Guest flahmeshess Posted November 12, 2007 Posted November 12, 2007 When my CPU is barely utilised, there is no problem with the sound generated (my sound is built-in on the motherboard). But when I start using the CPU, the sound breakup. Can anyone give me some hints how I can troubleshoot this ? Thanks.
Guest DL Posted November 12, 2007 Posted November 12, 2007 Re: Sound Breakup when CPU is utilised I suppose a first step might be to visit your motherboard site, or PC maker if a large OEM eg Dell / Hp or Laptop and ensure you have the latest chipset & sound drivers "flahmeshess" <dingdongdingding@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1194880330.936253.11780@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > When my CPU is barely utilised, there is no problem with the sound > generated (my sound is built-in on the motherboard). > > But when I start using the CPU, the sound breakup. > > Can anyone give me some hints how I can troubleshoot this ? > > Thanks. >
Guest flahmeshess Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Re: Sound Breakup when CPU is utilised I've updated both. But it's still happening. I notice that it's not due to CPU utilisation as I wrote a small batch :repeat goto :repeat and I run this 2 times to use up my Core Duo. When I play the MPEG, the sound is not distorted (choppy). But when I have high harddisk (SATA) activity (eg copy a very hugh file from 1 SATA disk to another), the sound is choppy. Not only that, when I play the MPEG using WIndows Media, the whole play slowed down and it choppy. I wonder if this is correct behaviour and that I should leave it alone. Or could be some settings, caching that I should tune. I understand that for SATA, the DMA is on by default and cannot be adjusted. Please advise me. Thanks very much.. On Nov 12, 11:51 pm, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: > I suppose a first step might be to visit your motherboard site, or PC maker > if a large OEM eg Dell / Hp or Laptop and ensure you have the latest chipset > & sound drivers
Guest flahmeshess Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Re: Sound Breakup when CPU is utilised I've updated both. But it's still happening. I notice that it's not due to CPU utilisation as I wrote a small batch :repeat goto :repeat and I run this 2 times to use up my Core Duo. When I play the MPEG, the sound is not distorted (choppy). But when I have high harddisk (SATA) activity (eg copy a very hugh file from 1 SATA disk to another), the sound is choppy. Not only that, when I play the MPEG using WIndows Media, the whole play slowed down and it choppy. I wonder if this is correct behaviour and that I should leave it alone. Or could be some settings, caching that I should tune. I understand that for SATA, the DMA is on by default and cannot be adjusted. Please advise me. Thanks very much.. On Nov 12, 11:51 pm, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: > I suppose a first step might be to visit your motherboard site, or PC maker > if a large OEM eg Dell / Hp or Laptop and ensure you have the latest chipset > & sound drivers
Guest DL Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Re: Sound Breakup when CPU is utilised I'm not sure, but perhaps run dxdiag, the direct x diagnostics tool - it also reports on sounds "flahmeshess" <dingdongdingding@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1194969897.289829.154640@t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com... > I've updated both. But it's still happening. I notice that it's not > due to CPU utilisation as I wrote a small batch > > :repeat > goto :repeat > > and I run this 2 times to use up my Core Duo. > > When I play the MPEG, the sound is not distorted (choppy). > > But when I have high harddisk (SATA) activity (eg copy a very hugh > file from 1 SATA disk to another), the sound is choppy. Not only > that, when I play the MPEG using WIndows Media, the whole play slowed > down and it choppy. I wonder if this is correct behaviour and that I > should leave it alone. > > Or could be some settings, caching that I should tune. I understand > that for SATA, the DMA is on by default and cannot be adjusted. > > Please advise me. Thanks very much.. > > On Nov 12, 11:51 pm, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: >> I suppose a first step might be to visit your motherboard site, or PC >> maker >> if a large OEM eg Dell / Hp or Laptop and ensure you have the latest >> chipset >> & sound drivers >
Guest flahmeshess Posted December 3, 2007 Posted December 3, 2007 Re: Sound Breakup when CPU is utilised Hi ! I've done the diagnosis. No problems. I've called support for my motherboard. They says that when the CPU utilisation is high, there would be choppy. How can I determine the choppiness in my situation is due to CPU utilisation and not due to the problems ? Any advice ? Thanks. On Nov 14, 4:39 am, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: > I'm not sure, but perhaps run dxdiag, the direct x diagnostics tool - it > also reports on sounds > > "flahmeshess" <dingdongdingd...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:1194969897.289829.154640@t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com... > > > I've updated both. But it's still happening. I notice that it's not > > due to CPU utilisation as I wrote a small batch > > > :repeat > > goto :repeat > > > and I run this 2 times to use up my Core Duo. > > > When I play the MPEG, the sound is not distorted (choppy). > > > But when I have high harddisk (SATA) activity (eg copy a very hugh > > file from 1 SATA disk to another), the sound is choppy. Not only > > that, when I play the MPEG using WIndows Media, the whole play slowed > > down and it choppy. I wonder if this is correct behaviour and that I > > should leave it alone. > > > Or could be some settings, caching that I should tune. I understand > > that for SATA, the DMA is on by default and cannot be adjusted. > > > Please advise me. Thanks very much.. > > > On Nov 12, 11:51 pm, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: > >> I suppose a first step might be to visit your motherboard site, or PC > >> maker > >> if a large OEM eg Dell / Hp or Laptop and ensure you have the latest > >> chipset > >> & sound drivers
Guest Bob I Posted December 3, 2007 Posted December 3, 2007 Re: Sound Breakup when CPU is utilised Open Task Manager and watch the CPU utilization. flahmeshess wrote: > Hi ! > I've done the diagnosis. No problems. > I've called support for my motherboard. They says that when the > CPU utilisation is high, there would be choppy. How can I determine > the choppiness in my situation is due to CPU utilisation and not due > to the problems ? Any advice ? Thanks. > > On Nov 14, 4:39 am, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: > >>I'm not sure, but perhaps run dxdiag, the direct x diagnostics tool - it >>also reports on sounds >> >>"flahmeshess" <dingdongdingd...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> >>news:1194969897.289829.154640@t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com... >> >> >>>I've updated both. But it's still happening. I notice that it's not >>>due to CPU utilisation as I wrote a small batch >> >>>:repeat >>>goto :repeat >> >>>and I run this 2 times to use up my Core Duo. >> >>>When I play the MPEG, the sound is not distorted (choppy). >> >>>But when I have high harddisk (SATA) activity (eg copy a very hugh >>>file from 1 SATA disk to another), the sound is choppy. Not only >>>that, when I play the MPEG using WIndows Media, the whole play slowed >>>down and it choppy. I wonder if this is correct behaviour and that I >>>should leave it alone. >> >>>Or could be some settings, caching that I should tune. I understand >>>that for SATA, the DMA is on by default and cannot be adjusted. >> >>>Please advise me. Thanks very much.. >> >>>On Nov 12, 11:51 pm, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: >>> >>>>I suppose a first step might be to visit your motherboard site, or PC >>>>maker >>>>if a large OEM eg Dell / Hp or Laptop and ensure you have the latest >>>>chipset >>>>& sound drivers > >
Guest flahmeshess Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 Re: Sound Breakup when CPU is utilised I've already done that. But my question is how do I confirm that it's due to the CPU utilisation and not something else (which could happen at the same time when the CPU utilisation is high) ? On Dec 4, 2:15 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Open Task Manager and watch the CPU utilization. > > > > flahmeshess wrote: > > Hi ! > > I've done the diagnosis. No problems. > > I've called support for my motherboard. They says that when the > > CPU utilisation is high, there would be choppy. How can I determine > > the choppiness in my situation is due to CPU utilisation and not due > > to the problems ? Any advice ? Thanks. > > > On Nov 14, 4:39 am, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: > > >>I'm not sure, but perhaps run dxdiag, the direct x diagnostics tool - it > >>also reports on sounds > > >>"flahmeshess" <dingdongdingd...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > >>news:1194969897.289829.154640@t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com... > > >>>I've updated both. But it's still happening. I notice that it's not > >>>due to CPU utilisation as I wrote a small batch > > >>>:repeat > >>>goto :repeat > > >>>and I run this 2 times to use up my Core Duo. > > >>>When I play the MPEG, the sound is not distorted (choppy). > > >>>But when I have high harddisk (SATA) activity (eg copy a very hugh > >>>file from 1 SATA disk to another), the sound is choppy. Not only > >>>that, when I play the MPEG using WIndows Media, the whole play slowed > >>>down and it choppy. I wonder if this is correct behaviour and that I > >>>should leave it alone. > > >>>Or could be some settings, caching that I should tune. I understand > >>>that for SATA, the DMA is on by default and cannot be adjusted. > > >>>Please advise me. Thanks very much.. > > >>>On Nov 12, 11:51 pm, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: > > >>>>I suppose a first step might be to visit your motherboard site, or PC > >>>>maker > >>>>if a large OEM eg Dell / Hp or Laptop and ensure you have the latest > >>>>chipset > >>>>& sound drivers- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Guest Bob I Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 Re: Sound Breakup when CPU is utilised Look at WHAT is causing the utilization. flahmeshess wrote: > I've already done that. But my question is how do I confirm that it's > due to the CPU utilisation and not something else (which could happen > at the same time when the CPU utilisation is high) ? > > On Dec 4, 2:15 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>Open Task Manager and watch the CPU utilization. >> >> >> >>flahmeshess wrote: >> >>>Hi ! >>> I've done the diagnosis. No problems. >>> I've called support for my motherboard. They says that when the >>>CPU utilisation is high, there would be choppy. How can I determine >>>the choppiness in my situation is due to CPU utilisation and not due >>>to the problems ? Any advice ? Thanks. >> >>>On Nov 14, 4:39 am, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: >> >>>>I'm not sure, but perhaps run dxdiag, the direct x diagnostics tool - it >>>>also reports on sounds >> >>>>"flahmeshess" <dingdongdingd...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> >>>>news:1194969897.289829.154640@t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com... >> >>>>>I've updated both. But it's still happening. I notice that it's not >>>>>due to CPU utilisation as I wrote a small batch >> >>>>>:repeat >>>>>goto :repeat >> >>>>>and I run this 2 times to use up my Core Duo. >> >>>>>When I play the MPEG, the sound is not distorted (choppy). >> >>>>>But when I have high harddisk (SATA) activity (eg copy a very hugh >>>>>file from 1 SATA disk to another), the sound is choppy. Not only >>>>>that, when I play the MPEG using WIndows Media, the whole play slowed >>>>>down and it choppy. I wonder if this is correct behaviour and that I >>>>>should leave it alone. >> >>>>>Or could be some settings, caching that I should tune. I understand >>>>>that for SATA, the DMA is on by default and cannot be adjusted. >> >>>>>Please advise me. Thanks very much.. >> >>>>>On Nov 12, 11:51 pm, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: >> >>>>>>I suppose a first step might be to visit your motherboard site, or PC >>>>>>maker >>>>>>if a large OEM eg Dell / Hp or Laptop and ensure you have the latest >>>>>>chipset >>>>>>& sound drivers- Hide quoted text - >> >>- Show quoted text - > >
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