesn't fix things, uninstall your soundcard drivers and
reinstall them.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

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Will others things get changed if I use this function? and how do I do
it?