A7N8X sound problem

your post is somewhat old, but my problem is very similar. Getting noise
from on board sound chips (DLX model). We tried installing an audigy 1
after disableing the on board sound and the morse code (put put ssound) was
even worse. Problem occurs all the time, but is more pronounced when the
system is idle. tried diffrernt shield cables, no difference. Did you ever
solve this problem?


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My friend has the standard version of the A7N8X. He is having major issues
in games with crackly sound. In some games its like a horrid
thump-thump-thump in the background (TR:AOD for one) So far we have tried
flashing the bios to the latest version, using multiple versions of nforce
drivers, downloading and installing the latest Realtek drivers, trying a
Soundblaster Live 5.1 (with the same problem strangely enough) I have seen
on a website somewhere the suggestion that nforce 'southbridge' is too hot
and to stick a heatsink on, any thoughts on that? (here is link to aricle
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/12237/ ) Crazy thing is that
the problem is not there when playing DVDs, mp3 and even quite a few other
games have no problems. All games have been patched to latest versions
etc.
Examples of games with the problem a Homeworld 2, Republic the
Revolution, Nosferatu, Tomb Raider:Angel of Darkness. Any game based on
quake3 engine are mostly fine, Tron 2.0 is ok as is Chrome, Chaser and
Halo.

His System

Asus A7N8X
Athlon T-Bred 2400+
512Mb PC2700
Hercules Prophet 9700Pro
Mator 80 Gb 7200rpm HD
16x DVD
48x CD-RW
OS is Win XP Home Ed all up to date
Dx9.0b
Cat 3.7 drivers

Can anyone offer any advise other than binning the motherboard (well
RMA'ing
it ;-) )

cheers

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My friend has the standard version of the A7N8X. He is having major
issues in games with crackly sound. In some games its like a horrid
thump-thump-thump in the background (TR:AOD for one) So far we have
tried flashing the bios to the latest version, using multiple versions
of nforce drivers, downloading and installing the latest Realtek
drivers, trying a Soundblaster Live 5.1 (with the same problem
strangely enough) I have seen on a website somewhere the suggestion
that nforce 'southbridge' is too hot and to stick a heatsink on, any
thoughts on that? (here is link to aricle
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/12237/ ) Crazy thing is
that the problem is not there when playing DVDs, mp3 and even quite a
few other games have no problems. All games have been patched to
latest versions etc. Examples of games with the problem a Homeworld
2, Republic the Revolution, Nosferatu, Tomb Raider:Angel of Darkness.
Any game based on quake3 engine are mostly fine, Tron 2.0 is ok as is
Chrome, Chaser and Halo.

You must install Windows as Standard PC not ACPI PC(push F5 when booting
from the Windows CD). Had the same problem before I installed Windows from
scratch as Standard PC.

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jb