Very similar problem to Mark's Win2k sound issue..

a13antichrist

Moderator from Hell
.. but sorta reversed.


Rather than the standard Chord.wav it makes this sorta metallic whistling sound; it's actually quite a cool sound & I thought it was a feature, rather than a bug ( :rolleyes: ). It's a lot like a sonar pulse sound but with some static thrown in for good measure (
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When I start up Winamp, it won't get passed the first second or two.. it'll sorta stutter with this whistling sound, continuously.. if I move the slider it'll move without a problem but give the same repetitive pulse-noise, just at the different place in the track.

When I start up Windows, it'll play the standard Start-up sound, but about halfway through the warbling/sonar sound will take over.

But this is the really queer thing: when the system is under load, it's totally not an issue - everything plays perfectly without complaint. The reason I woulnd't have noticed it before is that I've never run the system without it being under load; i.e., always had the Genome@home client running in the background.

I've tried replacing the drivers for the sound card as well.. no difference. It does it both for me & the admin logon. It is slightly less serious with the new drivers but still unusable.

Win2k w/SP2.
SB PCI 128 oct 2001 win2k drivers
VIA 4in1 4.35
 

fury

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Wow that is really odd. I've experienced the exact opposite with an SB16 ISA... when under extreme high load (such as accessing a drive when it is in PIO mode) the sound would garble and make that metallic/warbled whistling sound.

If it were the same case I would suggest doublechecking your drives and see if they're on DMA, but since it is happening when your system is not under load, I don't know what to say :(
 
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