Onboard C-Media 9880/Intel HD/Azalia background noises

DUFFLover · 05-18-2005, 08:01 PM

I recently bought a Gigabyte 8I915G Pro which has the onboard sound.

The sound is very poor quality - there are lots of distortions such as muffling, clicking and in general a high level of background static noise. I didn't expect much from onboard sound but this isn't very HD to me...
I've checked driver/firmware versions for everything, tried mucking around with the driver settings - nothing (the equaliser in general does work though). I've also tested the same speakers and some headphones with my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop and it sounds fine.

Does anyone else have this card with no problems? Is this normal for my card?

I'm prepared, but rather not ofcourse, by an independent sound card but I can only afford the "Creative Live! 24-bit" card. Is this sufficient and noise free? (I'm not a sound buff so I don't need advanced features).

Thanks

DUFFLover · 05-19-2005, 06:29 AM

Sorry for the double post (is there an edit button - I can't find it; never mind, just saw it seems to be time based).
There is also the Creative Ectiva 5.1 for about half the price. Like I said, I'm looking for good simple noiseless audio. Is this card also an option?

lechuza · 05-08-2006, 03:48 PM

Hey

Sorry this post is old.. But I think I have the same problem, and wanted to know if you found any solution.

For the moment, I know that there are two instances of the problem:

1) Sound is very noisy in the lower (bass) sounds, and too bad quality.
2) I can solve the problem setting the Hardware Acceleration off (Audio Properties > [Speaker Settings] Advanced... > Performance > Hardware Acceleration). But without HW Acceleration, the music has some silence every 2 or 3 seconds, and seeing a DVD, the sound has some echo and no synchronization.

I don't remember having this problem since the first time I had this computer, but it seems that I didn't realize the moment it started.
Now I'm using Windows MCE 2005, But I can't be sure it's the reason, basically Win MCE is the same as Win XP.

Ah, and also have the last drivers from www.cmedia.com or www.c-media.com, don't remember the exact address...

Any help??

Sorry for my english.

05-18-2005, 08:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
DUFFLover Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 18 OS: Windows XP	Onboard C-Media 9880/Intel HD/Azalia background noises I recently bought a Gigabyte 8I915G Pro which has the onboard sound. The sound is very poor quality - there are lots of distortions such as muffling, clicking and in general a high level of background static noise. I didn't expect much from onboard sound but this isn't very HD to me... I've checked driver/firmware versions for everything, tried mucking around with the driver settings - nothing (the equaliser in general does work though). I've also tested the same speakers and some headphones with my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop and it sounds fine. Does anyone else have this card with no problems? Is this normal for my card? I'm prepared, but rather not ofcourse, by an independent sound card but I can only afford the "Creative Live! 24-bit" card. Is this sufficient and noise free? (I'm not a sound buff so I don't need advanced features). Thanks __________________ "Duffman, could you bring in two bottles of smooth, untainted DUFF?" "Oh Yeah!"

05-19-2005, 06:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
DUFFLover Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 18 OS: Windows XP	Sorry for the double post (is there an edit button - I can't find it; never mind, just saw it seems to be time based). There is also the Creative Ectiva 5.1 for about half the price. Like I said, I'm looking for good simple noiseless audio. Is this card also an option? __________________ "Duffman, could you bring in two bottles of smooth, untainted DUFF?" "Oh Yeah!"

05-08-2006, 03:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
lechuza Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1 OS: WinXP	Hey Sorry this post is old.. But I think I have the same problem, and wanted to know if you found any solution. For the moment, I know that there are two instances of the problem: 1) Sound is very noisy in the lower (bass) sounds, and too bad quality. 2) I can solve the problem setting the Hardware Acceleration off (Audio Properties > [Speaker Settings] Advanced... > Performance > Hardware Acceleration). But without HW Acceleration, the music has some silence every 2 or 3 seconds, and seeing a DVD, the sound has some echo and no synchronization. I don't remember having this problem since the first time I had this computer, but it seems that I didn't realize the moment it started. Now I'm using Windows MCE 2005, But I can't be sure it's the reason, basically Win MCE is the same as Win XP. Ah, and also have the last drivers from www.cmedia.com or www.c-media.com, don't remember the exact address... Any help?? Sorry for my english. Last edited by lechuza; 05-08-2006 at 03:49 PM.