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bios fix at Epox's site.
It lists fix for cracking sound.
This is due to onboard sound being turned off
and an additonal sound card installed.
Update the bios, it really works.
I think that fix is from the April update but get the latest.
Jackal

"LostSoul" <noway@nohow.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not getting it too much when playing (or at least I don't notice it
> much), but it's very pronounced when recording 16-bit.  At 8-bit I don't
> get it either, but 8-bit sounds awful!  I could mostly make it go away by
> disabling DMA on my DMA33 drives, but that slowed the computer down quite
> noticeablly.
>
> I had gotten rid of the problem when I purchased a promise card
controller.
> Unfortunately, it just came back as soon as I purchased a UDMA-66 drive.
> Note:  I've installed the latest of everything and it's doing it under
> Win98SE, WinME and Win2000.
>
> AMD K6-III 450 @ 100 MHz
> Tyan Trinity AT (Via MVP3 based)
> Maxtor DiamondMax 30 HD (UDMA66)---|
> WD 13.1 (DMA33)--------------------- connected to DMA66 promise card
> Memorex 48X CD-ROM Primary---------|
> Yamaha 4x4x16 Secondary-------------connected to motherboard
>
> I finally went out and bought a Monster MX400.  It's a much inferior card
> (or at least the software running it is) and it doesn't do 4-speakers
under
> Win2000.  I'd appreciate any fix, 'cause I don't really like the MX400,
but
> I need to be able to record!
>
> >I'm experiencing a cracking/popping noise while playing any audio format,
> >both using WaveOut and DirectSound, with my SB Live! Value.