GPL - Losing Sound when racing on-line

I tried to have my first on-line race in a long time last night. I got on to WinVROC alright and connected to my practice session without too many problems. Unfortunatly after a couple of laps I completely lost all sound and was unable to exit the track. I had to use CTRL+ALT+DEL to get back to the desktop and even then I had no sound. I had to reboot to get my sound back. This happened two or three times before I gave up. This is quite strange as it is something that has never happened in thousands of hours of off-line racing and last time I raced on-line there was no problem. I doubt it is my sound card which is a SB16 and has never given any problems in four years of use. Has anyone else had similar problems, or do they have any clues to what it might be? Chris -- Citylab Durban www.citylab.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.166 / Virus Database: 79 - Release Date: 00/06/20

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 08:09:12 +0200, "Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>This is quite strange as it is something that has never happened in >thousands of hours of off-line racing and last time I raced on-line there >was no problem. I doubt it is my sound card which is a SB16 and has never >given any problems in four years of use. > >Has anyone else had similar problems, or do they have any clues to what it >might be?

Your soundcard isn't sharing it's IRQ with your modem or game controller, is it? Regards, Brett C. Cammack That's Racing! Motorsports Pompano Beach, FL

Chris Bloom wrote in message <[email hidden]>...

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>I tried to have my first on-line race in a long time last night. I got on >to WinVROC alright and connected to my practice session without too many >problems. Unfortunatly after a couple of laps I completely lost all sound >and was unable to exit the track. I had to use CTRL+ALT+DEL to get back to >the desktop and even then I had no sound. I had to reboot to get my sound >back. This happened two or three times before I gave up. > >This is quite strange as it is something that has never happened in >thousands of hours of off-line racing and last time I raced on-line there >was no problem. I doubt it is my sound card which is a SB16 and has never >given any problems in four years of use. > >Has anyone else had similar problems, or do they have any clues to what it >might be?

Similar thing has happened to me. And every time the reason was that some other program or utility, like ICQ or Windows Update Notification got focus in Windows. The situation was cured by a single mouse click or Alt-Tab, but more than likely resulted in a big crash :) I suggest you double-check all you online programs ... and close them before racing GPL online. I did that and never had the problem since. Hena