milano_chris
04-22-07, 07:28 AM
System Specs:
Win XP Pro SP2
Opteron 175
2 x 1GB PNY RAM
ASUS A8N32-SLI deluxe
XFX 7900 GTX 512
2 x 36 GB Raptors in Raid 0
250GB Samsung Sata
Etasis ET 850 PSU
G15 keyboard
Mx-518 mouse
Altec Lansing surround speakers
Philips 190X6 monitor
Think that's it...
I've owned my X-Fi for ages now and up until a few days ago everything was sweet.
Basically it started a few days ago. I'd been away on Holiday and bought C&C3 so played that for ages. No issues with that game whatsoever. Then one evening I decide to give BF2 a go since I've not played it for ages and about half way through a round my PC shuts it self down and restarts. Weird, everything in C&C3 works... By shut down I mean power off, and the it powers up again. I think my PSU is detecting something wrong and killing power.
So I re-install the game and that issue is gone. Now, about half way through the round I get the weirdest sound issues going on. Everything comes through my front right speaker. I can hear footsteps of other players as if from there perspective. I can hear them charge their shock paddles, fire rifles, reload, throw grenades etc etc. It's not constant, happens ever 1 or two secs, in blasts. I can also hear bullets landing as if next to me but it's near someone else as I'd be in the middle of no where. I don't mean when people are next to me, this happens when I'm miles away from anyone on the map. It's so frustrating because I can't tell the difference between the sound of someone firing on me or the sound of this glitch coming through the speaker.
I tried looking for some other drivers on the net but creative don't list any and I can't find any others. I saw somewhere that the X-Fi needs a floppy power feed, and having not run it with one for almost a year since buying it I connected it to see if the problem went, and nothing. Sometimes also when switching between the modes the PC cuts power and I'm back to square one. On restart there's no sound and I have to reboot again.
Please someone help me out. If there's not easy way I'll reformat and see then. I refuse to believe that my X-Fi is borked as it works A-OK with all my other games.
Here's what I've tried already:
1) Completely uninstalled and re-installed drivers.
2) Completely uninstalled and re-installed BF2 including the latest patch.
3) Moved the X-Fi to a different PCI slot.
Win XP Pro SP2
Opteron 175
2 x 1GB PNY RAM
ASUS A8N32-SLI deluxe
XFX 7900 GTX 512
2 x 36 GB Raptors in Raid 0
250GB Samsung Sata
Etasis ET 850 PSU
G15 keyboard
Mx-518 mouse
Altec Lansing surround speakers
Philips 190X6 monitor
Think that's it...
I've owned my X-Fi for ages now and up until a few days ago everything was sweet.
Basically it started a few days ago. I'd been away on Holiday and bought C&C3 so played that for ages. No issues with that game whatsoever. Then one evening I decide to give BF2 a go since I've not played it for ages and about half way through a round my PC shuts it self down and restarts. Weird, everything in C&C3 works... By shut down I mean power off, and the it powers up again. I think my PSU is detecting something wrong and killing power.
So I re-install the game and that issue is gone. Now, about half way through the round I get the weirdest sound issues going on. Everything comes through my front right speaker. I can hear footsteps of other players as if from there perspective. I can hear them charge their shock paddles, fire rifles, reload, throw grenades etc etc. It's not constant, happens ever 1 or two secs, in blasts. I can also hear bullets landing as if next to me but it's near someone else as I'd be in the middle of no where. I don't mean when people are next to me, this happens when I'm miles away from anyone on the map. It's so frustrating because I can't tell the difference between the sound of someone firing on me or the sound of this glitch coming through the speaker.
I tried looking for some other drivers on the net but creative don't list any and I can't find any others. I saw somewhere that the X-Fi needs a floppy power feed, and having not run it with one for almost a year since buying it I connected it to see if the problem went, and nothing. Sometimes also when switching between the modes the PC cuts power and I'm back to square one. On restart there's no sound and I have to reboot again.
Please someone help me out. If there's not easy way I'll reformat and see then. I refuse to believe that my X-Fi is borked as it works A-OK with all my other games.
Here's what I've tried already:
1) Completely uninstalled and re-installed drivers.
2) Completely uninstalled and re-installed BF2 including the latest patch.
3) Moved the X-Fi to a different PCI slot.