Sound Problem

[house_Fly 0]

I just bought the Creative Labs sound blaster Fatality X-FI Xtreme Gamer professional series from COMPUSA. I'm having some issues with the sound. I have installed the patch for the Direct AL support. Whenever I play I set the mode to gaming mode. In the audio options for AMRA the game sounds fine with EAX enable but with the hadware disabled. When ever i enable the hardware it becomes staticy and it will have a high frequency durring menus. Does anyone know a fix or something that im doing wrong. Even in the entertainment settings i get feedback and static. I'm using headphones for the input.

I am using a plantronics audio .350

* i have also tried running 2:1 speakers and i have the logictek x-230

(*EDIT) Sorry i meant to post this is trobleshooting.

[-Puma- 2]

the audio menu in-game is something that u don't want to mess with, dunno if its fixed in patch, but I got all kinda errors when playing with audio settings, so finally i unistalled all a sound drivers, along with reinstall arma, went into audio menu, and clicked enable EAX, and have never ever touched it again lol.

[Maddmatt 1]

When playing music, like from Winamp in Entertainment mode, does it also sound messed up?

Make sure you have the latest drivers, for both your soundcard and motherboard. Also get the latest motherboard BIOS. Some motherboards have had issues with the X-Fi, updating drivers and BIOS can help.

I use an X-FI Extreme Music and ArmA runs fine with HW acceleration and EAX.

[sailindawg 0]

@ OP, I have an XFI Extreme Music and it works great in ARMA. Upgrade your Creative drivers to the newest drivers off their site, then update OpenAL with this OpenAL driver update.

This should solve any audio issue that you are having. I updated all and the audio in ARMA is fine. I have both sound options ticked in the ARMA audio control panel and the audio is fine. Use the FDF sound mod and ARMA makes you feel like you are in a real fire fight.

PS. I am using WinXP. If you are using Vista, then this fix may not hold, but I don't see why updating drivers and OpenAL driver in Vista should not work.

[house_Fly 0]

thanks for the great replys but its still not working for me, I have not tried the FDF mod or whatever but i have updated my pios and still no luck. I really dont want tot return this card.

Tried with the other slot and still no help.

Product name: Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro

Description: Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro

Creative Product ID: ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

Driver version: 2. 9. 7

My Computer

Hp pavillion a1250n

AMD Athlon 3800+ X2 dual core

2048mb corsair XMS RAM

BFG Nvidia 7800 GT OC

Listen closely to this video you will hear it at the begining and also at the options screen.

I have it saved as a higher quality if you would like to download it. The sound is alot better.

http://www.zippyvideos.com/1390538146989406/movie_0002/ = streaming

http://files-upload.com/225624/Movie_0002.wmv.html = download higher quality 1.92mbs 720x480 1.8mb bitrate

[house_Fly 0]

major updates added to post and noone seems to have this rpoblem so im thinkning it may be the card?

[Cruusher_AS 0]

I installed that very same card in the new tower I just finished. When booting up windows XP, Sounds are scratchy. I have to re-boot again- then it seems to repair itself. But I am still working on the problem...

[4 IN 1 0]

have you tried all the ways of debug like replug HW, reinstall driver, reinstall game an such?

[Cruusher_AS 0]

After I reboot, it clears itself somehow. I can load up ARMA or GR with no problems. Need to check my driver dates then proceed from there. Haven't had time to troubleshoot this new system lately, been working long hours and such. Most certainly will post when I find the solution.