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Tanookirby Buzzy Beetle                   Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6312 days Last view: 6404 days |
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| I have this problem with the sound on my computer. When I play any kind of music - whether it's on Winamp, Real Player, or something else - it makes random scratches and skipping even when I'm not running any other programs. I'm using Windows XP on a Dell. How should I fix this? | |||
neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day   Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6308 days Last view: 6305 days |
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| try to reinstall/update your sound drivers | |||
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Tanookirby Buzzy Beetle Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6312 days Last view: 6404 days |
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| What are the steps to doing that? | |||
Karadur Red Paratroopa Since: 11-22-05 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Last post: 6550 days Last view: 6550 days |
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| This is just one way I know of, but I'm sure there are others that aren't nearly as complicated. For now though, hopefully the following steps will help:
1) Click "Start", "Control Panel", make sure you're in the viewing mode where you can see each individual item (as opposed to being given categories to click on), and double-click "System". 2) In the window that opens up, you should be able to see a tab called "Hardware", but if not, simply look through all the tabs until you find a button labelled "Device Manager", and click it. 3) Once the Device Manager window opens, you should see an item near the bottom of the list labelled "Sound, video and game controllers", or something similar to that. Expand that item, by clicking the box beside it. 4) From the newly opened list, right-click each item, then choose "Properties". If the box that opens has a "Driver" tab, click it, then click the "Update Driver" button. Make sure the item you selected is the one that says something about sound. 5) In the window that opens, make sure the first option is selected, then click next. In the following step, you'll likely just want the Windows Update option to be checked. From there, click the Next button again, and Windows will search for possible driver updates. From there, you should be able to update the drivers fairly easily, but in the event that Windows doesn't find anything, there's one other option you can try. Do a google search for the title of the window you opened in step 5, but with "driver update" added onto the end. In my case, I'd type "SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio Driver Update". The capitalization of the letters shouldn't matter. With luck, one of the results on the first page will lead you to a site that contains downloadable driver updates. Just make sure the update you choose is for Windows XP, and is for the sound device you have, or you may run into more problems than you're having right now 
Sorry if all this seems rushed, but it's almost time for me to go home, so I wanted to finish this post before that time. |
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Zem Permabanned. Flaming, trolling, reregistering. Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6628 days Last view: 6628 days |
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| You've got an electronic DJ in your sound card. If you have a microphone, hook it up and use it to explain to the DJ that just scratching all the time doesn't make him cool. | |||
HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6306 days |
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| You haven't played any Sony audio CDs with their own custom players lately, have you? | |||
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Tanookirby Buzzy Beetle Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6312 days Last view: 6404 days |
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Originally posted by HyperHacker No, I haven't. Reinstalling the drivers did not seem to help either. I'm willing to hear possible solutions from anyone though. |
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