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  1. February 28th, 2003, 03:37 AM #1
    Chiguy
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    Angry Computer Crashes when playing media files

     
    Lately, my computer is rebooting after a while of playing a media file, namely, a music file. I just reformatted last week. I have onboard sound on a Soyo KT333 Ultra Platnium. Anyone have an idea to what is going on?

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  2. February 28th, 2003, 04:55 AM #2
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    Oh, I forgot to mention that it's a C-Media 8738 chip.
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  3. February 28th, 2003, 09:10 AM #3
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    What what file extension, what media player, do normal Windows sound files play alright? Sounds to be a driver issue.
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  4. March 1st, 2003, 03:52 AM #4
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    Right now, it seems to be AVI and mp3. It has crashed with Winamp, ATI's player (I have a ATI TV Wonder Card), and MS Media Player. Do you mean the sounds that Windows plays such as when you log in and shut down? Those work, I have no sound enabled at the moment though. I've tried 3 sets of drivers. One from MS update site, one from C-Meida, and one from Soyo's website. I haven't seen a crash using the drivers from Soyo's website yet since I installed it last night.

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  5. March 1st, 2003, 03:54 AM #5
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    Originally posted by Chiguy
    . . . from MS update site . . .
    That's one place I would NEVER use a driver from. I don't recommend it either.

    I did use a driver from there ONCE . . . ONCE. NEVER again!
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  6. March 1st, 2003, 04:01 AM #6
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    Hmm, perhaps I should go back to ATI's beta drivers for the TV card then. I got the drivers I'm using for that right now from there.
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  7. March 1st, 2003, 05:07 AM #7
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    Originally posted by Chiguy
    Right now, it seems to be AVI and mp3. It has crashed with Winamp, ATI's player (I have a ATI TV Wonder Card), and MS Media Player. Do you mean the sounds that Windows plays such as when you log in and shut down? Those work, I have no sound enabled at the moment though. I've tried 3 sets of drivers. One from MS update site, one from C-Meida, and one from Soyo's website. I haven't seen a crash using the drivers from Soyo's website yet since I installed it last night.

    Thanks!
    Update, ok, it looks like that it crashes with all 3 drivers.
    Perhaps the TV card is causing problems with it? Should I get a new sound card perhaps?
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  8. March 6th, 2003, 08:31 PM #8
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  9. March 6th, 2003, 08:34 PM #9
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    I have a KT333 lite, same audio chip, I think that it sucks for audio. I got me a $20 Sound Blaster and the quality is better, and it don't crash.
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