Sb Live! - Driver

[NT.gamer 0]

Hi!

 

I have problems with my Soundblaster Live!-Card since I installed the new drivers from 17/07/2002 sometimes there is a cracking noise in my boxes (in games, when I play music...)

 

Is there a solution? THX

[Jerry Atrik 0]

i notice it occasionally myself

it happened before but its a little more frequent now.

[NT.gamer 0]

no solution?

[adamvjackson 0]

Remove the new drivers, and install the old drivers.

[Jerry Atrik 0]

i have not solved it

honestly i havent been looking because it's not too annoying yet

[adamvjackson 0]

Does turning down the hardware acceleration have any effect?

[NT.gamer 0]

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Does turning down the hardware acceleration have any effect?

I think that's a bad idea ;( but I will test it

[Jerry Atrik 0]

how often does this happen?

[DosFreak 2]

Lowering hardware acceleration is not a bad idea at all. It's a common diagnostic.

 

What motherboard are you using?

If you are using a VIA mobo, have you dried the VIA hack's?

 

Have you tried the KX drivers?

[NT.gamer 0]

@Jerry Atrik it often happens in games in "explosion-sounds"

 

@DosFreak I know there are problems with SB Live! and VIA chipsets, but I haven't a mainboard with VIA chipset... Older drivers work without problems, only the new are so bad I mean, the sound is very fine but this cracking noise is terrible...

[NT.gamer 0]

I turned down the hardware acceleration, but it didn't help

[Jerry Atrik 0]

to get rid of most of my pops and cracks i went into the sound mixer and turned the volume down on all the outputs... including the master

 

i use the volume on the apps and the speakers.

 

it got rid of just about all of them

[tylau 0]

I havent had this problem though. But chances are you could try to reduce the PCU latency of your mobo in BIOS.