Wierd AC97 problem

s0kkiplast · May 7th, 2005, 02:08 PM

I have this really annoying problem. I´ve resently upgraded my computer with an amd 64 3000+ processor and a MSI K8N nForce motherboard. I did this to play Counter-strike more smooth.
But the computer crashes sometimes when a HE goes off! :cry: First I thought it was the graphic card or processor but I´m pretty shure it´s my soundcard that does.

The soundcard thats integrated is an AC97!

What can I do?
I´ve upgraded to the last driver.

Please help me!
:help:

onzie · May 7th, 2005, 07:18 PM

Dunno my integrated RealTek AC97 works perfectly. If the soundcard is broken the warranty will take care off it..

mainman · May 8th, 2005, 10:42 AM

That is very weird. Are you overclocking your cpu or graphics card? Have you tried the lastest patch for the game? Do you have all the latest bios, vidcard drivers, nforce drivers installed??

s0kkiplast · May 8th, 2005, 12:43 PM

This is the state: all drivers are up to date except the bios because I dont dare upgrade it. But it should work fine anyway?
I did overclock my videocard once about a year ago, but everything worked fine until I installed the new motherboard and processor.
I´m pretty shure it´s the soundcard. I use the driver from this webpage.

My computer:
MSI K8N nForce 3, socket 939
AMD 64 3000+
768 MB RAM
Geforce 4 MX440
...

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s0kkiplast · May 8th, 2005, 12:44 PM

Counter-strike is based on steam now, it updates atuo when it has to, and theres just one original file. So thats not the problem.
I´ve formatted a couple of times to.

**Regeneration** · May 8th, 2005, 07:06 PM

Have you tried to disable the AC97 from the BIOS and you tested the systems for crashes? What about the DDR Timing?

s0kkiplast · May 9th, 2005, 07:18 PM

I dont know what the DDR Timing is or hw to test it.
The thing I have tested is to uninstall the audio driver. It hasnt crashed yet. I dont know how to do that thing about BIOS. When you say to test the system from crashes, do you mean to play cs and see if it crashes?

s0kkiplast · May 10th, 2005, 01:00 AM

Now I´m getting crazy! :diablo:
It´s not the sound card. I uninstalled it and the problem continous!
And it´s more frequently now and it seems random. It´s now always a HE, but other events too. I dont have the warranty left for the processor. I have it for the motherboard but I dont want to send that away, it would leave without a cumputer for weeks and thats impossible. :fool:
I´m in serious need of help! Please someone, give it to me!
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