amy
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Post by amy on Feb 17, 2005 18:43:24 GMT -5
The sound on one of our PC's appears to have been frequency shifted toward the high end. Any idea what could cause this or how to fix it?
Foscadh
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Post by Lanthar D'Alton on Feb 26, 2005 22:35:10 GMT -5
I'd almost have to hear it to figure that out... a lot of sound card problems tend to be either from a need to reboot the machine (and I mean hard boot. shut it down and unplug and replug it) or from a grounding issue with your stereo if you feed computer to the stereo. It's also sometimes problematic if you have a computer on the same plug as the computer and the outlet's not properly grounded... but that just tends to add a buzz to the sound... My advice is: 1: Try the hard boot(you probably already did) 2: Then try reinstalling the sound card's driver (or go get updated ones if any are available) 3: If the first two don't fix it... you probably have a hardware problem. Try another set of headphones or speakers as the audio cords for headphones tend to have problems sooner or later. If that doesn't help, you might be best off getting a new sound card. If your sound is on the motherboard... well, those tend to eventually go bad for some reason. In terms of what brand, don't buy a cheap sound card. They have tendencies to carry over buzz when you use the mouse, or during hard drive access for various reasons, and that's just annoying. Just buy the cheapest one made by Creative Labs. Trust me on this. I never had a cheapo soundcard that worked well. I've given up on that. Two things I always buy brand name: sound cards and modems (course I don't need a modem now that I have dsl... but I still only go with U.S. Robotics modems... especially after one stopped a lightning bolt from surging my computer by burning out 4 resistors they put right where the phone cord led into the machine. That made a loyal customer out of me. That's considering the customer. Note the same bolt went through the line and fried my mom's machine... Anyway, I'll stop...  -Lanthar |
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Post by foscadh on Feb 27, 2005 4:03:59 GMT -5
Thanks, I have tried the reboot option. Will try reinstalling the drivers and maybe putting some headphones in to see if it's the cables but I suspect hardware problems. It really sounds like all the sounds have been shifted up an octive or two. All the male voices sound like females in NW and even some songs.
Foscadh
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Post by foscadh on Mar 1, 2005 20:31:11 GMT -5
deleteing and reloading the audio driver fixed it. Lost the sound in the other computer also but someone had changed the deffault device there so an easy fix precided by a lucky guess. Thanks for the help.
Foscadh
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