Slow Audio Problem
December 14, 2008 2:49 PM Subscribe
Why does my PC play audio at such a glacial rate?
My PC just got a sound card upgrade -- a Trust SC-5250 to be precise -- but it won't play back at the correct sample rate.
Everything plays at a ridiculously slow speed. The Windows 'ding!' becomes a protracted 'growl'. I presume this is something to do with some kind of internal clock gubbins.
There is an option to switch the playback rate between 44.1 and 48KHz but that doesn't seem to affect the problem much and there are no other sample rate options. Also, the 'advanced controls' option is ticked but greyed out in the standard 'volume control' window.
The PC is a VIA M1000 (on board audio disabled in BIOS) and it's running XP Home SP1. The drivers are up to date (and I've reinstalled them about a dozen times).
This seems like one of those problems with a simple solution. How do I get my audio up to speed?
My PC just got a sound card upgrade -- a Trust SC-5250 to be precise -- but it won't play back at the correct sample rate.
Everything plays at a ridiculously slow speed. The Windows 'ding!' becomes a protracted 'growl'. I presume this is something to do with some kind of internal clock gubbins.
There is an option to switch the playback rate between 44.1 and 48KHz but that doesn't seem to affect the problem much and there are no other sample rate options. Also, the 'advanced controls' option is ticked but greyed out in the standard 'volume control' window.
The PC is a VIA M1000 (on board audio disabled in BIOS) and it's running XP Home SP1. The drivers are up to date (and I've reinstalled them about a dozen times).
This seems like one of those problems with a simple solution. How do I get my audio up to speed?
Response by poster: There was no 'old card'. The new card was an upgrade to the onboard hardware.
I unistalled the old drivers and disabled the onboard audio in BIOS.
posted by popcassady at 3:45 AM on December 15, 2008
I unistalled the old drivers and disabled the onboard audio in BIOS.
posted by popcassady at 3:45 AM on December 15, 2008
Response by poster: ...and I've installed/uninstalled the new card and its drivers half a dozen times, to no avail.
posted by popcassady at 3:36 PM on December 15, 2008
posted by popcassady at 3:36 PM on December 15, 2008
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Also, have you tried putting the old card in, testing, putting the new card back in and testing again to see if the problem is the new card itself?
posted by Effigy2000 at 4:07 PM on December 14, 2008