Sound problem

My computer freezes for about 5 seconds before a sound occurs. Like a
windows event sound.
Just curious if this could be a driver problem or just cheap onboard sound.
I have installed the newest C-media AC97 drivers.
Running win98se
It is a cheap mobo with on borad sound and lan (jetway)
And a 1.7 cele (I just wanted a very cheap upgrade.)

Brad

Brad wrote:
> My computer freezes for about 5 seconds before a sound occurs. Like a
> windows event sound.
> Just curious if this could be a driver problem or just cheap onboard
> sound. I have installed the newest C-media AC97 drivers.
> Running win98se
> It is a cheap mobo with on borad sound and lan (jetway)
> And a 1.7 cele (I just wanted a very cheap upgrade.)

You can get a PCI soundblaster for about 20 bucks I think...works fine
for pretty much anything...then disable that onboard sound, as it sounds
like its eating up CPU clock cycles.

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"Night_Seer" <ecamacho4 at hotmail dot com> wrote in message
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> Brad wrote:
> > My computer freezes for about 5 seconds before a sound occurs. Like a
> > windows event sound.
> > Just curious if this could be a driver problem or just cheap onboard
> > sound. I have installed the newest C-media AC97 drivers.
> > Running win98se
> > It is a cheap mobo with on borad sound and lan (jetway)
> > And a 1.7 cele (I just wanted a very cheap upgrade.)
>
> You can get a PCI soundblaster for about 20 bucks I think...works fine
> for pretty much anything...then disable that onboard sound, as it sounds
> like its eating up CPU clock cycles.
>
> --
> Night_Seer
>
>

"Brad" <> wrote in news:bth5ec$70bdu$1@ID-
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> (I just wanted a very cheap upgrade.)
>

You got one.

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I concurr with the scrapping of the ac97 embedded sound card. I bought an
asus p4t533c mobo about 18 months ago... pretty much top of the line mobo at
that time (imho). When I would launch wolfenstein GOTY edition, the sound
of the intro clip would become scratchy about 1/2 the way though then go
completely dead. The sound came back during the game and had no problem.
Didn't really bother me until I started doing video capturing/editing...
stuck in a cheap Soundblaster audigy... no problems now!

Dennis

"Brad" <> wrote in message
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> My computer freezes for about 5 seconds before a sound occurs. Like a
> windows event sound.
> Just curious if this could be a driver problem or just cheap onboard
sound.
> I have installed the newest C-media AC97 drivers.
> Running win98se
> It is a cheap mobo with on borad sound and lan (jetway)
> And a 1.7 cele (I just wanted a very cheap upgrade.)
>
>

I put in another soundcard and my problems went away. Its even the same
c-media ac97 chipset. I can rember I even had problems with the onboard
sound from the start a few games were scratchy and I couldn't turn it up
very loud or it got distorted
"dennis" <> wrote in message
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> I concurr with the scrapping of the ac97 embedded sound card. I bought an
> asus p4t533c mobo about 18 months ago... pretty much top of the line mobo
at
> that time (imho). When I would launch wolfenstein GOTY edition, the
sound
> of the intro clip would become scratchy about 1/2 the way though then go
> completely dead. The sound came back during the game and had no problem.
> Didn't really bother me until I started doing video capturing/editing...
> stuck in a cheap Soundblaster audigy... no problems now!
>
> Dennis
>
> "Brad" <> wrote in message
> news:bth5ec$70bdu$...
> > My computer freezes for about 5 seconds before a sound occurs. Like a
> > windows event sound.
> > Just curious if this could be a driver problem or just cheap onboard
> sound.
> > I have installed the newest C-media AC97 drivers.
> > Running win98se
> > It is a cheap mobo with on borad sound and lan (jetway)
> > And a 1.7 cele (I just wanted a very cheap upgrade.)
> >
> >
>
>

C-Media AC97 onboard sound sucks. I have it on a Jetway V400DBL mobo and I
have been meaning to get a better sound card, but I have bee using the sound
in the front of the tower. Pluuged into the back, with Windows sound and
speaker sound completely up, I can barely hear. Can hear perfectly in the
front. Have the newest drivers.
"Brad" <> wrote in message
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> I put in another soundcard and my problems went away. Its even the same
> c-media ac97 chipset. I can rember I even had problems with the onboard
> sound from the start a few games were scratchy and I couldn't turn it up
> very loud or it got distorted
> "dennis" <> wrote in message
> news:btitim$p7d$...
> > I concurr with the scrapping of the ac97 embedded sound card. I bought
an
> > asus p4t533c mobo about 18 months ago... pretty much top of the line
mobo
> at
> > that time (imho). When I would launch wolfenstein GOTY edition, the
> sound
> > of the intro clip would become scratchy about 1/2 the way though then go
> > completely dead. The sound came back during the game and had no
problem.
> > Didn't really bother me until I started doing video capturing/editing...
> > stuck in a cheap Soundblaster audigy... no problems now!
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > "Brad" <> wrote in message
> > news:bth5ec$70bdu$...
> > > My computer freezes for about 5 seconds before a sound occurs. Like a
> > > windows event sound.
> > > Just curious if this could be a driver problem or just cheap onboard
> > sound.
> > > I have installed the newest C-media AC97 drivers.
> > > Running win98se
> > > It is a cheap mobo with on borad sound and lan (jetway)
> > > And a 1.7 cele (I just wanted a very cheap upgrade.)
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>