sonicmat

Just reinstalled windows and got the latest xfi drivers.
Sounds fine but then when i boot up any game i get this annoying crackling sound. But even after i close the game and play music the crackling is still there and the only way to fix it is reinstall the driver, but then when i play a game again it comes back.

Any ideas?

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CapDubOh

Do you have ALchemy installed? If you don't, that might have something to do with it.

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sonicmat

No, is it on the install cd? or the website?

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CapDubOh

Yep, it's available on Creative's site.

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TFL Replica

Why would he install alchemy? His sig indicates XP pro.

CapDubOh

I suppose I should pay more attention.

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PizzaMan

Try turning spread spectrum on in BIOS. This helps component frequencies from interfering with each other.

Also, when you load your game are you using more then your 2GB of memory? I've seen similar issues with x-fi and rigs with only 1GB ram. Though, this may only be issues with onboard x-fi.

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TFL Replica

X-FI crackling is 90% happening on nvidia based motherboards. Check for a bios update.

sonicmat

Nah i was only trying to play tf2.
OK ill try those, never had this problem before though.

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ericeod

Just to get some more info, was the sound crackling in games before you did the reinstall? If not, try using older drivers (previous release or something).

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