Asus A7V8X N2003 Sound problems

I have the above mentioned ASUS mobo, which comes with software called "Sound Man". The problem is that my machine always defaults to a horrible "Quarry" sound setting (heavy on reverb and chorus). Even if I don't load the Asus software at startup. Seems to happen in windows in general. I can also load the program, and turn the sound effects to "none", but when I fire up n2003 the dreaded sound is back. Any ideas? There is no mention of the problem at the Asus site... Specs: Asus A7V8x mobo AMD XP 2400+ DX9 Win XP All drivers/software updated... Or do I need to get an Audigy player? :) /Matt

Matt Knutsen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3e7839ef$[email hidden]... > I have the above mentioned ASUS mobo, which comes with software called > "Sound Man". The problem is that my machine always defaults to a horrible > "Quarry" sound setting (heavy on reverb and chorus). Even if I don't load > the Asus software at startup. Seems to happen in windows in general. I can > also load the program, and turn the sound effects to "none", but when Ifire

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> up n2003 the dreaded sound is back. Any ideas? There is no mention of the > problem at the Asus site... > > Specs: > Asus A7V8x mobo > AMD XP 2400+ > DX9 > Win XP > > All drivers/software updated... > > Or do I need to get an Audigy player? :) > > /Matt > >

Same MB, cept with W98SE and 2700 Since I usually run with headphones, I figured onboard sound system would be plenty for NR2003, but I was wrong. Most of the sounds were "okay" but the engines at full throttle sounded like a 2-stroke engine on a weedeater. Ugh... Put in a SB Live card for the headphones and everything is now sounding just fine. Best of luck. David

I have the same motherboard and processor, run both WIN-ME & WIN-XP and have no sound problems with any games. Nascar 2003 runs and sounds great. Try turning off 3D sound in Nascar 2003. Salvie "Matt Knutsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3e7839ef$[email hidden]... > I have the above mentioned ASUS mobo, which comes with software called > "Sound Man". The problem is that my machine always defaults to a horrible > "Quarry" sound setting (heavy on reverb and chorus). Even if I don't load > the Asus software at startup. Seems to happen in windows in general. I can > also load the program, and turn the sound effects to "none", but when Ifire

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> up n2003 the dreaded sound is back. Any ideas? There is no mention of the > problem at the Asus site... > > Specs: > Asus A7V8x mobo > AMD XP 2400+ > DX9 > Win XP > > All drivers/software updated... > > Or do I need to get an Audigy player? :) > > /Matt > > > > >

Yup, I have 3D sound off. This has all happened after a mobo/CPU upgrade - I used to run an old Live Value card which sounded amazing compared to this :/ /Matt "Salvie" <[email hidden]> skrev i melding > I have the same motherboard and processor, run both WIN-ME & WIN-XP andhave

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> no sound problems with any games. Nascar 2003 runs and sounds great. Try > turning off 3D sound in Nascar 2003. > > Salvie > > > > "Matt Knutsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3e7839ef$[email hidden]... > > I have the above mentioned ASUS mobo, which comes with software called > > "Sound Man". The problem is that my machine always defaults to a

horrible > > "Quarry" sound setting (heavy on reverb and chorus). Even if I don'tload > > the Asus software at startup. Seems to happen in windows in general. Ican > > also load the program, and turn the sound effects to "none", but when I > fire > > up n2003 the dreaded sound is back. Any ideas? There is no mention ofthe

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> > problem at the Asus site... > > > > Specs: > > Asus A7V8x mobo > > AMD XP 2400+ > > DX9 > > Win XP > > > > All drivers/software updated... > > > > Or do I need to get an Audigy player? :) > > > > /Matt > > > > > > > > > > > >

"Matt Knutsen" wrote: > Yup, I have 3D sound off. This has all happened after a mobo/CPU upgrade -I > used to run an old Live Value card which sounded amazing compared to this:/ The onboard sound chip on that card sucks Matt. You'd be much better off using your old SB Live card (both in terms of performance and quality..) Just remember to disable the onboard soundchip in the bios.. :o) Had you bought the 'DeLuxe' version of the mobo on the otherhand... -- ed_

Time to get a new soundcard anyway, the old SB has been donated to another PC build :) /matt "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> skrev i melding news:1048151036.973903@gurney... > "Matt Knutsen" wrote: > > > Yup, I have 3D sound off. This has all happened after a mobo/CPUupgrade - > I > > used to run an old Live Value card which sounded amazing compared tothis

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> :/ > > The onboard sound chip on that card sucks Matt. You'd be much better off > using your old SB Live card (both in terms of performance and quality..) > Just remember to disable the onboard soundchip in the bios.. :o) > > Had you bought the 'DeLuxe' version of the mobo on the otherhand... > > -- > ed_ > >