Thanks Dave! It seems to have worked. I did the uninstall in device manager
and the machine automatically took my word for it and didn't argue with me
(as it always has in the past when I try something new) LOL.
So after it uninstalled and found and installed the new drivers on its own,
I did a restart and when I came back and looked at the Task Manager list of
processes I had to scroll down to the bottom of the list because even though
I was running a video, it was hardly using any resources. The audio
noise/screeching is gone and the sound is back to where it should be. It's
even better I think.
Now I have that annoyance out of the way and I can work on my boot problem.
I want to thank you for the help. Oh.... my boot problem you ask? Uh.... I
wouldn't want to bother you again..... LOL I'll figure it out on my own I
hope.
Thanks for the good samaritan help friend..... Dan
"Dave" wrote:
Quote:
> You can go to Start - Control Panel - Device Manager
> under "Sound, Video and Game controllers", it should list your audio driver
> (something like Conexant AC-Link, or Realtek)
> Write down what it shows.
>
> If you want, you can delete the driver, and have Vista try to reinstall it.
> click on the driver listed, and press the Delete key and confirm the delete.
> Then click on Action - Scan for hardware changes
> Vista should look for and install the audio driver.
> If it doesn't find it, or installs the incorrect one, you'll have to go to
> the Toshiba website and look for the audio driver for your model.
> http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...port&sn=false#
>
>
> They also have a user forum on the Toshiba site that could help you better
> that I can.
>
> http://laptopforums.toshiba.com/tshb...oard.id=brd_av
>
>
> --
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>
> "Danielcarlson@xxxxxx"
> <Danielcarlsonhotmailcom@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:FC303D66-EE89-4487-9399-2AA840E30B4B@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Thanks for some direction.... I haven't been able to find this much help
> > anywhere Dave. I'm not too much of a geek so could you steer me in the
> > right
> > direction to update my audio drivers? Where would I find them? In the
> > device
> > manager? And if so would it be under a plug and play USB? I'm lost here.
> >
> > Thanks a billion Dave (you know what they say... a billion here and a
> > billion there, pretty soon your talking real thanks) LOL
> >
> > "Dave" wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> Well, I don't know about memory leaks, but I'd try to update the audio
> >> driver, to see if that would help.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> http://download.live.com/wlmail
> >>
> >>
> >> "Danielcarlson@xxxxxx"
> >> <Danielcarlsonhotmailcom@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news
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> >> > I'm not sure, Dave, what difference it will make to describe my system
> >> > if
> >> > it's just one of those things that happen with audiodg. But I have an
> >> > AMD
> >> > dual-core 32-bit processor, 3 Gigs memory, 200 GB hard drive at 5400
> >> > RPM.
> >> > It's a laptop, Toshiba and it didn't make all the strange screeching,
> >> > jumbled
> >> > and static noises, cutting out and everthing until lately. The audiodg
> >> > process gets as high as 300,000 bytes and takes up as much as 80% of my
> >> > memory. And it's annoying as heck.
> >> >
> >> > I scoured the internet, Microsoft support too, but found nothing up
> >> > till I
> >> > landed here. The Microsoft support said "Sorry Charlie, you must go to
> >> > the
> >> > manufacturer for help." The manufacturer, Toshiba, is telling people
> >> > it's
> >> > not
> >> > a hardware problem so that's that. And unless I misread what has been
> >> > said
> >> > here, the best thing to do is not to play music at all.
> >> >
> >> > It's worst when I try to do videos on youtube, but then It's not always
> >> > happening. But doing a restart has not made a difference it seems. It
> >> > may
> >> > bring down the memory in bytes but the percentage is still way up there
> >> > and
> >> > the sound is usually not better.
> >> >
> >> > Got any ideas? I've seen people talk about "leaks" but I don't know
> >> > what
> >> > that means.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks though for replying.....
> >> > Dan
> >> >
> >> > "Dave" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Perhaps you should back up a bit, and explain your problem a bit
> >> >> more..
> >> >> What program are you using to play music?
> >> >> System specs, etc.
> >> >>
> >> >> I just opened Windows Media Player and started to play a list of mp3
> >> >> files.
> >> >> My CPU usage went up as high as 90 %, but the music sounds just fine.
> >> >> Using Process Explorer, I saw that wmplayer was using 30-40%, and
> >> >> searchindexer was using 40-50%.
> >> >> After the indexer stopped, the CPU usage dropped to less than 20%,
> >> >> with
> >> >> wmplayer using less than 1 %.
> >> >> audiodg uses less than 1 %.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Windows 7 beta
> >> >> 3 GB RAM, Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty, nVidia GeForce7800 GTX
> >> >> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
> >> >> http://download.live.com/wlmail
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Danielcarlson@xxxxxx"
> >> >> <Danielcarlsonhotmailcom@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> news:FE222315-16D5-42C7-8A47-A5201DA0592D@xxxxxx
> >> >> > So there is no alternative to having terrible sound on my machine
> >> >> > because
> >> >> > Audiodg hogs the memory? If I want to listen to my music I have to
> >> >> > do
> >> >> > it
> >> >> > outside Windows? I have Vista Home Premium and I want my money back!
> >> >> > Show
> >> >> > me
> >> >> > to the door please!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "evb60" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> The audiodg proces is indeed a system proces, which is used sound
> >> >> >> processing on your machine. More about the proces can be read in
> >> >> >> this
> >> >> >> blog post:
> >> >> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/...diodg-exe.aspx
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> The solution to the CPU problem has been to me to disable the
> >> >> >> service
> >> >> >> in computer management at reboot, so it wouldn't start at system
> >> >> >> bootup.
> >> >> >> Then, when I'm back in windows, I just re-enable it. At that point
> >> >> >> in
> >> >> >> time, it won't eat your CPU anymore.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I have no exact explanation to why it eats that much cpu, but I
> >> >> >> expect
> >> >> >> it to be a driver incompatibility. Porbably the Realtek AC97 (in my
> >> >> >> case) drivers aren't reacting the way audiodg expects them to do.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --
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