[Imc-tech] advice on Win2K and audio?

[Joe Futrelle]

At 1:04 PM -0600 1/22/2003, Arun Bhalla wrote:
>A couple other ideas (I'm on a WinXP box at work, so beware!)
>
>Have you tried the Troubleshooter on any of the sound devices/drivers?
>
>Anyhow, it sounds like a DMA conflict to me.  First thing to check:
>Start up the Task Manager with Ctrl-Alt-Del or by right clicking on the
>desktop tray.  Check for any applications that are using a lot of CPU,
>like perhaps virus scanning software.
>
>If not that, try going to Control Panel->Sound->Audio->Advanced.  Mess
>around with audio acceleration, which may help if the software takes
>advantage of the driver.
>
>If not that, check out System->Hardware->Device Manager and look for any
>flags of conflicts and such, especially between the IDE controller and the
>sound card.
>
>If you don't see any, next try disabling DMA usage, or if DMA *is* disabled,
>try enabling it.

What's DMA?

>
>
>Paul Riismandel writes:
>>  Is the sound card a PCI card?
>>
>>  Check to see what other apps might be running in the background.  Real
>>  Audio and Winamp both install agents that run all the time that can
>>  screw up audio.
>>
>>
>>
>>  --Paul
>>
>>  Joe Futrelle wrote:
>>
>>  > Hi, I have a question for all the Windoze audio heads out there.  The
>>  > other day I upgraded Bethany's audio machine (a no-brand 1Ghz Athlon
>>  > beast) to Win2K and at the same time added a 100GB hard drive and a
>>  > new CD drive.  I reinstalled all her audio apps and got the latest
>>  > driver for my soundcard (a Hercules Game Theater XP).  Now the system
>>  > is much more stable than it was under Win98, but the audio stutters in
>>  > all the audio applications any time the disk is running.  My question
>>  > is this: do I likely need
>>  >
>>  > 1) a new soundcard, with a better driver
>>  > 2) a new EIDE controller, or
>>  > 3) some tweaking in software, or
>>  > 4) a bottomless pit to throw the old machine down, and a whole new
>  > > machine?
>  > >
>  > > I could use any and all ideas and advice.  Bethany's dissertation
>  > > deadline is bearing down on us, and her music all sssssounnnnnddssss
>>  > likkke thhhhhiissssss.
>>  >
>>
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>Arun Bhalla
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