Creative Xtreme Music Logitech Speakers Poping Cracking ect

vickister · 26 Jul 2006 at 16:30

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

3.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Board: http://www.abit.com.tw/ IC7/IC7-G(Intel i875P-ICH5) 1.0/1.1
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 12/28/2004

1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

453.97 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
231.68 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B [CD-ROM drive]
LG DVD-ROM DRD8160B [CD-ROM drive]
LY4611R GEQ732K SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
WI5129Y CIH512A SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

RADEON X850 Series [Display adapter]

Creative SB X-Fi

Logitech 5.1 x530

I have this setup and i get cracking from my speakers and poping noises and i dont know why i have tried chaning the connecting and re puting them back and i dont know whats casuing them!

Changed pc spec and i stil get the same problem this is what i have now what do you think speakers? they are now 8 months old, Can i take em back to pc wrld where i bought em

Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

Processor
2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Motherboard
Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. nForce
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F5 10/19/2005

Memory
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' is Empty
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot '' is Empty

Hard Drive
453.97 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
246.72 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B [CD-ROM drive]
LG DVD-ROM DRD8160B [CD-ROM drive]

Virtual Drives (Alcohol & Demon Tools)
MN0376S XXE830D SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
XD1444H VXZ550N SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]

Controllers
NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)

Display
RADEON X850 Series [Display adapter]
RADEON X850 Series - Secondary [Display adapter]
DDL MW19E-ABA [Monitor] (18.6"vis, s/n 000022, June 2006)

Bus Adapters
NVIDIA NForce(tm) ATA RAID Class Controller
SCSI/RAID Host Controller
VAXSCSI Controller

Multimedia
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (2x) ATI T200 Unified AVStream Driver
Creative SB X-Fi

Communications
DWL-G520M Wireless 108G MIMO PCI Adapter

Other Devices
USB Human Interface Device (2x)
Creative WebCam Instant #2
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
Generic USB Hub
USB Root Hub (3x)

I have updated all the drivers for the motherboard, graphic card, sound card, and all the windows updates to and stil no chagne! Any ideas ave looked the forums on oc creative and Logitech not much help

Firegod · 26 Jul 2006 at 19:42

Are you running the most up-to-date X-Fi drivers? I know they've just realeased some new ones to help with sound problems. Also is the BIOS up-to-date on the mobo? Have you tried the card in another PCI slot... perhaps furthest away from the CPU?

Cheers.

vickister · 26 Jul 2006 at 23:25

Firegod said:
Are you running the most up-to-date X-Fi drivers? I know they've just realeased some new ones to help with sound problems. Also is the BIOS up-to-date on the mobo? Have you tried the card in another PCI slot... perhaps furthest away from the CPU?

Cheers.

i have the latest drivers in the from creative they are beta version as for upgrading bios on my motherboard i don't know what to select and i am scared of ruining my motherboard altogether

Firegod · 27 Jul 2006 at 08:36

vickister said:
i have the latest drivers in the from creative they are beta version as for upgrading bios on my motherboard i don't know what to select and i am scared of ruining my motherboard altogether

You won't ruin the mobo, just as long as you get the one for the right model.

Now-a-days you can get a program to do it in Windows, so none of that scary Boot Disk malarky.

Here's the latest BIOS for the IC7/IC7-G,

http://file.abit.com.tw/pub/download/bios/ic7//ic728.exe

vickister · 27 Jul 2006 at 09:04

Firegod said:
You won't ruin the mobo, just as long as you get the one for the right model. Now-a-days you can get a program to do it in Windows, so none of that scary Boot Disk malarky.

Here's the latest BIOS for the IC7/IC7-G,

http://file.abit.com.tw/pub/download/bios/ic7//ic728.exe

Are you sure my model is the G version as there is a ic7 too

Firegod · 27 Jul 2006 at 19:54

vickister said:
Are you sure my model is the G version as there is a ic7 too

If you check for both boards, IC7 and the IC7-G it lists the same BIOS.

freddib · 28 Jul 2006 at 01:16

you might want to head over to creative forums there are plenty of threads about the "rice crispy" x-fi's its not all bad though
i have an extreme music and i only get crackling when im using 24bit 96000hz asio and only when i use my pitch bend wheel on my keyboard

vickister · 18 Aug 2006 at 21:22

freddib said:
you might want to head over to creative forums there are plenty of threads about the "rice crispy" x-fi's its not all bad though
i have an extreme music and i only get crackling when im using 24bit 96000hz asio and only when i use my pitch bend wheel on my keyboard

had a look they dont help

Firegod · 19 Aug 2006 at 13:30

Have you perhaps tried the X-Fi in a different PCI slot on the mobo? Hopefully you should have three or four to choose from, so perhaps try moving the card to the PCI slot furthest from anything else, such as the graphics card, incase heat is causing the problem. If that doesn't work, does the mobo have on-board sound which you could enable to rule out if it's the speakers causing the cracking?

Cheers.

vickister · 19 Aug 2006 at 13:51

Firegod said:
Have you perhaps tried the X-Fi in a different PCI slot on the mobo? Hopefully you should have three or four to choose from, so perhaps try moving the card to the PCI slot furthest from anything else, such as the graphics card, incase heat is causing the problem. If that doesn't work, does the mobo have on-board sound which you could enable to rule out if it's the speakers causing the cracking?

Cheers.

Speakers was crackling on onboard sound then i changed to sound blaster audigy, then i had the abit mobo now i have a gigabye mobo and i havent tried chaning the pci slot, i dont know if its the card i got speakers replace to same model from pcwrld this morning and they stil cracking and pop and sound cuts out so could it possible be the soundcard?

But i have tried
recoonecting all the speakers
updated bios
updated creative software after uninstalling everything
updated creative drivers after reinstallation
disabled on board sound

it could just be the speakers or maybe not?
but i noticed yesterday while playing dod source they poped and sound had gone and then poped again and they came back - what does that sonud like to you?

vickister · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:34

tried renegades speakers on my creative sound card they was poping and crackling and lost sound during games and music, then took back sound card and now got it replace stil the same with the speakers so i have ordered the altec lansing 5100 speakers and i know they caused no problems with poping and crackling on my computer when i tried them with the new sound card,

Hope all goes well when i get them i now have a spare set of 5.1s lol

Firegod · 21 Aug 2006 at 11:23

vickister said:
tried renegades speakers on my creative sound card they was poping and crackling and lost sound during games and music, then took back sound card and now got it replace stil the same with the speakers so i have ordered the altec lansing 5100 speakers and i know they caused no problems with poping and crackling on my computer when i tried them with the new sound card,

Hope all goes well when i get them i now have a spare set of 5.1s lol

lol good stuff, yeah if you have tried all the above stuff it perhaps may just be the speakers causing the problems. Hope the new ones work out for you!