Soundstorm probs (nf7-s r2.0)

[iLLestOne]

Alright, I dl'ed the new chipset drivers from abit, and now my sound is all screwed up. I have only noticed it in counterstrike. After I play for awhile, all the sudden the sound becomes very distored and crackles.

When I close cs, then it's fine. Also, when I click on the systemtray icon to open up the audio options, the send error box pops up.

Has anyone else had these problems? Is there any way I can dl a newer audio driver somewhere? I rolled back 2 drivers, and now the systemtray icon works, but sound is still messed up.

[iLLestOne]

no one else run into this problem? It's something messed up with the drivers....

[Valk]

I have these same problems in my thread about onboard audio. everyone tells me that the southbridge needs cooling. if its that simple to fix. by all means.

[cstarritt]

ive had the random distorted sound bug as long as ive had my au13 (nforce2). from what i hear its caused by the southbridge getting hot, but havent tried putting a bigger hs on there yet.

[iLLestOne]

That makes sense. Sorry, I must have missed that thread. I did a couple searchs and must have missed it.

My case is at MOST 27C, I wonder why the SB is getting so hot? Can anyone recommend a good SB cooler that doesn't require modding (or at least not that much :) )

Is the chip with "nf7-s" on it the southbridge? (i'm still a nooblet)

[CrashOveride]

http://www.motherboardfaqs.com/article.php?4.255

Check that out and you might also wanna try cooling your Southbridge.

[Valk]

Incidently, as i just found out this morning after a complete format *twice, damn nachi <_<* there are new nforce drivers out. 3.13.
you might pick these up and follow the instructions listed on that page. I will have to install some games and test out whether the acpi fix helps but the line in mute makes sense.