Soundblaster Problems with Seti

[jinsonxu]

Just restarted Seti recently. And incidentally found out what prompted me to stop it in the first place.

With Seti running, I get a crackling sound at regular intervals when playing MP3s.

 

[LANMAN]

Originally posted by: jinsonxu
Just restarted Seti recently. And incidentally found out what prompted me to stop it in the first place.

With Seti running, I get a crackling sound at regular intervals when playing MP3s.

It happens on mine too. You can watch it as the processing goes on and see when you get the static. Don't feel bad, I usually turn off my SETI client when I want to hear it crystal clear. (Don't tell anyone else that!! )

--LANMAN

 

[networkman]

I don't get it.. why put a sound card in a machine that's gonna crunch SETI or any other DC-type project?

 

[Ken g6]

If you're on Win9x, you can use Another Task Manager to lower SETI's priority. If not, I don't know if your task manager can do anything or not.

 

[Wolfie]

That is strange. I haven't had any problems with my soundblaster while running seti. Not sure how to fix the problem but I thought I would throw in the info...

Wolfie

 

[LANMAN]

Originally posted by: Wolfie
That is strange. I haven't had any problems with my soundblaster while running seti. Not sure how to fix the problem but I thought I would throw in the info...

Wolfie

What is the version of your driver Wolfie? Maybe we can compare and see if you have a newer file. :Q

The card I have is a Creative Labs Soundblaster 128D (PCI) if that helps. I ripped it out of a POS Gateway PC, so I can even get you the stock number too.

--LANMAN

 

[Robor]

Is it an OS, driver, or specific card problem? I've got Windows XP and SoundBlaster Audigy here. No static.

 

[micron]

I'm running a SB LIVE! X-GAMER in Win2k w/ no problems.

 

[Assimilator1]

My little brother has a similar problem but only whilst playing midi files!
Mp3's aren't a problem

My fathers PC doesn't have any problems either

jinsonxu
Have you got the latest sound card & chipset drivers?

 

[Wolfie]

5.0.2184.1
Not sure if this is what you are looking for. This is for a SB live! PCI card. According to my hardware profiles of the card, the date is 11/18/1999 also. Maybe this helps. Maybe it won't. I guess the best thing is to download the latest drivers for the card... That's the only thing I can recomend.

Wolfie