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how have you got the time to figure all this out between writing all those
novels and molesting all those young Sri Lankan boys?


Arthur C. Clarke <asmundur@SPAMREMOVEhotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm going nust over this card (SoundBlaster Live! Value)
>
> I have a Logitech Wingman Digital Extreme (connected to GamePort) but I
> can't get the system to recognice it. I'm 100% sure the Joystick is ok
> (tried it on 2 other computers)
>
> NOTE: I can get the Joystick to work if I choose Standard 3axes 4buttons
> (or something similar) but then I can only use 1/2 of the buttons! so
> it's not an acceptable solution
>
> I'm also having problems with choppy sound
> when running the intro (and the movies between the levels) in Quake3Arena
>
> the sound starts of choppy gets worse and worse and after about 5 seconds
>
> the sound just dies!. When playing the game the sound is almost 100% ok,
> only when there is lot of sounds playing at the same time I notice the
> crackle
>
> the crackling sound is also noticable in Unreal Tournament (but not much,
>
> it's to live with) and in ReBirth RB-338
>
>
> I've tried:
> installing HID-compliant -> same problem
> reformating c:\ -> same problem
> Installing another Live! Value Card -> same problem
> checked ctsyn.ini JoyEnable=True  -> same problem
> moving the SB Live! card to another PCI slot -> same problem
> as far as I can see there are no IRQ/DMA/etc. conflicts in the system
>
> System
> motherboard: Asus P2B
> cpu: Intel Celeron 333
> graphics: Creative TNT 2 Ultra (same problem with Asus 3400tnt/TV)
>
> Win98 SE
> DirectX 7a
> Newest Logitech Wingman Digital Extreme Driver
> LiveWare 3.0
> nVidia Detonator 3.56 (same problem with Creative driver)
>
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated
>
> PS. and for you Creative people. Please READ what the REAL LIFE people
> say.
> I've seen like 100 postings about the crackling sound but NO NO NO NO
> R E A L answer
> Same goes for the GamePort/Joystick problems. DO YOUR F*cking JOB *F I X*
>
> these problems
>
> Sincerely
> Extremely dissapointed Creative customer
> asmundur@<SPAMREMOVE>hotmail.com