problem with sound

[crash16]

when playing DOD i start loseing sound after awile, it will start getting real scratchy like then start loseing some of the sounds then all of the sound is lost.... i exit the game go back in and it is fine for about 5 min or so and then does it again... all specs in sig if u need any more info ask...

[o770]

check if the game hasnt some kind of buffer sound setting like DS buffer or something and try with it.

[crash16]

i have tried all the diff audio settings in the game and i still messed up after 5 min or so of playing

[Maxvla]

DOD?

current drivers?

[crash16]

yes i got current drivers for the sound...

[Maxvla]

1 of 2 aint bad.

DOD?

[crash16]

DOD= Day of Defeat... half life mod

[Maxvla]

check to see if there are any patches for DOD and apply them. since its a mod for a already made game there are certain things that don't get as much time in the programmer's schedule.
i would say its most likely the mod itself. not your computer. does it do it on any other game?

[crash16]

i really only play dod... should of said this in first post i just put in new mobo and cpu 2 days ago and this never happen before this...

[crash16]

well i tried reinstalling the drivers now it only starts to mess up when my fps starts droping below 35 but i dont lose sound =, so we will have to wait for my new vid to get here to see if it fixes anything...

EDIT: it ahppens in all mods... i got a new video card and it still happens... and it all started after i put in my new mobo and processor

[crash16]

BUMP... still havent got this fixed yet :(

[MEMex]

hehe dont you love it when Gateway... let me enfasize that more.... GATEWAY's computer components always seem to do half ass all the time... see, you get a really super high quality mobo and cpu, then add something from ANY gateway, and it does half ass... :D

I have an ISA sound card.. want that.. mawhahahahaha

The transfer rate on that sound card proly isn't fast enough, lol its like when u first got dsl, your phonlines(mobo) can be fiber optic but your line going to your house(your sound card) could be copper wire that was made before the 1930's and has been spliced and tapped and the phone box beaten with my baseball bat a hundred times and crosses and shorts when the slightest humidity touches it or if someone sneezes.......

Well.... i think you need to go with buying a new sound card next buuuddie :burn:

[crash16]

you gunna give me the $40 i need to go buy one?? cause i dont...

[MEMex]

Are you crazy? $40!?!

I'm not going to give you $40, i'll give you $110 :D (not)
Go "salvage" one out of a computer :cool:

[crash16]

heh... anyway i tried reinstalling dod didnt work, then i installed it in my CS RETAIL folder and still the sound is messed up...

[o770]

try messing with the sound hw acceleration into the sound properties in the control panel. try with it to use only the required resources or try with it at the full acceleration.

[crash16]

turned it down all the way helped a little but still cuts out when people are speaking on voice comm..

[o770]

how much ram do u have? arent system resources too low when you run the games?
i think i should try the regular stuff - defragging hd, check pci latency in bios, other sound card driver, EAX settings in audioHQ etc.

[crash16]

ram is in my sig :) and i will check the rest of that out...

EDIT: my PCI latency is 32

[MospeadasDark]

When you got the new mobo and cpu, did you do a fresh install or just plopped the HDD in?

[crash16]

i jut put in the HDD, had to reinstall all drivers for everything.. was hopeing didnt have to reinstall OS... everything works fine except the sound fdajfdsfagasffdas LOL

[MospeadasDark]

I reckon most likely that is your problem right there.

Now the decision is whether to sit and try to figure some other way around it for days and hope there is a fix, then break down and just reinstall or spend 30mins reinstalling windows.

[crash16]

ya proly saty up all night tonight and reinstall os and all my games... 4gigs of HL mods ROFL well i guess i will try that see if it works.. one thing tho is that PCI latency good or bad??? just wonderin

[MospeadasDark]

The lower the value the faster it will be. You always want latency to be low. However stability can suffer from the bus running too fast. Usually 32 is a good balance between performance and stability.

[crash16]

ok cool thx for the replies

[CrystalMethod]

Just a question, how did you install the drivers? Did you do it maually or did you do it off of the CD's auto run?

[crash16]

for the sound drivers i did it myself....

EDIT: i uninstalled the drivers and then restarted computer asked me for the install disk for it.. i dont have one... so i said skip file... and then i right clicked my comp and it said i had a sound card installed with drivers so i went to play the game it worked great until after about 5 mins of playing hten i lose sound.. and it is just a bunch of garbage...... it doesnt do this when i listen to music or anything....

[crash16]

right... i formatted me HD then i went to install my OS and it wouldnt let me.. it just sat there after i started the computer... so i put my old system back together and started it just fine got it all the way to where it has to restart for first time starting windows and put my new sys back together and started it up.. works great sound works fine now too... thx all


EDIT: started doing it again today.....