What about driver version issues? I'm assuming that WinME and Mandrake are using newer drivers than Win98 and Mandrake 7.1 *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 11/27/2000 at 12:35 PM Praedor Tempus scribbled: >jarmo wrote: >> >> Be Happy >> >> I have Creative 128PCI and basically it have worked,as it's working >> now in LM2....BUT without MIDI. >> I remember i had difficulties with midi in LM7.0 also,but in LM7.1 >> everything worked ok.So something wrong with 7.2 must be >> seen similar messages here earlier (about midi),not seen >> any helpful answer. > >Not sure if it is in ANY way related to my sound woes... >I previously posted about problems with my Creative AudioPCI producing >cricket-static noises whenever my system would play a wav file, like >during KDE startup and logout. I tried moving my soundcard to a new PCI >slot, I tried different speakers, I even tried a Soundblaster PCI 128. >Nothing eliminated the cricket-like static noises. > >It turned out to not be exclusive to linux, however. I had installed >Windoze Millenium and found that when it played the opening or closing >wav sounds, it too would cricket screech. When I played games under >linux or doze, I would also get some of the static over the game sounds. > >Then an odd thing. Under linux, after reinstalling my original AudioPCI >and plugging in my original speakers, the wav file during kde startup >was still screwy but when I placed a music CD in my cdrom and played it, >NO STATIC or sounds other than crystal-clear music(!?!). > >I ended up dumping Windoze ME (buggy and UNSTABLE AS SH*T!) and >reinstalled >windoze 98. It can play its wav files without the static noise and >games >play without any of the static overlay. > >This boggles me. If the problem were linux/mandrake, then I would not >have expected the same problem under doze ME. If it were RF >inteference, >then it SHOULD occur under doze and linux - it does this but ONLY if the >windoze I am running is ME. Win98 doesn't do it (thus far). If it were >the soundcard or speakers, then I would expect the problem to resolve >with >either the installation of a DIFFERENT soundcard or upon connecting new >speakers. Neither occured. > >I did not have any problems under Mandrake 7.1. > >I do not recall if this all started after upgrading to 7.2 OR after my >upgrade from a Celeron system to an Athlon system. I don't THINK it >coincides with the upgrade in cpu/architecture - I KNOW I had no >problems >under Windoze 98, neither playing games or just navigating around with >the >annoying windoze wav files dinging and beeping. > >Can anyone put together a coherent, logical story to make sense of this? >Mandrake 7.2 (and Windoze ME) both produced horrendous cricket-chirping >static >through my AudioPCI card regardless of PCI slot placement. The problem >did >not exist under Mandrake 7.1 and didn't (and still doesn't) under >Windoze >98. The static doesn't occur when playing music cds in the cdrom under >Mandrake >7.2. It appears to be restricted to midi/wav files. > >praedor > > >Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: >Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
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