The sound problem culprits as far as I can tell

[JPYBasser]

For what if helps, I have an Realtek AC97 Audio chip. I downloaded and installed the latest CODEC from them and for Windows Media Player. It did not help. My computer is only one month old so I may have had the most recent files anyway.

[Mobhack]

JPYBasser said:
For what if helps, I have an Realtek AC97 Audio chip. I downloaded and installed the latest CODEC from them and for Windows Media Player. It did not help. My computer is only one month old so I may have had the most recent files anyway.

Not always the case actually. If bought direct from (say) Dell, then the thing is built to order and so you will most likely have the latest drivers.

However, if bought from a shop, or from any place that stocks things in a warehouse for a while, or ships boxes round the country to retail outlets, then the PC could have been manufactured 6-9 months ago, or more, and have been sitting around in its box all that time.

Same goes for replacement items like video cards. If it has been sitting on a shelf in (say) PC World for 5 months - then the drivers on the CD supplied will be f similar vintage.

If built to order at your local small shop that builds to spec, good ones will search for the latest drivers after installing the parts from the supplied box, others will simply install the drivers on the CD provided with say the video card, from a box they have had sitting on the shelf in the store for maybe 6 months. Depends on the small local PC builder really.

Cheers
Andy

[Alby]

JPYBasser said:
For what if helps, I have an Realtek AC97 Audio chip. I downloaded and installed the latest CODEC from them and for Windows Media Player. It did not help. My computer is only one month old so I may have had the most recent files anyway.

you got a link for this?
I got the same audio...I updated drivers, but saw noghting about codecs...

[JPYBasser]

Alby, I just went to Realtek's website and downloaded a flie named "WDM_A373a.exe." It was under software for Realtek AC97 Audio and said it was the most recent CODEC for this device. Not being much of a computer expert, I really can't be certain. I know it installed properly and did not help.

[Alby]

was it realtek.com??

[WingNut]

The AC97 is an onboard audio chip, if I'm not mistaken. The integrated audio and graphic cards are pretty much, with rare exception, junk for anything other than simple office automation tasks. Try finding an inexpensive component sound card. Heck, even an SB16, which you can still find on the shelves, is better than an integrated sound card.

Jeff

[Arralen]

Unless you get yourself a SB Live! or SB/Creative PCI card. Those seem to have some trouble with WinSPMBT (or more precisely, playing different mp3 sounds at once).

I'm using a no-name pci card with Crystal CMI8738/C3DX chipset and driver from 16.07.2002 (newest available!), and everything is fine.

[Alby]

Arralen said:
Unless you get yourself a SB Live! or SB/Creative PCI card. Those seem to have some trouble with WinSPMBT (or more precisely, playing different mp3 sounds at once).

I'm using a no-name pci card with Crystal CMI8738/C3DX chipset and driver from 16.07.2002 (newest available!), and everything is fine.

So then it possibly does have something to do with mp3s because I have never had this trouble before, with Mel files or Wav files.

[RVPERTVS]

Arralen said:
Unless you get yourself a SB Live! or SB/Creative PCI card. Those seem to have some trouble with WinSPMBT (or more precisely, playing different mp3 sounds at once).

I'm using a no-name pci card with Crystal CMI8738/C3DX chipset and driver from 16.07.2002 (newest available!), and everything is fine.

Excelent, I shouldn´t have any issue then. I just keep guessing what Arralen was talking about?