Audio laggy, stuttering, and slow

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Fixxor

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Hey Everyone,

First time posting here so be gentle. I am having difficulties with audio which has stemmed back for some time almost a year before i started buying new hardware to "correct" the problem. I have read over many posts about stuttering/laggy/jittery audio, but none seem to give me an answer. When i play Bioshock, Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour, or even Half Life have a static-clangy echoey sound to them. It is quite the disturbing sound to hear and i cant help but think of Michael Keaton in the movie White Noise, but worse sounding static... Anywho I cant simply exit out of the program (Bioshock for example) and restart the program because the sound remains the same. I recently upgraded my system, and my sound card choice from Creative X-FI (which also had the problem) to an ASUS XONAR DX. I had thought this was strictly a sound card issue at the time when I purchased the Xonar last week. I was wrong.

This cant just be a sound card issue can it? Could it be that my 500Watt PSU isnt enough for all my nice new equipment AND my sound card?

I dont have hardware acceleration available to me through my speaker setup btw.


I appreciate any/ALL support from you all.

Cheers,

Fixxor
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom II Quad Core Deneb
    Motherboard
    Asus M4A79 Deluxe
    Memory
    8 Gig Corsair PC 5600 Ram (not up to speed with new mobo i know...)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
    Sound Card
    Asus Xonar DX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sceptre 20" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    dont know
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi 500Gig
    PSU
    Antec 500W
    Case
    NZXT
    Cooling
    Zalman
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback
    Internet Speed
    Cable
    Other Info
    Creative Headset HS-1000 which sparked my audio problems... Drivers since uninstalled.
Fixxor said:
Hey Everyone,

First time posting here so be gentle. I am having difficulties with audio which has stemmed back for some time almost a year before i started buying new hardware to "correct" the problem. I have read over many posts about stuttering/laggy/jittery audio, but none seem to give me an answer. When i play Bioshock, Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour, or even Half Life have a static-clangy echoey sound to them. It is quite the disturbing sound to hear and i cant help but think of Michael Keaton in the movie White Noise, but worse sounding static... Anywho I cant simply exit out of the program (Bioshock for example) and restart the program because the sound remains the same. I recently upgraded my system, and my sound card choice from Creative X-FI (which also had the problem) to an ASUS XONAR DX. I had thought this was strictly a sound card issue at the time when I purchased the Xonar last week. I was wrong.

This cant just be a sound card issue can it? Could it be that my 500Watt PSU isnt enough for all my nice new equipment AND my sound card?

I dont have hardware acceleration available to me through my speaker setup btw.


I appreciate any/ALL support from you all.

Cheers,

Fixxor
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Hi

Have you removed the creative Audio Panel from add/remove programes? Even if you have a creative product installed I still find that sometimes it interferes with the sound quality.

Regards
UKMedia
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core QX6700 4 X 2.66M
    Motherboard
    ASUS Striker II Extreme
    Memory
    4 GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E
    Sound Card
    SoundMax
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 Flat screen 21" LG displays
    Hard Drives
    5 internal Hard Drives:
    2 x WD 500GB (CAVIAR BLACK 500GB 32MB 7200 SATA)
    3 x WD 1TB (CAVIAR BLACK 1TB 32MB 7200 SATA) as Raid 5 array
    PSU
    Tagan TG 1100W TURBOJET QUAD SLI
    Case
    Thermaltake EUREKA Case - Black
    Cooling
    ASUS V60 Quiet with additional fans for H/drives
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 Gaming
    Mouse
    Logitech G7
    Internet Speed
    0.5 Mb - (Benefits of rural location!)
    Other Info
    Teaming 2 GB network connection to Wired 1GB switch.
    Connected to 22TB (Raid 5) of network storage on a wired 1GB lan.
    (Mixture of internal hard drives, 1TB, 2TB & 4TB Terastations)
In Response to UKMedia,

I do believe I have fully uninstalled all creative products except my Creative headset HS-1000 USB drivers... Should i Uninstall those also?

Also, I noticed that there are other people who couldn't fully uninstall their audio drivers, so they had to do it in safe mode. What are the odds that I would have to do that?

-Fix
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom II Quad Core Deneb
    Motherboard
    Asus M4A79 Deluxe
    Memory
    8 Gig Corsair PC 5600 Ram (not up to speed with new mobo i know...)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
    Sound Card
    Asus Xonar DX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sceptre 20" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    dont know
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi 500Gig
    PSU
    Antec 500W
    Case
    NZXT
    Cooling
    Zalman
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback
    Internet Speed
    Cable
    Other Info
    Creative Headset HS-1000 which sparked my audio problems... Drivers since uninstalled.
Fixxor said:
In Response to UKMedia,

I do believe I have fully uninstalled all creative products except my Creative headset HS-1000 USB drivers... Should i Uninstall those also?

Also, I noticed that there are other people who couldn't fully uninstall their audio drivers, so they had to do it in safe mode. What are the odds that I would have to do that?

-Fix
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Hi Fix

You don't need to uninstall the headset drivers, just the audio control software (Just check add/remove programes and make sure that no Creative programs are installed). As for removing the drivers in safe mode; yes this may work but if you have already uninstalled them, you may need reinstall and then enter safe mode to carry out a complete uninstall.

Let me know if this helps.

ps

I assume that you don't have a MB built in sound card enabled in your BIOS?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core QX6700 4 X 2.66M
    Motherboard
    ASUS Striker II Extreme
    Memory
    4 GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E
    Sound Card
    SoundMax
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 Flat screen 21" LG displays
    Hard Drives
    5 internal Hard Drives:
    2 x WD 500GB (CAVIAR BLACK 500GB 32MB 7200 SATA)
    3 x WD 1TB (CAVIAR BLACK 1TB 32MB 7200 SATA) as Raid 5 array
    PSU
    Tagan TG 1100W TURBOJET QUAD SLI
    Case
    Thermaltake EUREKA Case - Black
    Cooling
    ASUS V60 Quiet with additional fans for H/drives
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 Gaming
    Mouse
    Logitech G7
    Internet Speed
    0.5 Mb - (Benefits of rural location!)
    Other Info
    Teaming 2 GB network connection to Wired 1GB switch.
    Connected to 22TB (Raid 5) of network storage on a wired 1GB lan.
    (Mixture of internal hard drives, 1TB, 2TB & 4TB Terastations)
I will try to reinstall the X-FI software later when i get out of work, and then uninstall in safe mode.

As far as disabling the onboard audio- I did disable it. I think it was the first thing I did when I booted up the machine for the first time.

I am not the most computer literate guy there is, could you explain why uninstalling in safe mode would delete better than if i deleted in standard post?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom II Quad Core Deneb
    Motherboard
    Asus M4A79 Deluxe
    Memory
    8 Gig Corsair PC 5600 Ram (not up to speed with new mobo i know...)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
    Sound Card
    Asus Xonar DX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sceptre 20" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    dont know
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi 500Gig
    PSU
    Antec 500W
    Case
    NZXT
    Cooling
    Zalman
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback
    Internet Speed
    Cable
    Other Info
    Creative Headset HS-1000 which sparked my audio problems... Drivers since uninstalled.
Uninstalling in safe mode didnt work. I am just going to wipe the HD and start fresh.. AGAIN! ARG!
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom II Quad Core Deneb
    Motherboard
    Asus M4A79 Deluxe
    Memory
    8 Gig Corsair PC 5600 Ram (not up to speed with new mobo i know...)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
    Sound Card
    Asus Xonar DX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sceptre 20" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    dont know
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi 500Gig
    PSU
    Antec 500W
    Case
    NZXT
    Cooling
    Zalman
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback
    Internet Speed
    Cable
    Other Info
    Creative Headset HS-1000 which sparked my audio problems... Drivers since uninstalled.
First check your IRQ's. I had a similar problem. The sound was sharing an IRQ with my wireless usb. I changed devices and it fixed the problem. - Steve
 

My Computer

System One

Hey Steve,

How did you go about checking your IRQ?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom II Quad Core Deneb
    Motherboard
    Asus M4A79 Deluxe
    Memory
    8 Gig Corsair PC 5600 Ram (not up to speed with new mobo i know...)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
    Sound Card
    Asus Xonar DX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sceptre 20" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    dont know
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi 500Gig
    PSU
    Antec 500W
    Case
    NZXT
    Cooling
    Zalman
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback
    Internet Speed
    Cable
    Other Info
    Creative Headset HS-1000 which sparked my audio problems... Drivers since uninstalled.
Go to Device Manager.Click on My Computer to highlight it. Click on View in the Taskbar.Go down to the Interrupt request (IRQ). Expand the tree.Locate your device near the bottom in PCI. See what other Device it is sharing an IRQ with that might be causing a problem.Your problem might become obvious as did mine. My sound was slowing down crackling ,etc.Not any more!- Also can be found in msinfo. Just type msinfo in search.Steve
 

My Computer

System One

PROBLEM SOLVED.

My Wireless N USB Adapter driver was out of date, and it conflicted with my onboard NIC card.

See here in my screenshot
usbadapterproblem.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom II Quad Core Deneb
    Motherboard
    Asus M4A79 Deluxe
    Memory
    8 Gig Corsair PC 5600 Ram (not up to speed with new mobo i know...)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
    Sound Card
    Asus Xonar DX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sceptre 20" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    dont know
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi 500Gig
    PSU
    Antec 500W
    Case
    NZXT
    Cooling
    Zalman
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback
    Internet Speed
    Cable
    Other Info
    Creative Headset HS-1000 which sparked my audio problems... Drivers since uninstalled.
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