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Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

14 May 2007 at 06:21 - 1

Recently my sound has begun acting up, it acts fine for most of the time but whenever i load into a new area in GW i get a brief "Bzzt" like sound with a volume varying each time, even more recently i was playing a mission when suddenly this sound came up in high volume and wouldnt go away anymore until i shut the game down, its louder then any other sound on my comp, i replaced my headset after it occured so thats not it. As far as i know it occurs in these cases:

Having a game (usually Guild Wars) in the background and then going to a diffrent page in my internet browser, each time i do it the sound becomes louder.

Starting up Oblivion the sound is there from the start and wont go away, much like my Guild Wars problem.

Randomly in Guild Wars, especially at its loading screens.

By the way: This sound blasts through my headset, it dousnt come from my computer casing.Im not sure what it is, im not good at viewing my comps components but i think its a Intel 82801GB ICH7 - High Definition Audio Controller

Attatched to my comp is a Phillips headset, SHP2700 should that matter but i doubt it.

Any ideas?

DutchGun

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Washington, USA

14 May 2007 at 20:59 - 2

It sounds like some sort of driver bug. See if you can find updated drivers for your motherboard's audio chipset (usually provided by the manufacturer).

If you are using hardware acceleration, be sure to turn that OFF in the Guild Wars audio settings. You might also try using gw.exe -sndwinmm to bypass the DirectSound drivers altogether.

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

15 May 2007 at 20:05 - 3

Abandoning all hope of being a good repairman here

Tried searching for the drivers and im having no luck at all, i tried searching on the intel site but i just cant find my way around that website.

tijo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Montreal

[CDDR]

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15 May 2007 at 22:43 - 4

You can also add the -nosound switch to you GW shortcut. Right click on your shortcut and modify the path so it looks like "C:\Program Files\GUILD WARS\Gw.exe" -nosound. That's if you chose the default installation path. This will launch the game without any sound. You can also try -dsound to revert to the old sound engine that might help too if th eproblem has only been occuring recently.

It might not be a permanent solution, but it's a good temporary one.

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

17 May 2007 at 08:10 - 5

Thats what ive been doing so far, the mute key on my keyboard makes that alot easier tho.

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

17 May 2007 at 08:59 - 6

Here's what I found for drivers that may work

http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R114282.EXE

or

http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/APOSRC4.zip

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

18 May 2007 at 07:28 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matsumi

Here's what I found for drivers that may work

http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R114282.EXE

or

http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/APOSRC4.zip

Just to be safe dous it matter if i dont have a dell?

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

18 May 2007 at 07:56 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superdarth

Just to be safe dous it matter if i dont have a dell?

no, these are just two different drivers that work well depending on what intel chipset you have. The first one I don't remember the exact name of, but the second one is a creative sound labs audigy driver I believe. They're offered through dell, but it doesn't mean you have to have a dell.

I was having a hard time getting through the intel site also, so this is what I found as an alternative.

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

20 May 2007 at 12:51 - 9

Im probably way to carefull atm, but should i delete my old driver stuff and then just install the new one?I never did this before and im realy worried about accidently breaking my PC while trying to fix this.

On a side note this problem seems to occur only in Kourna.

It went fine for a good number of days, those are the days that i was in Vabbi, and today i set foot in Kourna and almost immidiatly it rears its ugly head.

tijo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Montreal

[CDDR]

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20 May 2007 at 22:02 - 10

Yes, you should uninstall your old driver before downloading the new one. It's safer. Also having your Av disabled when you install the driver might be a good idea.

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

21 May 2007 at 01:15 - 11

If it's only happening in one area of guild wars then I wouldn't worry about uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling new or different ones. I would just check into windows update from time to time to see if there's an updated version of the driver you already have installed. If it was a problem in all applications, then I would start looking into getting a more updated sound driver. Might have to download the chipset identification tool from intel also.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/T8Cl...Name=&lang=eng

Tukmolytes

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Quezon City, Philippines

Tribo Pinoy

Mo/Me

21 May 2007 at 02:33 - 12

I get the same problem on loading new areas, Ussually the first group of mobs sounds has the problem. You will be lagged out till you die (since I play a Monk). But I already get used to it. This started when Guildwars Hard Mode patch was released.

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

21 May 2007 at 05:55 - 13

Still cant find anything to download from intel:S But whats an Av?Anti virus?And i said in my first post Matsumi it affects other games aswell, but only certain games so im confused. Windows update didnt show any driver updates either.

bathazard

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

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21 May 2007 at 06:15 - 14

i have been playing guildwars for nearly 2 years now. at about 14 months of playing guildwars i started to get this noice that blasted out of my suround sound so i switched to headphones still the same. i toggled with the setting after getting it a couple of times and found that if you turn the quality of sound 1-2 down it dosent reacure. so you can try that. but the most annoying thing was this blanket of white that appeard on my screen and every thing went laggy. turned the quality down and it was fixed. i also have a computer that is better than the reccomended requirement on NF box. so try my advice if it dosent work im sorry but thats what i did.

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

21 May 2007 at 10:34 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superdarth

Still cant find anything to download from intel:S But whats an Av?Anti virus?And i said in my first post Matsumi it affects other games aswell, but only certain games so im confused. Windows update didnt show any driver updates either.

Well, why don't you post your dxdiag report up here so I can see what motherboard you have, then maybe I can get somewhere on the intel site and give you a link to your driver.

Click start, then run, then type in dxdiag and hit ok. Then when it's done loading click save all information, on the top of the next screen where it says "save in" select your desktop and hit save. Then reply with the attached text file on here.

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

23 May 2007 at 10:05 - 16

If youre looking for my type of motherboard i think EVEREST will come in handy instead of Dxdiag (what with all the clutter in there wich dousnt make sense). I got an Asus P5LD2 Deluxe, dous that help?

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

23 May 2007 at 11:38 - 17

Yep, you can get your drivers from the Asus web site. If installing the updated drivers from there doesn't help the problem it could be a hardware failure of some kind.

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

if you select:

motherboard
socket775
P5LD2 Deluxe

it will give you the drivers for that motherboard

Here's a more direct link to the latest audio driver

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mis...ta_6015350.zip

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

23 May 2007 at 21:01 - 18

If thats an update do i still need to deinstall my current driver?

By the way: Thanks for being patient with me.

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

24 May 2007 at 06:55 - 19

Yea, I would go into your device manager and uninstall your current audio driver, then install the new downloaded driver. Just to be sure it's using the new updated one.

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

28 May 2007 at 11:50 - 20

This sucks! I cant find my drivers in this mess

Only thing i can find in device manager with the word driver in it is Enhanced Display Driver Help Service.Other then that i got Audiocodes, Legacy-Audiocontrolprogrammes and realtec high definetion Audio, thats whats under control for sound, video and games anyway where i know its related to sound, other then that i have no idea what my driver would be. The comp aint english by the way so im not sure i translated it right.

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

28 May 2007 at 11:54 - 21

I would try just installing the updated driver then, it will most likely replace what you're currently using anyway, windows has a habit of doing that.

What language is your computer using by the way?

A Leprechaun

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

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28 May 2007 at 13:30 - 22

I have this problem! I posted a while ago about it but to no avail. A temporary fix for me was to turn off all the in-game surroundsound options, this buyms as I have expensive surround sound on my pc

but any help would be great for me too.

~A Leprechaun~

sixofone

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2007

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29 May 2007 at 16:51 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tukmolytes

I get the same problem on loading new areas, Ussually the first group of mobs sounds has the problem. You will be lagged out till you die (since I play a Monk). But I already get used to it. This started when Guildwars Hard Mode patch was released.

That's been my experience, too - tho it happened shortly before HM was implemented. It was after the last major patch prior to HM (and referenced somehting to do with sound drivers somewhere, but I can't locate the reference.)

The first fight (or two if they're small) I get severe lag, and the sound is like an echo. Then, it seems to adjust and I'm pretty much good to go from that point on. (Provided I didn't get ganked in the meantime!) It's a bit annoying right now because I'm using Aggressive Refrain and GFTEs together, and I can't get it to respond before I lose my Aggressive Refrain.

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

30 May 2007 at 08:17 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matsumi

I would try just installing the updated driver then, it will most likely replace what you're currently using anyway, windows has a habit of doing that.

What language is your computer using by the way?

I was about to do that but now i have a question: Is it for Vista?I run into the name alot in the folder, and im on an XP.

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

30 May 2007 at 15:08 - 25

The driver I have linked supports XP and Vista

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

30 May 2007 at 18:06 - 26

"Dous not support this operating system."

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

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30 May 2007 at 18:10 - 27

What language is your computer using?

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

30 May 2007 at 18:20 - 28

Dutch.

Dous that matter?

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

30 May 2007 at 18:38 - 29

If you have a dutch version of windows XP, then perhaps the driver I have linked isn't recognized, since it was the english version. You're probably gonna have to go to the asus site and select dutch where it says language towards the top of the screen. On mine it says Deutsch as the closest match.

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=de-de

Then you're going to have to select

motherboard (in Dutch)
socket775 (in Dutch)
P5LD2 Deluxe (in Dutch)

click on search after that, and when it comes up with all the drivers on the next page, click on latest, then find your audio driver listed in there. In the description it will say this, except in dutch.

Quote:

Realtek ALC880/882 Audio Driver V5.10.0.5345 for Windows 2K/XP/2003 & 64bit XP/2003.(WHQL) Realtek ALC880/882 Audio Driver V6.0.1.5350 for 32bit/64bit Windows Vista.(WHQL)
Realtek ALC880/882 Audio Driver V5.10.0.5345 for Windows 2K/XP/2003 & 64bit XP/2003.(WHQL)
Realtek ALC880/882 Audio Driver V6.0.1.5350 for 32bit/64bit Windows Vista.(WHQL)

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

30 May 2007 at 18:53 - 30

There is no dutch version, but i think you just got the whrong driver since i think that only means the language in wich the page is displayed, not the language of the driver. Perhaps it was just the whrong driver..

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

30 May 2007 at 19:00 - 31

Well, your free to look for it yourself on their web site for what driver you need. As for the driver, that's what audio card is integrated on your motherboard, Realtek ALC880/882 Audio Driver.

Here's another location with a download of that driver

http://download.pchome.de/download/r...iver_8873.html

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

30 May 2007 at 19:23 - 32

Ah, i just looked over the list you posted earlier, wich one did you link to?The one at the top?I suspect it might not have been the european download, if so there we have oure problem.

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

30 May 2007 at 19:32 - 33

I linked it to the US download, here's the european download

http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mis...ta_6015350.zip

it says it supports these operating systems: Win2K / WinXP / Win2003 / WinXP 64bit / Win2003 64bit / Vista 32bit / Vista 64bit

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

31 May 2007 at 07:50 - 34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matsumi

Well, your free to look for it yourself on their web site for what driver you need. As for the driver, that's what audio card is integrated on your motherboard, Realtek ALC880/882 Audio Driver.

Here's another location with a download of that driver

http://download.pchome.de/download/r...iver_8873.html

Ok that one just mutilated my sound terribly. Where is my original driver or the unupdated version of it?You know..the one i had before?

EDIT: Wait cancel that, il kick myself in the butt after i did some testing.

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

31 May 2007 at 07:56 - 35

Turns out there was a problem with my sound settings, the driver works fine.

But it didnt solve the sound problem.

Matsumi

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

31 May 2007 at 14:45 - 36

On that driver provided from Asus, I think you were installing it wrong. If you open up the zip folder (ALC880_882_Vista_6015350), open up the realtek folder, open up the 32bit folder, open up the 2k_XP folder, then double-click the setup.exe file located in there, it should setup your updated drivers.

Worked on my system running XP, even though that's not what drivers I have.

Also, if that still doesn't resolve the problem, I would try forcing direct sound. If you right click the guild wars shortcut, then change the path to look something like

"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -dsound

Tactical-Dillusions

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Grimsby, UK

R/

01 Jun 2007 at 12:25 - 37

Is the sound like a really loud "snow" like what happens on a TV?

If so, that used to happen to me. I ended up getting a new PC because of that and the deterioration of my system despite my best efforts to resolve it.

Sorry i can't be of help, but i hope you find a fix.

tijo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Montreal

[CDDR]

R/

02 Jun 2007 at 05:08 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matsumi

Also, if that still doesn't resolve the problem, I would try forcing direct sound. If you right click the guild wars shortcut, then change the path to look something like

"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -dsound

This worked for some people i know. The sound engine got changed at some point and anet stopped using directsound. This fixed sound issues for some and created new ones for others. If your sound used to be fine a couple of months ago, then -dsound should solve your problem.

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

02 Jun 2007 at 13:37 - 39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tactical-Dillusions

Is the sound like a really loud "snow" like what happens on a TV?

If so, that used to happen to me. I ended up getting a new PC because of that and the deterioration of my system despite my best efforts to resolve it.

Sorry i can't be of help, but i hope you find a fix.

Nah, the TV thing is more "Kghrrrrrgggg" mine is more "Bzzzt", well not realy..more like a honking of one of those massive American trucks but thats the best i can decribe it, never herd such a sound before.

Superdarth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

04 Jun 2007 at 06:44 - 40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matsumi

On that driver provided from Asus, I think you were installing it wrong. If you open up the zip folder (ALC880_882_Vista_6015350), open up the realtek folder, open up the 32bit folder, open up the 2k_XP folder, then double-click the setup.exe file located in there, it should setup your updated drivers.

Worked on my system running XP, even though that's not what drivers I have.

Also, if that still doesn't resolve the problem, I would try forcing direct sound. If you right click the guild wars shortcut, then change the path to look something like

"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -dsound

Nothing appears to happen..do you mean setup or Asussetup?