Crackling/Popping problems with Audigy 2 Va

Well I too suffering from this problem. It hasn't happened before, it seems to be getting worse ever since I tried switching PCI slots. I usually get the problem when I run Winamp and try to browse my computer at the sametime. I also get the problem when I play Guild Wars and not any other game like Half Life 2.
Here's my system specs
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
Athlon XP 2800+ @ 2.2Ghz
GB PC3200 DDR Ram Dual Channel @ 52MBx2
Radeon 9700Pro AGP 28MB
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value
52GB of Total Hard Dri've Space
Some solutions I've tried.
PCI Latency (from 32 to 64, sound and video)
Using different PCI Slots
Sound IRQ and Video IRQ is not sharing
Bios settings
Lowering volume, in game and on the computer
Disabling extra Audigy features (CMSS, EAX, Parametric EQ)
Though I haven't reinstall the drivers yet, I will do that someday if that might help and if it has been successful to a few.

I'm back - with a SOLUTION to the "ripped speaker like" sound problem when playing QUICKTIME! ! !
And somebody better tell --------- APPLE!!! I think.
OK - here it is.... I never really liked QUICKTIME anyway.So I went to this site and downloaded for really <EM>FREE</EM> - QUICKTIME ALTERNATIVEhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Players/QuickTime-Alternati've.shtml
Then before I installed it - I uninstalled Apple's QUICKTIME.
Then I installed QUICKTIME ALTERNATIVE.
And guess what? No sound distortion. And quicktime alternati've seems pretty cool.
So there's a rotten golden apple around - they have to fix there own problem - and CREATIVE should force them.
Happy? reply to the forum and tell me. :womanhappy:
Message Edited by joliett on 04-29-2006 04:26 AM

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