The solution to Xfi Crackling Scratchy Poppy sounds

possibly the sound cracklings poppy scratchy sounds are because of the DSPs overheating... could someone possibly epoxy a heatsink onto the card then tell us if the problems disappear?

What's a non-keyed IDE cable? I was planning on using a rounded/shielded IDE cable from the card to the I/O box but the cable layout didn't match the pins on the creative hardware.
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=33244
Edit: I googled non-keyed IDE Cables and unless I'm mistaking (which might be the case), non-keyed means that the connector doesn't have the "bump" on it and all pins are available. Got to find one.
Message Edited by johnston2 on 0-8-2005 0:48 PM
Message Edited by johnston2 on 0-8-2005 :34 PM

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Here's a bit of info that crackle-sufferers might find useful. There's a bit of a story behind it, but stay with me, I think it will be worth your while.
I just tried installing an X-Fi Platinum, and had to give up. The card was simply not detected. No matter what, system would not detect, drivers would not install. I tried everything. After too many hours of effort and a long call to tech support, I gave up and tried to revert to my previous Audigy 2 card.
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I knew the X-Fi software had not uninstalled fully, which was my first clue. Now, back on pure Audigy drivers (the latest version), all is well. What does that say to you? To me, it puts the blame for the crackling squarely on the X-Fi drivers. Oh, sure, there are probably other contributing factors (since not every system exhibits the problem), but if having even a remnant of those cursed X-Fi drivers installed is enough to produce hideous crackling on a previously faultless Audigy 2, what other conclusion can you draw?
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-fungo-

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