Magic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm going to take a rough shot at it being the graphics card. Unless
you're
> running something less than a P150 you should never have skipping in
Winamp.
I have a PII/350. Never experienced any skipping before, and I've not
changed anything in my PC.
> The reason I say the graphics card is simple. In order to squeeze as
> much performance as possible from these cards they send just slightly more
> data to the card than it can take to try and push it. This results in the
> command being left in the data lines until the card is ready for it,
meaning
> no other card can use those data lines until the graphics card is ready.
> Ordinarily this isn't too much of a problem - the chances of you noticing
> the printer pausing for a microsecond, or maybe the mouse locking for a
very
> brief instant, or even the hard disc taking just that millisecond longer
to
> read a file go pretty much unnoticed. With the sound card though it is
> clearly audible when this happens. If you have a WinModem it will be
> effected too - many people blame their ISP when they get disconnected, but
> actually it's the graphics card breaking communication. The solution is to
> nag the b****** off your graphics card manufacturer until you get some
> drivers that *don't* lock up the bus - either that or switch graphics
cards.
My graphic card is a Creative Blaster Riva TNT. It has always worked
perfectly, but since I recently updated its drivers, I thought that you
might be right and that this could be the problem.
So I re-installed the old drivers, but the skipping is still there, worse
than ever.
It's driving me crazy...
Luca
-> h-h-h-how can any-y-y-one listen t-t-t-o someth-th-thing like this-s-s??
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