Zach

Just bumping this for an update.

The problem still exists. I recently added an additional 4GB of RAM and a 1TB drive so I did a fresh repartition and decided to stick Vista x64 back on to make use of the RAM and cause I just like it a little better than XP now that the bugs are mostly worked out.

I got the newest drivers for everything, including the version 2.11 or something like that off Realtek's site. So yeah the problem is still there. I finally decided to put my X-Fi Xtreme Gamer back in as I really value my speaker fill surround for music, and my Logitech's Matrix mode for some reason doesn't work properly with some of the frequencies in a lot of songs I have. Also I can't stand anything but proper 5.1 surround in LOTRO and the software mode just doesn't cut it.

Actually had a bit of a scare as the system wasn't seeing the X-Fi and the drivers wouldn't install.. Even tried changing slots.. Dunno if they need to be air blasted or what but reseating it by pulling it halfway out and then pushing it back in finally fixed the issue.

3D Soundback doesn't work properly with LOTRO either, as it hangs at a black screen when exiting or sometimes loading, and Alchemy outright makes it crash on startup, lol.. Good thing it uses OpenAL I guess.. Hopefully any outstanding game bugs won't rear their ugly heads.