by cadmanmeg » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:18 am
While I do use MM3 for all my music enjoyment, I haven't been able to really enjoy it lately. Reason being, my sound from my 5.1 Logitech speakers went to a popping sequence. I know this is more of a hardware issue, but being that I have tried other forums to no avail and that this one has always been so helpful, I thought I would turn here now.
I run my Logitech 5.1 speakers through MS Win Xp Pro using my Creative Audigy 2 Platinum card. Have had this issue from some time, but until recently, haven't had the time to invest to get it all figured out. Anyways, here is what I have done and tried and some results and whatnot. First, all of the cables looks good and are tightly plugged in to their appropriate places. I have reloaded the drives and software for the sound card repleatedly without resolving anything. And lastly, being that this sound card is plugged though one of my PCI slots, I have even moved it thinking that the bus that the particular PCI slot may be getting static or something from something running on the same bus (read something about this when Goolging). And lastly, I did talk with a local shop and they said that sound cards "rarely" go out and because of the way the popping is on the speakers, that they do not sound like the culprit. What I mean by that last sentence is that sometimes it seems to come from only one of the speakers and sometimes from all or even sometimes from 2-3 of them. The speakers themselves look good and the popping sound varies in intensity and duration and displays this behavior whether I use MM3, WMP, or even WinAmp. Happens with all different types of audio and sometimes even when the speaker controller (has one of those 'matrix' controls with the round dial for controlling bass, etc....) is just on with no sound (although this is kind of quiet when it happens)
So at this point I do not know what else to do. Is really frustrating. I am hoping that a few of you can help me resolve this. Sorry for the long read, but I felt it important to give the background so that there is no repeating steps already discounted. Thanks for your input!
While I do use MM3 for all my music enjoyment, I haven't been able to really enjoy it lately. Reason being, my sound from my 5.1 Logitech speakers went to a popping sequence. I know this is more of a hardware issue, but being that I have tried other forums to no avail and that this one has always been so helpful, I thought I would turn here now.
I run my Logitech 5.1 speakers through MS Win Xp Pro using my Creative Audigy 2 Platinum card. Have had this issue from some time, but until recently, haven't had the time to invest to get it all figured out. Anyways, here is what I have done and tried and some results and whatnot. First, all of the cables looks good and are tightly plugged in to their appropriate places. I have reloaded the drives and software for the sound card repleatedly without resolving anything. And lastly, being that this sound card is plugged though one of my PCI slots, I have even moved it thinking that the bus that the particular PCI slot may be getting static or something from something running on the same bus (read something about this when Goolging). And lastly, I did talk with a local shop and they said that sound cards "rarely" go out and because of the way the popping is on the speakers, that they do not sound like the culprit. What I mean by that last sentence is that sometimes it seems to come from only one of the speakers and sometimes from all or even sometimes from 2-3 of them. The speakers themselves look good and the popping sound varies in intensity and duration and displays this behavior whether I use MM3, WMP, or even WinAmp. Happens with all different types of audio and sometimes even when the speaker controller (has one of those 'matrix' controls with the round dial for controlling bass, etc....) is just on with no sound (although this is kind of quiet when it happens)
So at this point I do not know what else to do. Is really frustrating. I am hoping that a few of you can help me resolve this. Sorry for the long read, but I felt it important to give the background so that there is no repeating steps already discounted. Thanks for your input!