P5gd2 with sound problems

mhh1 · Post by **mhh1** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:09 am

HELP!!!!! My pc is stuttering. Realized the problem when I was playing back music through iTunes, then I realized that the problem had nothing to do with iTunes. The problem seems to occur when I use either of the 2 dvd players, and it seems to be random. It even happens in games or even playing spider solitaire. I am running XP pro.

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:25 am

Welcome to the Forums!

Are you using onboard sound or an add-in sound card of some kind?
Do you have the appropriate drivers installed?

mhh1 · Post by **mhh1** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:47 am

thanks---- Using the onboard soundcard all drivers are installed, I even installed the latest from cmedia with no help.

mhh1 · Post by **mhh1** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:44 am

At this point I am not sure the problem is limited to just sound. I noticed some hesitation with the mouse certain times (no patern) which is at the same as the sound problem. I went back to the original dound drivers but the problem still exists. Any ideas? This is very anoying, I can't listen to any music through iTunes.
Thanks

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:38 pm

what's your specs? that's always a good place to start

I have the same problem with my system (see sig)....it's slowing down majorly, and will be replaced soon, one way or another.

mhh1 · Post by **mhh1** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:04 pm

Asus P5DG2 premium, Intel p4 3.0 ghz, 2 GB memory, 2 200 WD sata drives mirrored, 1 Hitachi dvd/dc rom, one Sony dvd rw, ultra 500 W ps., running xp pro
I Build this pc back in February and it has been running fine until about 2 to 3 weeks ago. The asus probe alarm went off on a chassis fan. I cleaned all the fans, temps appear fine, voltage is running at: 12.51, 5.22, 3.40, 1,42 (constant). I have updated drivers for the built in sound card (cmedia) with no help. The sound appears to be getting stuck (2 to 3 seconds) almost like stuttering. I first noticed when I tried loading Santana's latest cd into iTunes where I thought the cd was defective. It plays fine on my home cd and car.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:34 pm

sounds to me iTunes is either corrupt, or it corrupted your sound driver.....have you tried other media apps like Media Player, or playing music from the Internet? I would try that, and if that doesn't work right, then I would be inclined to say iTunes screwed something up...wouldn't surprise me a bit

mhh1 · Post by **mhh1** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:39 pm

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!! Finally I found the problem and I was able to recreated it. Apparently some new cd's include drm software and one of these is MediaMax. It came on the Santana cd (all that I am). The interesting thing is that no where on my pc I can see this softaware installed not even trough control panel. After I re-installed the sound drivers from the original cd and try playing the Santana cd it came up with a MediaMax error saying it could not validate license. After that I found th MediaMax website (http://www.sunncomm.com) and through there I found an un-install link and that fixed my problem. I guess I need to stay away from new cd's.

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:41 pm

Wow, that's a bunch of crap. Frickin DRM crap. There has been too many issues with all that lately (mostly Sony/BMG).
Glad you got the problem fixed though! I'll keep that in mind for the future.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:25 pm

oh damn, forgot all about the DRM stuff and XCP....ugh, I HATE MICROSOFT AND SONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!