FatboySlim Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 (edited) Windows XP Professional - SP2 9800 Pro - 128 MB AMD Athlon 64 - 3500+ (Venice Core) 1 GB OCZ EL Gold-Plated Dual-Channel - 400 MHz @ 2-2-2-5 Timings MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum I hear clicks every time I honk a horn, or accelerate a car. It's as if the sound effects are the cause like they weren't properly cropped. It is from the front left speaker mainly. It is very annoying. Is there anything I can do to stop this? Is there a filter program I can run in the background while playing San Andreas? Does anyone else experience this click problem? Edited February 4, 2006 by FatboySlim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimmshedy Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 run dxdiag at start--->run go to sound settings and lower the sound hardware acceleration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 When I lower the acceleration, nothing changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 i have had similar problem before. but it was in VC in VC i've manually set the game shortcut to be Windows 95 compatible. and with Frame Limiter turned off. (i was using crappy comp back then and this is one of the way to have better frame rate without having the "texture couldn't load up on time" problem). and when i set the game to the Win 95 setting, i constantly heard slight clicking noise like every 2 seconds or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 I'm beginning to think I'll have to buy a THX-certified digital speaker system in order to totally eliminate noise on the line from my games. I hear a little pop every so often in Call Of Duty 2 as well. I think the conversion from analog to digital makes all the noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I'm beginning to think I'll have to buy a THX-certified digital speaker system in order to totally eliminate noise on the line from my games. I hear a little pop every so often in Call Of Duty 2 as well. I think the conversion from analog to digital makes all the noise. u should. i am using one of the Logitech's 5.1 THX Certified speakers. it's good quality and it is affordable. DO NOT buy speakers that has a higher SNR than your speakers, otherwise u'll hear loud pop (and i mean very loud pop) whenever device is being startup/reset. if u can find one that has the same SNR, great. if not, go for one that gives very slightly lower SNR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 I refuse to. I want to fix my clicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I refuse to. I want to fix my clicks. what's the SNR of your current sound card and your speakers? *check the products' spec sheets* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 Audigy 2 ZS Platinum - 108 dB SNR Creative Inspire P7800 7.1 Speakers - 80 dB SNR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Audigy 2 ZS Platinum - 108 dB SNRCreative Inspire P7800 7.1 Speakers - 80 dB SNR 80 SNR. that kinda suck. but it shouldn't caused the problem that i had in mind. are u using the digital output from the sound card? or the 3 cables analog output? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 I'm using the 3. I was just wondering if I went and got a digital speaker set, I'd be able to enjoy games with no clicks at all. But that is expensive and excessive. And I don't know if 7.1 even works in digital & for games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 i am using the analog output as well. here's question for u. so u only hear clicking noise during games?? how about when watching DVD that offers 5.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 I only get it in games. More so in San Andreas. That is why I chose this board to post to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I only get it in games. More so in San Andreas. That is why I chose this board to post to. i am out of ideas. here's what u should do. contact creative and R* to see if it's a common bug and ask them if there's any solution. if they says your case is only an isolated case then do the following: 1) if your motherboard comes with a built-in sound card, reboot the comp, go to CMOS, and disable it. run the game and see if it fixes the problem. 2) connect to different set of speakers to see if the clicking noise persist (if problem persist then it's not the speakers' problem) 3) remove your current sound card, install another working sound card and its drivers. and connect the P7800 back. (if problem persist, then it's not the soundcard's problem) 4) if it's not a problem caused by either the sound card or the speakers. replace the motherboard (this is like building a whole new system, pain in the ass) and install your original sound card + speaker back and see if problem persist (some poorly made motherboard doesn't handle noise as well as others) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 Unbeleivably, I've done all of these things. My last motherboard was lousy. Thank you for taking the time to write all that though. I have tried listening with my headphones as well, but I hear little clicks in the left speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Unbeleivably, I've done all of these things. My last motherboard was lousy. Thank you for taking the time to write all that though. I have tried listening with my headphones as well, but I hear little clicks in the left speaker. no problem. sorry for not solving the problem mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 Hey no bigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 The problem is limited to all left speakers only. There is a lot of static in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 The problem is limited to all left speakers only. There is a lot of static in them. kinda missed something did u plug in the headphone from the headphone jack of the speakers' control panel? or directly from the soundcard? try to plug it directly from the sound card L/R channel output and see if u still get the clicks from the left channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 Indeed I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 *LOLO picks up a hammer and smash it in FatboySlim's computer* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 PROBLEM SOLVED. I found the solution no more than 25 minutes ago. Here is what I did. 1. Control Panel 2. Sounds and Audio Devices 3. Speaker Settings - Advanced... 4. Performance (Tab) 5. Sample Rate Conversion Quality (Slider) - Improved I am going to post my solution on the collected audio fixes post now. Very happy that I can enjoy San Andreas again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 PROBLEM SOLVED. I found the solution no more than 25 minutes ago. Here is what I did. 1. Control Panel 2. Sounds and Audio Devices 3. Speaker Settings - Advanced... 4. Performance (Tab) 5. Sample Rate Conversion Quality (Slider) - Improved I am going to post my solution on the collected audio fixes post now. Very happy that I can enjoy San Andreas again! OMG. shouldn't that slider set to BEST by default? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 I slid it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I slid it back. y did u slide it to GOOD, but not BEST, in the first place? the settings was set at BEST by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatboySlim Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 (edited) The clicking has returned. I cannot determine the cause. Edited February 7, 2006 by FatboySlim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike0 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I get the clicking too. And I have Audigy 4 (non-pro) and Creative T5900 5.1 speakers. And in the readme for COD2 it says that it is recommended that you turn off EAX effects because the game has issues with it and it sometimes makes too loud noises that could damage your speakers. WTF For San Andreas I think its just an issue with the game. Or Creatives drivers. We could try turning off RADIO EQ in options. Ill try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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