New Powerbook Audio Stutter / Looping / Echo problem

I though people would like to hear the problem that some of the 15" and 17" powerbooks have been having.
I tried recording the sound from iTunes using Audio Hijack, but when the weird audio issue happened and I played back the recording, you couldn't hear it in the recording (i.e. it played normally), so it seems to me that it's related to some basic audio issue (because Audio Hijack couldn't hear it when it was recording iTunes) rather than a specific application.
I was able to record the sound using a cable from my powerbook to another computer (which then recorded the line-in using Audio Hijack).
Here's a short quicktime capture of the sound:
http://s89317810.onlinehome.us/AudioStuttering.mov
Has anyone heard anything about a fix? It doesn't seem to be related to Airport use for me since I don't often use Airport at home.

Hey guys (first post
I own the PowerBook G4 high res model and I've noticed this 'echo' effect when listening to my iTunes. I remember creating another account for my sister and from what I've heard so far, her sound did not stutter.
Although unrelated, my system sounds did not work after some time (emptying bin, copy paste sounds etc.) even though in System preferences the option for such sounds was checked.
I've come from the Windows world and with the normallity of formatting that computer, I decided to format my Mac for other reasons aside (with the included discs) and to my suprise the stutter/echoing problem has seemed to dissapear on my primary account. It's been 3 days since the install and I've been listening to garageband files, midi, iTunes, internet streaming, DVD viewing all of which the sound did not stall/loop.
In terms of a corrupted file, it seems plausable that this may be the case.
Cheers
Anthony

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My experience with Tiger/new Powerbook 15", 1.67 ghz

Apple proclaims "Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. The world’s most advanced operating system."
Well, that hasn't been the case in my experience.
I bought a new 15 Powerbook HR, 1.67 ghz, 1.5 gb ram, 80gb hd on 11/4/05 (from MacMall). At this point I have about 20gb free.
Problems I have noticed with it/OSX.(Most have been fixed by an archive and install done a few weeks ago.) Here's my trial by fire.
In chronological order
- trackpad lags
- many icons not correct after using Migration Assistant.
- some icons open up the wrong applications
- window resize button on Finder, and some app windows, doesn't open window to full screen. Also doesn't open window so that scroll bars disappear.
- dragging a file up or down a window in list view doesn't always make the window scroll up or down when I go up or down to the top or bottom edges. When they do move, it races. Smooth scrolling has no effect.
- CDr recorded on a machine with OSX 10.3.9 shows up as a recordable CD!
- screen dims when I disconnect power supply
-Network option from the Go menu does nothing.
- Doing a Get Info on a html file has Internet Explorer as the app to open when the files have Mozilla icons
- icon for some apps have wrong application logo on them
- screen dims and brightens rapidly, disconcertingly in low light. I turn off the ambient light adjustment on the monitors control panel. This is poorly implemented. Having the keys light up is nice though.
- can't reset F7 key to take pictures of screen. (I eventually am able to do it.)
- the clicker gives me a sharp pain in my arm from the second day of use. This has gotten better now but I was worried I might be getting carpal tunnel/repetitive stress injury. (This happened when I got my new Powerbook Firewire too, eventually going away.) The clickers are too stiff when new.
- I call Applecare. They don't have my registration information I gave them when I signed up on the web. We reset the Power Manger.
- Quicktime movies have no sound. I later throw out the LAME stuff (Component and Framework) and get sound back.
- I go to Genius at Apple Store. They tell me I am using a non-native resolution, that is why I am having screen dimming. (Wrong. It was the ambient light control.) They also say whatever software I have installed is likely to be causing most of the other problems.
- I get Finder freeze #1
- Preview does not animate gifs. It did with 10.3.9.
-System sounds do not work. Upon reboot they do. Flakey.
- some finder windows are not opening up with the item count in list view.
-desktop gets rearranged
-occasionally keyboard turns letters into numbers as if number lock is on. It isn't. The it will stop working altogether. Rebooting cures this. (Happens twice before I call AppleCare.)
- call AppleCare. They have my old address when I bought the Powerbook! I get registered again.I cannot install GarageBand, which I threw out thinking I didn't need it, because the install DVDs that came with my machine have an error reading the software only package. They will send me a new install disk #1.
- scrolling is not smooth, races.
- I notice the memory door has 3 out of the 4 screws loose. I tighten them. The battery door feels a little loose too but that is unfixable.
- keyboard doesn't respond #3
- I call AppleCare. They have the wrong address still in their database!
-eject DVD does not work. (It works all other times.)
- system freeze #2
- kernal panic #1
- Call AppleCare. My TechTool Deluxe CD will not boot. I ask for a replacement. (I can't believe they are still using TechTool Deluxe. I remember what a hassle it was trying to get a working disc with my Powerbook Firewire.
- keyboard types wrong characters #4
-Print preview does not work. (it does all other times.)
-Preference for video capture program (BTV) is not remembered
- audio is only heard when BTV is running (since fixed.)
- system freeze #3
- keyboard stops working #5
- I call Apple Care. We zap P-ram 3X.
- file sizes incorrect in list view. Have to open window a second time to get correct info.
- install DVD #1 arrives. It is defective.
- system freeze #4
- I update to 10.4.4. I hope this will cure the problems. Nope.
- Help doesn't work.
- Battery firmware update process works but isn't smooth. It crashes "unexpectedly" as I check to make sure it is really done. (It kept telling me I needed to do it.)
- Help works.
- boot takes forever after 10.4.4 update.
- battery firmware update wants to run again.
- file size is wrong in finder list view windows.
- keyboard stops working #6
- fan stops yet processor is still VERY busy as I am calibrating battery. Charge is about 5%.
- I quit IMovie, It then says it quit "unexpectedly". (This happens with other apps still.)
- I have to use power key to wake it from sleep, as I calibrate battery.
- keyboard problem #7
- system freeze # 5
- text editing in iDVD is very buggy. Cursor is impossible to see against background with many themes. There is no way to increase cursor size.
- AppleCare says they have sent TechTool Deluxe CD. I haven't gotten it yet.
- I receive install disk #1. 2 actually. I install software bundle only. It works! I also reinstall CPU help files. Help still doesn't work.
- I archive and install. (It installs 10.4.2 so I update to 10.4.4), Help doesn't work.
- Help works without my having done anything. OK.
- I repair a gazillion permissions. (funny how when you install the system software the permissions then need to be repaired. You would think the system would know to set the permissions correctly upon installation.
- I notice the order of the right hand menu items has changed (clock, keyboard setup, OS 9 icon...)
- file sizes wrong in list view
- BTV has audio loop at times. (See thread on Topic "New Powerbook Audio Stutter / Looping / Echo problem in Using your PowerBook G4 15-inch Aluminum forum.)
- keyboard problem #8
- keyboard problem #9
- I call AppleCare. TechTool Deluxe CD has still not arrived. We discuss other problems. I get hung up on.
-keyboard problem #10
- I go to Apple Store. Talk to the genius. He tells me the system software is "a house of cards", adding other software can cause unpredictable results. He zaps P-ram 3x, does something in open firmware. Recommends a clean install. I think about it and later decide not to.
- I lose system sounds after I install USBVison video capture driver for Tiger. I eventually get it back.
- I repair LOTS of permissions.
- The fan starts to make bad noise.
- system freeze $6
- I do a Get Info on a file I making with BTV. The OS tells me it is 11GB. I stop the recording and then I check again. It says it is 1.5 gb.
-iChat won't open. It starts, according to Activity Monitor, runs for about two seconds and then disappears.
- Network, under the Go menu, does nothing.
- I call AppleCare.
- I notice cursor disappears in Firefox.
- Yahoo IM icon keeps getting moved. All the icons it is next to are spaced about the same but this one keeps getting moved.
- I Stuff some stuff. The fan keeps running, it is still hot after I am finished. I have to reboot to get things back to normal.
- Some icons for PING files on my desktop have changed from having Preview icons to Quicktime icons. I use Get Info to change them back from Picture Viewer (OS 9!)
- the fan comes on with only my normal apps running (Eudora, Firefox, Yahoo IM)
Ok, that is about all up 'til now. I still haven't gotten my TechTool Deluxe CD but need to give that a few more days. I now have 8 install DVDs. (Another install #1 came yesterday, making a total of 6 #1, and 2 #2s) The address on the invoices are finally correct, most had the wrong town but the right zip code which I had corrected many times.
The problems that are still recurring are the keyboard problem, applications still sometimes crash "unexpectedly" even though I am quitting them, the file sizes are not right the first time around in finder list view windows. Most everything else was cured by the archive and install. Little weirdnesses still crop up though. I am not sure if the echo problem has been fixed. (Mac OS) Help is still slow to appear.
Thanks for bearing with me. I do hope things get smoother in the future. I have been using Macs for about 10 years now, starting with a used SE and 7.something, going to a refurbished LC 580 and 7.5.5, a new Powerbook Firewire and 9.2.2. I have also used 10.3.9 which seemed to be a lot more stable than 10.4.
Cheers,
John L

If it was me I would backup to DVD/ External HD if you have and erase / reinstall OSX.
Update all and once you are finished without the user folder / any of your files on torture the Pbook to see if this happens again.
This likely will be able to give you an idea about hardware or software problems.
If all is well , likely not then copy "COPY" over from the backup you "ONLY COPY" documents, music, Photo's, desktop stuff and also place programs back in Applications folder.
The reason for the above is that in the /user/"you"/library folder it stores the settings for Icon's, prefferences to programs and some other useless stuff + E-mails for either Mac Mail and or Microrubish Entorture "entourage" depending on what you have or used also Itunes prefs.
Once this is copied leave the "/user/you/library" stuff alone and see how it runs.
App's/programs will ask to have it's preferences set again as if /when you have installed it for the first time.
Likely most of the issues if software was in the/becuase of the settings in "/user/you/library".
If this solves a lot of problems the go with care and copy the "E-MAIL +/OR ENTORUTE/ENTOURAGE + ITUNES" to the same place as where they came from but obviously in /user/you/library/ subfolders etc. same subfolders.
For Entorture search for a file called "database" as this holds all the e-mail for entourage and by copying it, when you next open Entorture it will pick-up all emails + adresses etc like it was never moved also in the same spot as it was in the new instalation / subfolders etc..
If all this fails and you as close to what I reccomended here, there is then still some issues then likely it is hardware related.
How do I know this : Had for 5 times in 365 days had my Pbook in for repair so I have had to about 120+ times had to reinstall OSX 10.3.9 and/or Tiger.
I hope this helps as for hardware I am buying Alienware or Extreme as they can upgrade the cpuvideobasically all else except the motherboard " amd opteron 64 dualcore + Nvidia fx quadro 1400 + 1 or 2 hd's + 1/2 dvd's etc. etc. $2500"

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Slight audio stutter in IDVD 6 when played on TV

I am new to IDVD, but the program seems pretty good. The only issue I am having is slight audio stutter throughout the slideshow on the burned DVD when played on a TV. I tried multiple TVs and they all had the same hiccup occur and at the same spot. The slideshow plays great in IDVD without any hiccups or hesitation. Also, the audio file is being imported from itunes and I have listened to it several times to rule out a bad song file. Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Aparently, I am just going to create my own thread documenting my frustration on this journey
You learn more that way.
According to their documentation, this is actually a DVD player issue and not an encoding issue. Ok??? Then, how come other programs are able to seemlessly play over 99 slides without the hiccup?
Slideshow audio playback drops out after 99 images at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302962 explains things.
DVD slideshows with more than 99 images are a recent 'hack' created by Apple. Images in such a slideshow are treated as Chapters and DVDs are limited to 99 Chapters per Track. When you use more than 99 images, your DVD player must jump to a new track for the 100th image. Some players can do this with no problem, others have a hiccup in the audio, and still others reset eveything.
The ONLY sure way of creating a slideshow with audio and more than 99 slides is to create one as a movie in iPhoto or iMove.
Sorry, but that's the way things work.
F Shippey

Audio stuttering dropouts-capture problem

Problem: Intermittent audio dropouts when playing back a capture
from within FCP. It can be fine for many minutes, and then sections
where the audio sounds like quick and repeated missing information—
like a CD that is skipping. The video always looks fine, even in
these problematic sections
My equipment: Powerbook G4 17”, 2megsRam, FCP 5.04. OSX 10.4.7,
Cannon XL2 camera.
In order to solve, we just bought from Tekserve: G-Raid 500megb,
hooked up to the internal firewire 800 port, and a new Iogear
Firewire Cardbus adapter—so the camera can be hooked up to this
separate Firewire bus.
Software settings: the video tape (miniDV) was shot in 30p mode. I
have duplicated the FCP stock DV NTSC preset settings, and duplicated
them so that the scanning is set to Progressive, instead of
Interlaced. This is the only change. The camera was set to just
record channels 1&2 (as is the FCP capture presets), so it is not an
issue of the channel 3&4 audio.
The audio plays back fine from the camera itself. It is just the FCP
capture that has the problem. No other devices were hooked up to the
laptop at the time of capture, except for a wireless Microsoft
Mouse. The problem does exist even after we transferred a copy of
the media files to another computer—so it is the file itself.
Any thoughts?

Thanks for your suggestion, but I’m afraid it didn’t help. A render-only Mixdown of audio still had the problem. In fact, you hear the problem consistently at he same place on the master captured file, playing in the viewer. It seems to only happen on long master clips. (I typically capture in 15 minute blocks, then subclip from here). To solve the problem, I have been creating another subclip of the problem area, making it offline, then recapturing just this small clip where the problem lies. I’m missing my work deadlines because of this.
Any other ideas? Could it be my camera—which is still fairly new—needs a professional cleaning? Could it just be a problem with Canon and Firewire? Would a Powerbook Pro help?

Audio Feedback or Echo

Hello,
Has anyone experienced an audio feedback or echo once playing back an audio taping/presentation? It seems there are two voice overs on the playback. I tried creating a new slide but get the same result. This was not a problem, in the beginning. Can you tell me how to resolve this problem. Thank you.

Hi - Try this:
Go to the Effects Tab
Audio Filters>Final Cut Pro and select the filter Expander/Noise Gate
Drag that filter on to the audio clip you wish to try and improve.
This filter works by making loud sounds louder and soft sounds quieter, so when you use it the background sounds and echos should be reduced.
You adjust it by double clicking on the clip which you applied it to, the clicking on the filters tab.
Adjust the filters effect by adjusting the Threshold control. I would nudge it up until it become objectionable.
This is processor intensive so you will probably need to render the clip after each adjustment to hear it play back.
Select the clip and hit Command -R.
Hope this helps.

Mouse and Audio stutter/freezes with Intel ICH9R AHCI drivers

edit: Initially (in original post) I suspected the random mouse and audio stutter/freezes were from a driver update. However between a reboot during these updates I had disconnected an eSATA cable from a drive that was not powered. It turns out the ICH9R when running in AHCI or RAID mode with appropriate drivers installed has problems with some HDDs when the drive isn't powered but the SATA data cable is connected. This is quite normal in SATA enclosures which I have plenty.
What makes this more puzzling is that the stutter/freezes are very tiny and hard to notice IF you don't have any PCI cards connected. With a Intel 100 Mbit PCI NIC connected these stutters became real blocking issue that would have prompted me to return this Gigabyte G33 motherboard (Also affects P35) to the shop had I noticed this issue sooner. I'm not yet sure whether this stutter w/ AHCI/RAID issue affects only the Gigabyte boards but what is certain is that it does affect these in quantity based on how there's others reporting the exact same issue if googling around.

This issue has been confirmed not to be limited to just my system.
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=1196678&siteid=1&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=5
androidi wrote:
Same problem here, it's not limited to Vista, also happens on XP/2003 both 32/64 bit. I'm 99% sure it's to do with the Intel AHCI/Matrix storage driver. It'd be interesting to know what your motherboard brand/model is. Mine is Gigabyte DS2R and I've seen reports of this issue on other forums as well. I'm using the integrated Intel graphics and every component is Intel except Audio Realtek and Network Broadcom. The issue goes away by disabling AHCI/RAID but you lose hot-swap of SATA drives and NCQ.
The primary indicator for this issue is that if any of the SATA ports has a drive that is plugged in but not powered up (and not powered down by the AHCI driver programmatically) then you get this global stutter/studder/hickups/choppy. In audio it sounds like tiny repeats. How bad it is seems to depend on what drive brand is plugged in etc so on some combinations it's very tiny and doesn't happen that often, on other drives it's more constant and easy to detect.
I'd suggest you report at:
http://supportmail.intel.com/scripts-emf/welcome.aspx?id=
Chipsets/Chipset software/Matrix storage Technology
btw. My AHCI BIOS/OROM version that is shown on boot with AHCI/RAID enabled is iSRC 1.07 08042006, what's yours?
nada_clue wrote:
Though most posts in this thread involve laptops and many of them attempt to isolate the problem in wireless network adapters, let me assure you the same problem can show up in a desktop with wired-ethernet-only. (Admittedly, it's a Realtek onboard gigabit LAN, and Realtek has been fingered by a number of you for its drivers, at least its audio drivers.)
On a brand new core2-quad P35 chipset machine with 4GB ddrII, with a completely clean install of Vista 32 business, I have been suffering intermittent global stuttering. It affects not only audio (of any sort, through any player, whether or not dsp-enhanced) but also video (you can see it in screen saver motion, for instance) and even cursor or mouse movement (hit and hold the spacebar in a text editor and watch the stuttering fun begin!). It's intermittent but not random; that is, it can disappear for a while after I apply one of my stab-in-the-dark fixes (read on) but can come back and then generally remains until I re-apply a fix. It's been like this since about day 1. Well, maybe day 2 or 3.
I've seen so many variants of this problem posted in so many forums, with so many theories, that I could spend the next three months doing nothing but troubleshooting it, assuming I had the budget and time to try endless substitute components or re-builds from scratch, but there's no assurance any or all of that would actually fix it. I do have the Intel Storage Matrix AHCI drivers pre-installed, and Intel itself vaguely alludes to possible 'degraded performance in Vista' with regard to those drivers--is this what they're talking about? They don't say. I do have an Nvidia 8800gts, and Nvidia forums are full of complaints about unacceptable issues with their video drivers, but again it's vague, no smoking gun for global stuttering. I have tried THREE different audio configurations--the onboard realtek hi-def; an x-fi elite; and a c-media based Omega Claro card. I have the problem with all of them. Discovering how musical the c-media card is was a happy accidental side effect of this miserable odyssey, but it really just makes it more frustrating, since I now want to listen to music more than ever but can't find a permanent solution to this vexing problem.
One of the weirdest symptoms is that the stuttering can re-appear (if it has been gone for a few days) just by connecting an external SATA drive, even if the drive is not turned on! Equally weird: simply going into the BIOS and just looking, changing nothing, exiting without saving, can cause it to reappear upon re-boot!
And to ice this cake of weirdness, here are some things that can make it go away (sometimes, at least for a while): removing the external SATA drive and rebooting; removing and re-seating the cards on the motherboard; and clearing the BIOS (jumper or pull out the battery) and then re-entering all the same settings as were there already.
The symptoms are driving me nuts, as audio is one of my main uses for a computer, but it's the HUH? quality of these various actions that can seem to make the problem disappear or re-appear that are really threatening my sanity. If anybody can sift a better clue out of these ashes of frustration than I can, I wish you would post it.

Loop browser vs the loops in audio apple loops

My number is different in the loop browser. lets say
show all> i hit reset then all drums, the number is less than that that is what in the drum folder i have in the HD.
same for Guitar and others.
i.e. all the loops i have in the HD are not in the loop browser.
I have all prefs in Loop set to not filter and reset keywords.
is there a shortcut/proper method to show every loop i have in the HD showing in the loop browser.
I thank you all
and have a nice day making music.
glenn

Ht
an honor to hear from you
and i would hope you have 5 minutes to clarify or atleast add your thoughts here. I am puzzled by this.
I went ahead and bought thousands of loops from third party.
i have 2486 elect guitar loops.
and 349 acoustic guitar loops. filter is off
they are reindexed.
In the apple loops folder where i store all the loops, i have created folders for each instrument ( as close as i could associate them ).
i have the guitar electric folder ( 2486 loops ) acoustic (349 ) harp etc etc etc. If i type in names they show ( most seem to ) but one cannot memorize names of 10,000 loops. I cant!
so if i go into the lbrowser i am expecting to see in all guitars a number almost equal to about 2800. Now you say time signature will mismatch that. But you see there is a mismatch of about 600 guitar loops!? that doesnt make sense does it? they are residing elsewhere, where i do not know except ofcourse in my meticulous folder Guitar electric on my HD.
1. Reindexing makes sure that every loop in my HD is in the loop Browser isnt that the case. I dont remember if i dragged all of them over the browser or not.
2. It seems to me ( and see no other options here ) that if i want to be able to peruse all of my loops and have them accessible i have to have the lib>audio>apple loops>folders of loops open so that i can choose those that are not being brought up in the browser and as you say have time signatures that are different?
how do i then bring up those no shows in the browser if they are not showing up ( acc to you )due to signature problems because they might be usable if edited?
3. i could check off favorites couldnt I and then have maybe 2000 loops to chose from. Aint this a kick in the ***?
Im trying to organize as best i can what loops i have on the HD
so that i can see them exactly organized and neatly in the browser, but APPLE has made this very very difficult i think.
i appreciate your time thoughts and forgive me for insisting on an answer here which i may not get.

GB won't open- This is what I get... Path does not exist: /Library/Audio/Apple Loops Index st: /Library/Audio/Apple Loops Index w/out this directory you cannot use the Loop Browser

Path does not exist: /Library/Audio/Apple Loops Index st: /Library/Audio/Apple Loops Index w/out this directory you cannot use the Loop Browser. Then I get this message...
Instrument Library Invalid
GarageBand Ecpects a valid instrument foledr in /Libraty/Application Support/GarageBand
Please choose a valid instrument Library folder or quit and re-install GB
Any solutions?

Is this a new installation of GarageBand or has it worked before on the same computer?
Or have you transferrred your GarageBand from a different computer?
The error message is saying, that your GarageBand installation is incomplete. There are essential foldrs missing in your system library.
Check, if indeed both folders are missing or if only the permissions are set incorrectly.
Your system library (the folder "System" directly on your system drive) should have the following folders inside the folder "Audio", and they need to be readable by the system and by administrators.
And in the folder /Library/Application Support there should be the Instrument Library.
If these folders do not exist (or no longer exist), restore them from your backup- If your GarageBand version is a new installation, the application may not hve been downloaded or installed completely, then reinstall GarageBand.
What is your GarageBAnd version, and how did you install it originally?
Regards
Léonie

Why does AIM "unexpectedly quit" with the new Powerbook G4.

Before I confuse anyone, I am speaking of AIM (AOL Instant Messenger for Mac), not iChat. This is the most relevant discussion category I can find to ask this question.
But anyways, I just got a new Powerbook G4 12inch model with Super-drive and installed the most recent version of AIM 4.7. When using this program, it will frequently and randomly quit on me. A window will pop up saying that the program had "unexpectedly quit". This is quite frustrating because I have been a Mac user on AIM for more than a decade. I should also point out that I also have another friend who got the exact same Powerbook G4 model that I have at the same time (about a week ago) and she is also having the exact same problem with her PowerBook. So I believe there is a good possibility that this problem isn't a defect in my computer's software alone, but also in all the other new PowerBook G4s out there (at least the 12inch superdrive models). Anybody experiencing the same thing or have a solution?

Are you using AIM as your chat interface or iChat? You don't need to use the AIM client software in order to conduct a chat with an AIM account user, you just need an AIM screen name to access their host.
I removed the AIM client software from my system as soon as I realized that iChat doesn't use the AIM client software to function. I've never used the AIM client software to conduct a chat, just iChat. If it is just the AIM client that is crashing, you should be able to circumvent that by not launching the AIM client, but just iChat. Since I never actively ran the AIM client, I can't say how stable it is. iChat seems rock solid so far.

After using my new firewire audio interface, my devices get electrostatic

I recently bought a Focusrite Saffire 24DSP which is connected by a firewire cable to my macbook pro (late 2010). I connect it as stated with my macbook of. Now there are moments (and unfortunately they are moment of surprise) that my macbook's case get all electrostatic. Not just a little bit but one that makes your hair rises. Also at that same moment the case of the Focusrite audio interface is also all static, also the back of my audio monitors/speakers (which is connected by xlr-cable to this audio interface), these last two devices are the worse, and even in some cases the metal case of my Novation Remote SL keyboard which is connected by usb to my macbook. You can understand that I sometimes getting nervous to touch anything once the audio interface is powered on... or at the end of my session to power my stuff off.
I first thought that connecting the audio interface to its own wall socket/adapter, instead of using it by powered from the firewire, would solve it, but not.
Even this morning, after powering off everything last night (though the firewire cable still connected), i got a shock when opening my macbook and 5min. later touching the audio interface. How can I resolve this? Is it a problem of my new interface, is it a firewire problem? or is it the macbook? ......
Would it help to put the audio interface on rubber feets.. or should I take care in what order I put devices on and off? Please any help or suggestions, since waking up this way is a terrible one

Is the MBP plugged in using a three pronged properly grounded outlet?

New Nforce audio drivers?

I noticed that nvidia have done a special release of just their audio drivers, has anyone tried these on the neo2, does it solve problems as they say it does?
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_audio_4.57_win2kxp
there are no READMEs or instructions telling you how to install it.
very strange.. probably a reaction to pressure from the half life 2 people..
you can tell it has been done in a hurry because the "installation hints" tell you to uninstall your DISPLAY driver first hehe.
I guess it will give a similar benefits to that Bas described earlier when he did the same thing manually.

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Originally posted by Rafterman
I do not use the onboard sound but AFAIK imapi is a part of the Windows O/S, and has got to do with image mastering that applies to CD recording. If you are using a burner then you probably do need it.
No, this is a new service. The service that you are referring too is called "IMAPI CD-Burning Com Service". That service is required (though it can stay in manual) and is part of XP and came from Microsoft.
However, after installing the new Nvidia audio driver, a new service was added, called "Imapi Helper". This service is not part of XP, and did not exist on my system prior to installing this nvidia audio driver (I keep very close tabs on services and the like that run on my system, and this one was not there yesterday).
Furthermore, if you go into MSconfig Services tab, and choose to hide all microsoft services, this service does not get hidden. It's not a Microsoft service, it was added by the Nvidia driver.

New powerbook - airport extreme does not connect after Tiger update

Hi guys,
I see a lot of people are having problems with airport right now. I just got a new powerbook that worked fine with Panther, went online without a hitch. I downloaded a couple of software updates but don't know which. Then I installed the Tiger software and since then the computer does not connect. It show a wifi signal but tells me it can't connect etc.
Any ideas,
Thanks
Sabina

Hi Sabina,
I had the samething happen to me. I talked to tech support and they just had me click on the blue apple at the top- go to software updates- than I ran that...there was an update in there that corrected my problem. and I have been able to get get back my network!!
so give that a try.
~Janet

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My new PowerBook has had excellent battery performance during the two months I've owned it. But suddenly today it's started dropping down to 0% power and shutting off within minutes of powering up. Last night I watched a DVD until the battery ran down (which I've done before), then let it charge overnight.
It's fine when it's plugged in to AC, but the charge drops down from 100% to 0% within minutes when running on battery. It 'recharges' up to 100% within the same amount of time.
It's also giving the warning about running on reserve power at the 97% level as it's on its way down to zero.
Any advice or similar sudden battery problems on a new PowerBook?

Edmund,
We were both participating on some threads re: "battery problems" a couple of weeks back, and then I dropped off - because the new battery Apple sent fixed everything and I haven't had a problem since. I just thought I'd pop back in so folks know that, for me anyway, the new battery fixed everything (to this point). And that means everything, inclusing some erratic behaviour that we were afraid were due to larger issues than the battery (the connector, etc.)
So, for everyone else, if you're having problems with your battery and power supply on your new hi-res PBook (and you have one of the bad batts), call Apple and have them send you a replacement. It's quick, easy, and it solved my issues. As Edmund say, check out the other threads...FYI everyone -- and good luck,
AZB
Performa/G3 iMac/G4 eMac/G5 2.0dp/and my 15" G4 1.67 DL PBook w/2G RAM ROCKS!!! Mac OS X (10.4.3) My Macs are like my children, I love them all equally (even the ugly ones)...

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I have a new powerbook that I got about a month ago, and to my great unhappiness it's having sound problems. When I am using iTunes sound will be produced as normal, and will most other applications (Myst IV, Reason, Garageband).
However, Windows Media Player and Realplayer will not emit sound when playing streaming files, and Quicktime will not emit sound when playing .mpeg movies {even from the hard disk}. Playing the same mpeg file in VLC does work though.
I began to have this problem yesterday and fixed it by restarting, but today restarting did not work.
Please help, this is making me sad. Thanks!
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