Terrible noise on mic

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I have an XP pro computer. I have a Nvidia video card and a SB audigy 2Z
sound card. What I hear coming over speakers is great, but when I talk on the
mic my sound is extremely low (even though everything is turned up as high
as possible and whoever is listening to me on mic hears a noise every 15
minutes or so. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Computer is only a
month and a half old Thank you in advance!

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Thanks for your reply Greg, I have updated the latest drives but
unfortunately hasn't made any change. I will try the dxdiag advice and let
you know what I find out. Again, Thanks!

"Greg" wrote:

> I've never had a sound problem so i don't know too much in this area, but
> I've always found that updating drivers is very helpful. Also, go to your
> command prompt and type "dxdiag". This will do some diagnostics on your
> audio/visual.
>
> hope that was remotely helpful,
> Greg
>
> "visions" wrote:
>
> > I have an XP pro computer. I have a Nvidia video card and a SB audigy 2Z
> > sound card. What I hear coming over speakers is great, but when I talk on the
> > mic my sound is extremely low (even though everything is turned up as high
> > as possible and whoever is listening to me on mic hears a noise every 15
> > minutes or so. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Computer is only a
> > month and a half old Thank you in advance!

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Thanks for the advice John, I am using headphones and it's made no
difference. Does anyone know if there is a conflict between Nvidia video card
and Soundblaster sound card? The noise isn't coming from the speaker or mic,
it's like a conflict with sound card and motherboard or video card. Thanks
again John.

"johnf" wrote:

> You can try a cheap pair of headphones(~$10) , which break off your
> speakers - you may possibly be getting feedback from the speakers into the
> mic.
>
> --
>
> johnf
>
> > Thanks for your reply Greg, I have updated the latest drives but
> > unfortunately hasn't made any change. I will try the dxdiag advice and
> > let you know what I find out. Again, Thanks!
> >
> > "Greg" wrote:
> >
> >> I've never had a sound problem so i don't know too much in this area,
> >> but I've always found that updating drivers is very helpful. Also, go
> >> to your command prompt and type "dxdiag". This will do some
> >> diagnostics on your audio/visual.
> >>
> >> hope that was remotely helpful,
> >> Greg
> >>
> >> "visions" wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have an XP pro computer. I have a Nvidia video card and a SB
> >> > audigy 2Z sound card. What I hear coming over speakers is great, but
> >> > when I talk on the mic my sound is extremely low (even though
> >> > everything is turned up as high as possible and whoever is listening
> >> > to me on mic hears a noise every 15 minutes or so. Any help would be
> >> > greatly appreciated. Computer is only a month and a half old
> >> > Thank you in advance!
>
>
>

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In article <6929F230-D661-4A38-9B73-4DABA5444CC8@microsoft.com>,
visions says...
> Thanks for the advice John, I am using headphones and it's made no
> difference. Does anyone know if there is a conflict between Nvidia video card
> and Soundblaster sound card? The noise isn't coming from the speaker or mic,
> it's like a conflict with sound card and motherboard or video card. Thanks
> again John.
>
You need to increase the PCI latency for the Audigy. Google for and
download the PCI Latency tool and increase it from 32 to 64.

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