my sound card is a piece of kaka

[krakerman]

ok, i have a aureal vortex 2 card from turtle beach. i might be caled montego ii or something. if you have the card or know about it youll maybe know what im tlkin about :-) anywaysi have a few problems with the card atm. during start up when windows makes noise its all garbled and stuff. also, i lose all sound within 5 minutes of playing a dvd using powerdvd. also lose sound when uploading, using anything from hotline to ftp. if im doing a large amount of download i lose sound too. i noticed that the sound card and network card are on the same irq, could that be the cause of the problems w/ sound when up/downloading? if so, what could cause the problems with the dvd playing? i also dont notice any problems when playing games or watching vids off my hard drive. ive tried both the drivers win2k supplies, as well as the most updated ones i could find. im runnin on an epox 8kha board right now, if that matters.

[The Overclocker]

when i got my soundblaster i had to reinstall windows from scrach.. just an idea

[krakerman]

i would say yeah, give it a try, but ive reinstalled for other reasons numerous times and always still have the problem. a friend has the same problem with this card, so i think maybe its just lousy.

[Microsoft]

usually once you install new hardware its always best to reformat

[joey_rjm5]

I just go the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz and I think it's awesome. I haven't used it to play dvds yet though. think if you are having a problem like that you should contact there tech support. It's worth a shot.:)

[Warlord2]

the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz is a awesome card and recommend it to anyone who wants a better sound card

[krakerman]

this isnt new hardware. as old as the comp is really. been having the uploading/dvd problem for a while (had to bust out my g4 cube to watch dvds on :-( ). formated a few times so iive 'tried' that route, even though i didnt know i was doing it.

[krakerman]

ok, im about fed up with this sound card. any good ideas for a sound card in the <$50 range thats pretty good? not like this stupid thing. not even good as a paperweight.

[Microsoft]

well the sb live cards have alway sworked for me

[lonewolf1983]

go the AC'97 sound!!!!!!
im using it
not one problem
only 2 channels,but my amp is only stereo
and it was free
:)

[stenchhunt]

I have ac97 onboard and it was fine, as soon as I went to cable modem all my sound is crackly, tried a SB128 pci and exactly same prob...

could be the amount of bandwidth cable is taking up from the pci bus.... just a thought

dont know if its relevant but worth thinking about

any advice greatly appreciated here aswell

[Warlord2]

the better the sound card the less your CPU, bus,etc has to work


just get a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz so you dont have to get a new card for a LONG time=]