December 6th 03, 09:45 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Firstly I just upgraded to WinXP Pro from Win98SE. It
was a clean
>install, and all the hardware was working well in Win98.
The hardware
>in question is a Sound Blaster 16, and an Geforce2 MX
(32MB) running
>in an Athlon850 with 384MB of RAM.
>
>Everything in the install went smoothly, no hang-ups or
anything.
>When I go to play any music there is a very strong
distortion. It
>gets much worse with visualizations enabled, slowing down
>significantly. I upgrade both Sound and Video card
drivers to no
>avail. I have also removed and then reinstalled the
drivers. The mic
>is not in so that doesn't seem to be the problem. The
distortion does
>improve by reducing the screen resolution and even more
by disabling
>the Nvidia drivers and going with the standard windows
drivers.
>However the distortions are always present and the sound
is flat.
>
>This would lead me to believe that it is the video
card. However the
>other correlation is that the sound improves as use of
resources in
>reduced. I need some ideas on how to determine which
component it is
>and if possible some ideas on how to fix it. I am
prepared to buy one
>but not both of the components to fix the problem, if it
is hardware
>and not software.
>.
Do you have onboard Audio? How much RAM is installed?
>Firstly I just upgraded to WinXP Pro from Win98SE. It
was a clean
>install, and all the hardware was working well in Win98.
The hardware
>in question is a Sound Blaster 16, and an Geforce2 MX
(32MB) running
>in an Athlon850 with 384MB of RAM.
>
>Everything in the install went smoothly, no hang-ups or
anything.
>When I go to play any music there is a very strong
distortion. It
>gets much worse with visualizations enabled, slowing down
>significantly. I upgrade both Sound and Video card
drivers to no
>avail. I have also removed and then reinstalled the
drivers. The mic
>is not in so that doesn't seem to be the problem. The
distortion does
>improve by reducing the screen resolution and even more
by disabling
>the Nvidia drivers and going with the standard windows
drivers.
>However the distortions are always present and the sound
is flat.
>
>This would lead me to believe that it is the video
card. However the
>other correlation is that the sound improves as use of
resources in
>reduced. I need some ideas on how to determine which
component it is
>and if possible some ideas on how to fix it. I am
prepared to buy one
>but not both of the components to fix the problem, if it
is hardware
>and not software.
>.
Do you have onboard Audio? How much RAM is installed?