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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 2 / October 2008Audio problem on XP
When I put a new heard drive into my Compaq Evo, I had to re-installed XP, but the process didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked. Now I have problems with my audio driver, which suggest to me that its interrupt priority is set wrong with respect to other interrupts. When I play an mp3, I occasionally get a skipping sound, and if I do something resource intensive, like loading a big application, the problem becomes intolerable, until the load is finished. Am I correct that this is a problem with the interrupt priority of my audio driver, and how do I fix it? > When I put a new heard drive into my Compaq Evo, I had to re-installed XP, > but the process didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked. Now I have [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Am I correct that this is a problem with the interrupt priority of my > audio driver, and how do I fix it? It's more likely a problem with your harddrive - DMA may be missing due to improper chipset drivers. Reinstall them from the mainboard cd or get them from the compaq homepage searching the driver download section for your model. > When I put a new heard drive into my Compaq Evo, I had to re-installed > XP, but the process didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked. Now I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Am I correct that this is a problem with the interrupt priority of my > audio driver, and how do I fix it? Do you have *any* hardware attached to the computer that didn't come from compaq when you run the install CD? They *require* *only* the hardware that came in the computer when it came out of the factory. Aside from the hard drive, monitor, speakers, keyboard and mouse that is.  Signature(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) ) >When I put a new heard drive into my Compaq Evo, I had to re-installed XP, >but the process didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked. Now I have [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Am I correct that this is a problem with the interrupt priority of my audio >driver, and how do I fix it? No, your on the wrong track; PCI has taken over setting the interrupts. They can be changed, but there is no need. View your IRQ's Start | Run <type in> msinfo32 <enter> Hardware Resources > check for conflicts and forced hardware To test your audio for problems: Start | Run <type in> dxdiag <enter> Sometimes reducing acceleration will fix a problem. SignatureLarge picture of two shuttles ready for lift off. http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/large/08pd2726.jpg >>When I put a new heard drive into my Compaq Evo, I had to re-installed >>XP, but the process didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked. Now [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Hardware Resources > check for conflicts and forced hardware You're right. That says that I have some conflicts, but unfortunately, I can't copy and paste the data into thie message. It says that I have a memory conflict between the PCI bus and the graphics controller and an IO port conflict between the PCI bus and the DMA controller. Should I pick unused values, with the same formats as the existing values, and just change over to them? > To test your audio for problems: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Sometimes reducing acceleration will fix a problem. The audio seems to be working fine. >>>When I put a new heard drive into my Compaq Evo, I had to re-installed >>>XP, but the process didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked. Now [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> Hardware Resources > check for conflicts and forced hardware >You're right. That says that I have some conflicts, but unfortunately, >I can't copy and paste the data into thie message. >It says that I have a memory conflict between the PCI bus and the >graphics controller and an IO port conflict between the PCI bus and the >DMA controller. Should I pick unused values, with the same formats as >the existing values, and just change over to them? It's conflicts AND sharing, PCI will share IRQ's with other devices. I have the PCI bus and the DMA controler (sharing as it takes PCI to operate the DMA controler. Plus I have the onboard video and my Geforce video card sharing around 5 IRQ's and lots of memory addresses Look at your IRQ's they should say OK, if not your have a problem. Also look for forced software as that would indicate an error. Signaturehttp://www.popgive.com/2008/09/asian-sandwich.html >>>>When I put a new heard drive into my Compaq Evo, I had to >>>>re-installed XP, but the process didn't go as smoothly as I would [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Look at your IRQ's they should say OK, if not your have a problem. I have both the USB and graphics controllers using IRQ 16. It does explain why my (USB) printer has started acting up, but why would it give me bad audio? > Also look for forced software as that would indicate an error. I don't know what you mean by "forced software." >> Also look for forced software as that would indicate an error. >I don't know what you mean by "forced software." >>> Start | Run <type in> >>> msinfo32 >>> <enter> hardware > forced software. All being said and done, only if something is actually wrong with a Interrupt or memory address can one be changed (XP only). NT to Win2000 anytime you want to :) Start | Run <type in> devmgmt.msc <enter> Goto the device in question (most likely the one with a yellow ! mark) double click on it and go to Resources, if something is wrong you will be able to unselect "use auto settings" - and select new settings. Signatureadvertised as the 8th world wonder http://www.full-room.com/2008/09/neuschwanstein-castle.html >>> Also look for forced software as that would indicate an error. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > double click on it and go to Resources, if something is wrong you will > be able to unselect "use auto settings" - and select new settings. I ran devmgmt, but nothing shows up with a yellow exclamation point. In this case, what is the "device" in question, audio or IDE? |
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