Sound Popping on Load Screen

Hey guys not sure if anyone knows what to do but I get a sound popping noise on the load screens between areas/towns etc...

Its just a brief static pop but its rather annoying. It wasnt there until I loaded the expansion for factions (i'm a little behind the times since i had a baby)

I updated all my drivers for sound, video, bios etc...

I do not get the sound on any other games etc... so I do not think its the speakers.

system specs:

Asus A8n32-SLI Deluxe MB
Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs
Evga 7900 GT KO (x2)
AMD FX-60
2 GB Corsair XMS Ram
74 GB WD Raptor 10,000RPM
XP Pro

Daily Bump. If anyone can help please do.

I would visit this link - http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/su.asp to see if you have any driver/software updates for your sound card.

Thanks. I already did that. Completely uninstalled all Creative software, restarted and then installed the newest updates.

Did this for video cards as well as the bios.

Do you have onboard sound? If so, you might want to verify that you've completely uninstalled drivers for your mobo's onboard sound.

There have been a lot of reports / issues with Creative Sound Cards + Nvidia motherboard chipsets and the issue your describing.

The reason has been pointed at how the sound card communicates on the pci bus and the chipset and they (Creative/Nvidia) tend to point fingers at each other with this issue.

One possibility is with any GuildWars audio engine updates, it caused this situation to happen by how it uses sound, where before it did not trigger it.

Try this. Rename the gw.dat files and let guildwars re-install/download enough to be able to log in and map warp 1-2 places to see if the issue is still there. If it not, then it may be issues / corruption with the gw.dat file, and do a re-install. If same issue, delete the incomplete gw.dat file and restore your fully download one by renaming it back.

This utility will remove any traces of drivers from the system to make sure it's clean - http://www.drivercleaner.net/ (I use the free version).

Also may consider this: Grab the most current version or the X-Fi driver. At this moment it's newer then the Audigy 2 driver. Use winzip, winrar, etc to extract all the files from the exe. There will be a folder that labeled drivers. Run the installer inside the driver folder to see if creative slipped in newer drivers for older cards where it could takes months for these drivers to show up on there website. I've found newer drivers for my Audigy 2 ZS card this way from time to time.

Thanks guys. I will try the drivercleaner to ensure everything is gone. And make sure my onboard drivers are gone also.

i have the same problem with my work pc dell gx620 (on board sound)

I have this same problem, same motherboard and soundcard as the OP. The popping only occurs when in fullscreen mode. It also does strange things to foobar2000, which adds just another level of complexity to an already complicated situation...

I too get the same problem, but it goes away when I uncheck the “Use 3D Audio Hardware” in the Sound tab for the Options.

Not saying that this will work for you, but it's just what works for me.