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Article #33741Re: Red alert 2 movie problem
From: Richard Moore
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 07:41
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 07:41
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Well, I downloaded the new sound driver, off of the creative web site, and that fixed the problem, didn't occur to me to update that one.... Thanks for the help! "Richard Moore" <richdmoore@earthlink.nospam.net> wrote in message news:GX0Sb.1551$F23.109@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Don't think that's it, it is sharing with usb and pci bus only, not any > hard drive..... Also, I would think that the other C&C games, and other > programs would have problems also, but they don't... I think it has > something to do with accessing the CDROMs, as the intermittent blanking of > sounds will occur after it is reading the CDroms from the DVD or CDRW > Drive..... It may be how the video files are stored that my computer doesn't > like... > > I have an oem soundblaster card. I'll check the gateway site for an > update. > > > Sound Blaster Audigy Audio with IEEE 1394 Sound Card > > > > > > "Raymond Martineau" <bk039@freenet.carleton.ca> wrote in message > news:kttg10134ifveersmmapdf314skfrud2ts@4ax.com... > > On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 02:21:02 GMT, "Richard Moore" > > <richdmoore@earthlink.nospam.net> wrote: > > > > >Tried all the acceleration settings in the sound menu in the windows > control > > >pannel, it made no difference. I could not find any settings like that > in > > >the program itself. > > > Any other ideas? > > > > > > > In that case, you may ahve a hardware conflict of some sort. > > > > Open up "MSinfo32" (from the Run menu), and open the Conflicts/Sharing > > entry under Hardware Resources. If your audio card, video card, or > > hard drive is charing a resource with another device (usually with the > > other two items), then you are bound to enter some problem. > > > > Wouldn't be sure exactly how to fix a hardware conflict with plug and > > play devices. If you can, it might possible to remove and reinsert > > the card in a different available slot (with a standard boot process > > between), to force the computer to assign an unused hardware resource. > > > > Other than that, problems with Creative Labs soundcards are generally > > hit-or-miss. You can either work around it using the common methods, > > or it won't fix at all - as a last resort, you might have to get a new > > sound card. > > > > > > >
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