Creative X-Fi Titanium - high frequency static noise

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Hi

New build with Win 7 64Bit SP1 . I have noticed with this card , a lot of high frequency static noise when certain things are on-screen like bright colours or alt-tab out of a game or even faintly when you move the mouse around (you can hear a kinda whirr whirrr sound).

I updated to latest drivers thinking that would fix it but alas, no . Anyone else have this issue ? Just crappy drivers?

Other hardware in machine is Sapphire 6900 GPU and thats about it .

Its sitting in a PCIx slot beside the GPU - should I try a diff slot ? Asus P8Z68 DELUXE GEN3 Board

Tks
Martin
 
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It'll always be a slight problem as a computer produces a lot of EMI. My xonar essence picks up some slight noise in mine, though nowhere near as much as my old X-Fi. Try changing the PCIx slot as that made a small difference for me. Also try enabling spread spectrum in the bios. (if its there)
 
It's caused by EMI. Are you using the front panel audio outputs? If so, try connecting the headphones or speakers to the outputs on the rear of the card. If not, try a different PCIx slot, or enabling spread spectrum in the BIOS.
 
Hi.

No i am using outputs on back of card. Tried enabling Spectrum and also moved card to another PCIx slot . It made'some' difference in that the clicking and popping that was there when the machine booted , has stopped , but the EMI noise is still there ... very annoying . Might try my older X-Fi Fatality Pro card ( PCI) instead , if thats no better might try a Xonar card ...

Pretty annoyed this kinda thing is still happening nowadays.
 
Hi

I am using 2 x Mackie studio monitors .

its a new card in a new build , so yeah its done it since the start. machine is around 10 days old . Nothing new has been added to the setup.

Thanks guys !
 
New card, new build, but the machine is 10 years old? I must be missing something there.

You could try PAX modified drivers, see if that helps. Quite a few people with problems with X-Fi cards, have tried PAX drivers, and found it solved the problem. Doesn't work for everyone, but it's worth a go.

For some, it may be a hardware conflict, which no amount of modified drivers can do anything about.

PAX drivers link.
 
Marsman said:
New card, new build, but the machine is 10 years old? I must be missing something there.
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He wrote 10 days not years :p , anyway ive tried pax drivers and found the audi quality is less, i dont know how im not a programmer or anything it just sounds like pax has less quality to my ear :confused:
Ive also tried enabling spread spectrum to get rid of cracklling, didnt do anything for me :(
 
Marsman said:
New card, new build, but the machine is 10 years old? I must be missing something there.

PAX drivers link.
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:-) yeah , 10 days !! I might give them a go. Its just very annoying this kidna **** is still happening with so called 'decent' sound cards . Im tempted just to use the onboard sound tbh at this point , it cant be any worse !

Thanks for all the suggestions .
 
DF1986 said:
He wrote 10 days not years :p , anyway ive tried pax drivers and found the audi quality is less, i dont know how im not a programmer or anything it just sounds like pax has less quality to my ear :confused:
Ive also tried enabling spread spectrum to get rid of cracklling, didnt do anything for me :(
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:o

Oh dear must apologise for that. Misread it for some reason. :p

Interesting comment. You're the first person to say that the PAX drivers result in less SQ. Most people think there is no difference, or the PAX drivers improve the SQ.

I'm not saying you are wrong though, just an interesting opinion. :)
 
hi, I had exactly the same problem and found that the interference came from the main leads from the card that were too close to the mobo and then too close to the video card. When I moved the leads away then no problems ...
 
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