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Sound card problems in games
Name: smilley Date: February 13, 2004 at 18:25:14 Pacific OS: window98 CPU/Ram: amd/320 ram
Comment:
Hi im having a problem with the game sounds.When i play a game when i play music and videos on the computer it runs fine but when i play a game it is choppy and echos. I ran a directx test and a error came up on sound said problem getting extra sound info rusult code=0x8878000a. Could someone help please thank you very much. the problem started when i updated win98 i think. i have a advance ac'97 audio via686/8231 video card. thanks smilley
Name: rick152 Date: February 13, 2004 at 18:53:05 Pacific
Reply:
Install the latest sound card drivers. Reboot, and run dxdiag again and see if the problem is fixed.
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Response Number 2
Name: Tubesandwires Date: February 13, 2004 at 20:21:12 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure you have at least the minimum Microsoft DirectX version required for the video drivers you are using - this may get higher as the drivers are updated - also check for that in the game requirements.
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Response Number 3
Name: smilley Date: February 13, 2004 at 20:58:53 Pacific
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im looking for the drivers to my avance ac'97 via686/8231 sound card. im sorry but im not a tech in computers i can get around but not very knowledgable. could someone explain and i could do it i have directx 9.o also.
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Response Number 4
Name: del7 Date: February 14, 2004 at 06:37:53 Pacific
Summary: I've got an Amilo D8830 laptop, 2,66 GHz/512 RAM, ATi Mobility Radeon 9000 graphics (64 Mb memory) and an integrated VIA AC'97 sound card. The sound card works perfectly expect with games (like Pro Ev...
Summary: I can't really answer whether it's a problem with your sound card, but if it isn't, it sounds like you should still get a new sound card. It could be a problem with the files that were installed. Thes...
Summary: Yes he updated the graphic drivers. Would the sound card effect a game coming on and if it is the sound card why does the rest of the pc applications work with sound? ...
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