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Re: Choppy/Crackling sound + Joystick "not connected"

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From: Tom Burgess
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 00:00
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First of all, I doubt it was A. C. Clarke. He has other people to
help him out nowadays with his email and novels and such, and certainly
would not be up to molesting boys, though I hope he gets a bit of a
stiffy when Nurse Oobly Boobly wipes his bum. Nah, he's just
saving it all up for 2001. I hope he (and me (and you)) all make it.

regards, tom

"Jimmy Mook�" wrote:
> 
> 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
> news:MPG.12e233ea389b49a7989680@news.olivant.fo...
> >
> > 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
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From: Tom Burgess <tom.burgess@hia.nrc.ca>
Subject: Re: Choppy/Crackling sound + Joystick "not connected"
Date: 2000/01/09
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