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Onboard sound distorting

Jul 15, 2005 3:04AM PDT

Hi, I'm having a problem with my onboard soundcard. I'm getting low volume (if at all) and noise in the right side. It takes a few reboots till it's ok.

I'm a newby so if some of these details seem a bit off then that's why but anyway I have a KT600 motherboard and the onboard sound is Realtek ALC655 with the AC97 thing.

I tried installing the drivers off the cd again but that didn't help.

One thing that it could be to do with but may have nothing to do with is that I bent a jack that was plugged into the front mic inputand that input doesn't work anymore. I can't remember though whether I had this problem prior to doing that as I've had this problem for months and have been putting up with just rebooting until it's gone.

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Questions
Jul 15, 2005 3:11AM PDT

Hello,

What operating system are you running and have you installed any new multimedia software lately?

Thank you,

Shawn Mosqueda
WireSmart LLC
www.wiresmart.com
shawn@wiresmart.com

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XP
Jul 15, 2005 5:21AM PDT

I'm on XP home (still service pack 1). I've actually had this problem for months n months but always put up with having to reboot until it comes on without the problem so it's not anything to do with something I've done recently.

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My first thought
Jul 15, 2005 7:11AM PDT

Hello,

My first thought would be that this is an XP issue. If it were a hardware issue, rebooting would not make a difference. There must be a conflict somewhere between to programs.

If not, I would just purchase a new sound card.

Hope this helps.

Take Care,

Shawn Mosqueda
WireSmart LLC
www.wiresmart.com
shawn@wiresmart.com

How To Build A Home Theater PC ebook coming soon! Includes 2 FREE years of 6 month revised editions. visit www.wiresmart.com

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Hmm
Jul 15, 2005 8:50AM PDT

Well, I have actually got another sound card (this problem was long before I got it so it isn't to do with having two sound cards) that I bought fairly recently so that I could have a midi input but it's only a cheap one that I got just for that. It doesn't support 5.1 which my speakers are and the line-in doesn't work/can't select it.

I'd rather not have to get another card as money is tight for me atm.

If it's an issue with XP how do I find out?

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Diagnosing XP
Jul 15, 2005 9:24AM PDT

Hello,

One way to check to see if there are any hardware conflicts is to go to your control panel,
double click on "System"
select "Hardware"
select "Device manager"
select "resources by connection"

Look to see if you have multiply items on one IRQ. For example IRQ 11 is listed more than once with multiple items connected to it.

Depending on your motherboard and setup you may be able to move cards around to different PCI slots etc as wells as you may be able to go into the properties of each item and change the resources to a different IRQ.

Hope this helps.

Take Care,

Shawn Mosqueda
WireSmart LLC
www.wiresmart.com
shawn@wiresmart.com

How To Build A Home Theater PC ebook coming soon! Comes with 2 years of FREE 6 month revised editions. visit www.wiresmart.com

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Ok
Jul 15, 2005 7:51PM PDT

Well, I just had a look and there are two things sharing IRQ 16 and about 5 things sharing 21. I clicked properties for them all and clicked resources and it said in the box 'no conflicts' for them all.

This IRQ numbers thing is way over my head as I'm a newby with comps.

When I booted up today the problem wasn't there first time and I wonder if nothing would show up as wrong in device manager whilst it's working.

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RE: Ok
Jul 16, 2005 3:23AM PDT

Hello,

I think you might be better served going to this forum and posting. Someone may have almost your exact setup that may help you better than I can, or anyone else in this particular forum, since no one else has replied to you.

I would go to one of these three forums for help.
WinXP
http://reviews.cnet.com/5204-6142-0.html?forumID=5&start=0

PC Applications
http://reviews.cnet.com/5204-6138-0.html?forumID=31&start=0

PC Hardware
http://reviews.cnet.com/5204-7591-0.html?forumID=26&start=0

Sorry I could not be of more help.

Take Care,

Shawn Mosqueda
WireSmart LLC
www.wiresmart.com
shawn@wiresmart.com

How To Build A Home Theater PC ebook coming soon! visit www.wiresmart.com

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Thanks
Jul 16, 2005 8:13AM PDT

No problem, I'll try in there then. I wasn't sure where to post when I made this thread as this is my first visit to here.

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Edit
Jul 16, 2005 8:17AM PDT

Actually this isn't my first visit is it Happy