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Until about a week ago my P4 2.6 GHz Medion 8008 machine played sound fine.
Now every file played and every game with sound plays with an echo on it.
I'm running XP Home OS. What can be the problem and how do I investigate and
ultimately fix it?

Thanks

Yu did not mention any details about the type of sound card, mother board,
and basic specs for your machine. Therefore details are impossible to post
from someone who would be familiar with the setup options for your sound
card.

Basically most sound card software's today have some special effects
available in their set-ups. Someone, or some software that was used, turned
this feature on. Or, another software is being loaded to do the echo effect.
Go to the setup section for your sound card. Look under effects, or the
equivalent to that. In there you should be able to find a setup menu, or set
of options however they are presented. In there, you should be able to find
the procedure to remove the echo effect. If you are having problems to find
this, while in their setup program, try to press the F1 key for help. Most
high quality programs will come up with a help menu. You can do a search for
the word echo, and this should give you a good chance to find out more.

If you have a name brand sound card, your easiest solution is to call their
tech support. Most sites for products will have an FAQ section for many of
their common problems.

--

JANA
_____


"Steve" <> wrote in message
news:eYQ4e.12889$...
Until about a week ago my P4 2.6 GHz Medion 8008 machine played sound fine.
Now every file played and every game with sound plays with an echo on it.
I'm running XP Home OS. What can be the problem and how do I investigate and
ultimately fix it?

Thanks

"Steve" wrote in message news:eYQ4e.12889$

> Until about a week ago my P4 2.6 GHz Medion 8008 machine
> played sound fine. Now every file played and every game with
> sound plays with an echo on it. I'm running XP Home OS. What
> can be the problem and how do I investigate and ultimately fix it?

What sound-card / sound chip-set is it?

If it's an Audigy / Audigy 2 have a look at...

Start

Control Panel

AudioHQ

EAX Control Panel

Under Audio Effects check to see if one of the Special FX has been selected,
e.g. reverb, and, if so, click the "All Effects Off" button and click Close

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:52:26 GMT, "Steve" <>
babbled like a waterfall and said:

>Until about a week ago my P4 2.6 GHz Medion 8008 machine played sound fine.
>Now every file played and every game with sound plays with an echo on it.
>I'm running XP Home OS. What can be the problem and how do I investigate and
>ultimately fix it?
>
>Thanks
>
Have you got an effects filter on the sound card? Something like
"Large Hall, Cathedral" or something. That was the cause of mine.

Card is:

ATI Radeon 9600TX
128MB DDR SDRAM 540 MHz - full hardware support for DirectX9


"Dave Lear" <> wrote in message
news...
> "Steve" wrote in message news:eYQ4e.12889$
>
> > Until about a week ago my P4 2.6 GHz Medion 8008 machine
> > played sound fine. Now every file played and every game with
> > sound plays with an echo on it. I'm running XP Home OS. What
> > can be the problem and how do I investigate and ultimately fix it?
>
> What sound-card / sound chip-set is it?
>
> If it's an Audigy / Audigy 2 have a look at...
>
> Start
>
> Control Panel
>
> AudioHQ
>
> EAX Control Panel
>
> Under Audio Effects check to see if one of the Special FX has been
selected,
> e.g. reverb, and, if so, click the "All Effects Off" button and click
Close
>
>

Thanks to all - I took advice and found sound effects set-up was 'Cave'! I
am not that well up on computers but really grateful for all advice here.

John

"JANA" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yu did not mention any details about the type of sound card, mother board,
> and basic specs for your machine. Therefore details are impossible to post
> from someone who would be familiar with the setup options for your sound
> card.
>
> Basically most sound card software's today have some special effects
> available in their set-ups. Someone, or some software that was used,
turned
> this feature on. Or, another software is being loaded to do the echo
effect.
> Go to the setup section for your sound card. Look under effects, or the
> equivalent to that. In there you should be able to find a setup menu, or
set
> of options however they are presented. In there, you should be able to
find
> the procedure to remove the echo effect. If you are having problems to
find
> this, while in their setup program, try to press the F1 key for help. Most
> high quality programs will come up with a help menu. You can do a search
for
> the word echo, and this should give you a good chance to find out more.
>
> If you have a name brand sound card, your easiest solution is to call
their
> tech support. Most sites for products will have an FAQ section for many of
> their common problems.
>
> --
>
> JANA
> _____
>
>
> "Steve" <> wrote in message
> news:eYQ4e.12889$...
> Until about a week ago my P4 2.6 GHz Medion 8008 machine played sound
fine.
> Now every file played and every game with sound plays with an echo on it.
> I'm running XP Home OS. What can be the problem and how do I investigate
and
> ultimately fix it?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

"Steve" wrote in message news:lBR4e.13007$

>> What sound-card / sound chip-set is it?

> Card is:
> ATI Radeon 9600TX
> 128MB DDR SDRAM 540 MHz - full hardware support for DirectX9

That's your video card, not your sound card.

Start

Run

DXDIAG

On the Sound tab what does it say for the Device name?

How it got changed to that I don't know - have to blame the kids I suppose!

"Steve" <> wrote in message
news:NIR4e.13028$...
> Thanks to all - I took advice and found sound effects set-up was 'Cave'! I
> am not that well up on computers but really grateful for all advice here.
>
> John
>
> "JANA" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Yu did not mention any details about the type of sound card, mother
board,
> > and basic specs for your machine. Therefore details are impossible to
post
> > from someone who would be familiar with the setup options for your sound
> > card.
> >
> > Basically most sound card software's today have some special effects
> > available in their set-ups. Someone, or some software that was used,
> turned
> > this feature on. Or, another software is being loaded to do the echo
> effect.
> > Go to the setup section for your sound card. Look under effects, or the
> > equivalent to that. In there you should be able to find a setup menu, or
> set
> > of options however they are presented. In there, you should be able to
> find
> > the procedure to remove the echo effect. If you are having problems to
> find
> > this, while in their setup program, try to press the F1 key for help.
Most
> > high quality programs will come up with a help menu. You can do a search
> for
> > the word echo, and this should give you a good chance to find out more.
> >
> > If you have a name brand sound card, your easiest solution is to call
> their
> > tech support. Most sites for products will have an FAQ section for many
of
> > their common problems.
> >
> > --
> >
> > JANA
> > _____
> >
> >
> > "Steve" <> wrote in message
> > news:eYQ4e.12889$...
> > Until about a week ago my P4 2.6 GHz Medion 8008 machine played sound
> fine.
> > Now every file played and every game with sound plays with an echo on
it.
> > I'm running XP Home OS. What can be the problem and how do I investigate
> and
> > ultimately fix it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Not with it at all today! See above though it is now resolved. Just going to
stick my head in a bucket now!

"Dave Lear" <> wrote in message
newsN-...
> "Steve" wrote in message news:lBR4e.13007$
>
> >> What sound-card / sound chip-set is it?
>
> > Card is:
> > ATI Radeon 9600TX
> > 128MB DDR SDRAM 540 MHz - full hardware support for DirectX9
>
> That's your video card, not your sound card.
>
> Start
>
> Run
>
> DXDIAG
>
> On the Sound tab what does it say for the Device name?
>
>

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:44:13 GMT, "Steve" <>
babbled like a waterfall and said:

>Thanks to all - I took advice and found sound effects set-up was 'Cave'! I
>am not that well up on computers but really grateful for all advice here.
>
>John

The reason we know is because we have trodden the path before you!