Re: SB Live, XP, GPL (Again)

I had this same problem with a SB Audigy. Picked up a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz for $65.00 last year, and everything has been fine. Bob "Mark Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3d069329$[email hidden]... > Okay, this has been beaten into the ground on RAS a few times already &I've > read the former threads, but I've finally gotten a new computer which (of > course) came with XP and a SB Live card - and I've got the GPL staticissue. > I went ahead and turned completely off all hardware acceleration whichmade > the problem go away but screwed up how GPL sounds (everything lags - I've > overreved the ol' Lotus quite a few times already cause of that). I'vegot > the latest CL drivers, etc. I've toyed with making a dual-boot systemwith > Win98se just for GPL, but I wonder if there isn't a better answer? I'd > rather just buy a new card if that would solve it instead of learning howto > make a dual-boot system (yeah, yeah, it isn't that tough - but I've never > done it before and would rather not screw up my new computer). A few > questions: > > Does this problem happen on the CL Audigy cards? > What other companies make good sound cards and do they have the sameproblem > with GPL? > No one ever came up with a better solution for this issue than justturning

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> down hardware accelaration, right? > > I think I'll just end up being in the marked for a new sound card, but I'd > appreciate some recommendations on what card to get - that is, unless > someone else has a brilliant solution for my CL Live! card. > > TIA. > > -Mark > >

I have the same prob... unfortunatly i cant afford a new card so i need to fix the prob on the sblive. I think there is a fix i just cant remember what to do (I also have voodoo5 probs with gpl that im trying to fix) "Mark Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3d069329$[email hidden]... > Okay, this has been beaten into the ground on RAS a few times already &I've > read the former threads, but I've finally gotten a new computer which (of > course) came with XP and a SB Live card - and I've got the GPL staticissue. > I went ahead and turned completely off all hardware acceleration whichmade > the problem go away but screwed up how GPL sounds (everything lags - I've > overreved the ol' Lotus quite a few times already cause of that). I'vegot > the latest CL drivers, etc. I've toyed with making a dual-boot systemwith > Win98se just for GPL, but I wonder if there isn't a better answer? I'd > rather just buy a new card if that would solve it instead of learning howto > make a dual-boot system (yeah, yeah, it isn't that tough - but I've never > done it before and would rather not screw up my new computer). A few > questions: > > Does this problem happen on the CL Audigy cards? > What other companies make good sound cards and do they have the sameproblem > with GPL? > No one ever came up with a better solution for this issue than justturning

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> down hardware accelaration, right? > > I think I'll just end up being in the marked for a new sound card, but I'd > appreciate some recommendations on what card to get - that is, unless > someone else has a brilliant solution for my CL Live! card. > > TIA. > > -Mark > >

Do you have the latest Creative drivers from their web site? Windows XP contains only "minimal" drivers which were furnished by the manufacturers last summer, probably two months prior to XP's release. And don't turn the hardware acceleration all the way off, just down a couple notches. -- Chris H. "Dan Leach" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ae7ng2$4og9k$[email hidden]... > I have the same prob... unfortunatly i cant afford a new card so i need to > fix the prob on the sblive. I think there is a fix i just cant remember what > to do (I also have voodoo5 probs with gpl that im trying to fix) > > "Mark Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3d069329$[email hidden]... > > Okay, this has been beaten into the ground on RAS a few times already & > I've > > read the former threads, but I've finally gotten a new computer which (of > > course) came with XP and a SB Live card - and I've got the GPL static > issue. > > I went ahead and turned completely off all hardware acceleration which > made > > the problem go away but screwed up how GPL sounds (everything lags - I've > > overreved the ol' Lotus quite a few times already cause of that). I've > got > > the latest CL drivers, etc. I've toyed with making a dual-boot system > with > > Win98se just for GPL, but I wonder if there isn't a better answer? I'd > > rather just buy a new card if that would solve it instead of learning how > to > > make a dual-boot system (yeah, yeah, it isn't that tough - but I've never > > done it before and would rather not screw up my new computer). A few > > questions: > > > > Does this problem happen on the CL Audigy cards? > > What other companies make good sound cards and do they have the same > problem > > with GPL? > > No one ever came up with a better solution for this issue than just > turning > > down hardware accelaration, right? > > > > I think I'll just end up being in the marked for a new sound card, but I'd > > appreciate some recommendations on what card to get - that is, unless > > someone else has a brilliant solution for my CL Live! card. > > > > TIA. > > > > -Mark > > > > > > >

I tried turning the accelaration down a notch at a time & firing up GPL after each change, but only with it clear off did the static go away. As to the drivers, I updated the Creative drivers via windows update mainly because on the creative website they listed different drivers for SB Live Value cards depending on the number after the card (something like 4260 vs 4280) and, for the life of me, I can not figure out which number card I have. I even pulled the card from the computer to see if it was on there somewhere, but if it is I didn't see it. But I really think I'll just get a Turtle Beach card & sell the other one on Ebay or use it for a non-GPL machine + XP machine. Cheers. Mark "Chris H." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:IcKN8.143597$[email hidden]... > Do you have the latest Creative drivers from their web site? Windows XP > contains only "minimal" drivers which were furnished by the manufacturers > last summer, probably two months prior to XP's release. And don't turnthe

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> hardware acceleration all the way off, just down a couple notches. > -- > Chris H. > > "Dan Leach" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ae7ng2$4og9k$[email hidden]... > > I have the same prob... unfortunatly i cant afford a new card so i need

to > > fix the prob on the sblive. I think there is a fix i just cant remember > what > > to do (I also have voodoo5 probs with gpl that im trying to fix) > > > > "Mark Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote inmessage > > news:3d069329$[email hidden]... > > > Okay, this has been beaten into the ground on RAS a few times already&

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> > I've > > > read the former threads, but I've finally gotten a new computer which > (of > > > course) came with XP and a SB Live card - and I've got the GPL static > > issue. > > > I went ahead and turned completely off all hardware acceleration which > > made > > > the problem go away but screwed up how GPL sounds (everything lags - > I've > > > overreved the ol' Lotus quite a few times already cause of that).

I've > > got > > > the latest CL drivers, etc. I've toyed with making a dual-boot system > > with > > > Win98se just for GPL, but I wonder if there isn't a better answer?I'd

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> > > rather just buy a new card if that would solve it instead of learning > how > > to > > > make a dual-boot system (yeah, yeah, it isn't that tough - but I've > never > > > done it before and would rather not screw up my new computer). A few > > > questions: > > > > > > Does this problem happen on the CL Audigy cards? > > > What other companies make good sound cards and do they have the same > > problem > > > with GPL? > > > No one ever came up with a better solution for this issue than just > > turning > > > down hardware accelaration, right? > > > > > > I think I'll just end up being in the marked for a new sound card, but > I'd > > > appreciate some recommendations on what card to get - that is, unless > > > someone else has a brilliant solution for my CL Live! card. > > > > > > TIA. > > > > > > -Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

There may be a solution here: http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33333 SLG "Mark Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Okay, this has been beaten into the ground on RAS a few times already & I've >read the former threads, but I've finally gotten a new computer which (of >course) came with XP and a SB Live card - and I've got the GPL static issue. >I went ahead and turned completely off all hardware acceleration which made >the problem go away but screwed up how GPL sounds (everything lags - I've >overreved the ol' Lotus quite a few times already cause of that). I've got >the latest CL drivers, etc. I've toyed with making a dual-boot system with >Win98se just for GPL, but I wonder if there isn't a better answer? I'd >rather just buy a new card if that would solve it instead of learning how to >make a dual-boot system (yeah, yeah, it isn't that tough - but I've never >done it before and would rather not screw up my new computer). A few >questions: > >Does this problem happen on the CL Audigy cards? >What other companies make good sound cards and do they have the same problem >with GPL? >No one ever came up with a better solution for this issue than just turning >down hardware accelaration, right? > >I think I'll just end up being in the marked for a new sound card, but I'd >appreciate some recommendations on what card to get - that is, unless >someone else has a brilliant solution for my CL Live! card. > >TIA. > >-Mark > >

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