A7N8X Sound problem

[SiLVerBuRn]

Hey everyone. I am running an A7N8X-Deluxe mobo in my PC. I have 5.1 Altec Lansing speakers hooked up to it but it only has 1 SPDIF plug and 1 Digital plug.

If I hook the digital up it doesn't run in true digital and the sound is crappy.

If I hook the SPDIF plug up, it sounds good, but every once-in-a-while the sound will cut out for a second or so and come back in.

I don't remember always having this problem, so I know there's a fix to it.

I hope someone can help.

Thx.

[matsumner1]

Is this a driver issue?
My Packard Bell 5.1 would'nt work at all, in digital connected via digital optical cable, until i updated my m/board drivers with the latest directx that was supported.

[rpertusio]

If you look in the NVIDIA nForce Control Panel, changing the settings on the [Speaker Setup] tab might help. More specifically, "Dolby(R) Surround Encoding" and "Dolby(R) Digital Encoding".

Otherwise, you could try the latest Bios update for A7N8X Deluxe

As far as drivers.. you could update to the nVIdia nForce Unified Drivers v3.13

- rp

[SiLVerBuRn]

I tried downloading the driver update and according to the XP Pop up balloon it didnt install everything correctly. Every time i reboot it just finds more hardware that didn't get installed and keeps asking me for the disk.

Now my IE scrolling has gotten choppy like something is taking up too much memory or something.

Listening to an mp3 it cut out once. I think that's better than what it has been, but still it gets REALLY annoying.

I HATE THIS when the browser jumps scrolling down. You can't read what you were reading because it jumps up so fast. I tried using the mouse wheel and dragging the scroll bar and it still does it.

[SiLVerBuRn]

GRRR... I downloaded the update once again this time from Windows Update. It installed correctly and I rebooted but now I can't access the soundstorm program (config utility) to change anything. I keep getting the "Encountered a problem" BS.

AND it didn't even fix the problem!!!!!!! I'm still getting cut outs when anything is coming through my speakers.

[rpertusio]

It sounds like you have some conflicts or something else going on.

Check the Device Manager for any problem devices.
(Control Panel | System | [Hardware] | Device Manager)

If the nVidia control panel crashes, you could alternately install the Realtek drivers for your motherboard. Note that installing these drivers will not use the MCP-T hardware acceleration, but rather do it by software. (Basically, your motherboard's sound will behave like a non-deluxe A7N8X)

These Realtek drivers replace the nVidia control panel with its own control panel.
I would suggest you download and install them

If IE is choppy, then maybe you have a video card issue as well (or AGP driver). You can also look at the Device Manager for problems with your vid card.

- rp