[Grathol]

Hi there,
I'm running Windows 2000 Professional and I have a Diamond Monster Sound MX300. I've got a rather interesting problem (I think I do, anyway :)) I'm using the standard Aureal A3D chipset drivers that come with W2K and periodically my sound randomly cuts out. I've got service patch 1 installed, and when I run programs like Winamp/Sound Recorder and hit "play" the play bar doesn't move at all (it stays frozen at that point in the file) even if it died in the middle of a file. CD audio still works when its like this, and there is no apparent tie-in to when it happens, its seemingly random, sometimes during the startup noise, sometimes a few hours down the line. After rebooting, I get sound back though (but it still randomly dies, exactly the same as previously mentioned). Anyone else have this problem/know how to fix it? Thanks...

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| Phillip Ames
| ICQ: 8778335
| AIM: Grathol
"Feel that you're able, feel that you're able to do what it is you need to, when this city life, is dragging, this city life, is dragging us down..."
--Stroke 9, "City Life", 1999

[Grathol]

Ooops, just found the old thread, sorry about reposting.
(old link) : http://www.ntcompatible.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/002439.html

damnit!

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| Phillip Ames
| ICQ: 8778335
| AIM: Grathol
"Feel that you're able, feel that you're able to do what it is you need to, when this city life, is dragging, this city life, is dragging us down..."
--Stroke 9, "City Life", 1999

[etexter]

I personally would just junk it and get a SB Live considering Aureal went out of business. IE, no new drivers ever.

[Grathol]

I ordered a live! value last night, decided "to hell with it" because I knew of Aureal going out and Diamond trying to ditch support for older cards. Oh well, I'll just slap it in another machine.

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| Phillip Ames
| ICQ: 8778335
| AIM: Grathol
"Feel that you're able, feel that you're able to do what it is you need to, when this city life, is dragging, this city life, is dragging us down..."
--Stroke 9, "City Life", 1999

[michaeljbrooks]

To get the Aureal Vortex sound cards to work well under Windows 2000, download the Aureal beta reference Windows 2000 drivers from the Aureal site or http://www.vortexofsound.com.