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    Asus G2S-A1 garbled/stuttering audio and choppy video problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by iomegaman, Dec 18, 2007.

  1. iomegaman

    iomegaman Newbie

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    Hi everyone,

    I tried the Asus forums, but got minimal response (plus I swear that their server is running on a 80486 SX because searches never work for me and the site is just plain slow). Anyways, got an Asus G2S-A1 about a month ago. Love everything about it, except for the garbled/stuttering audio and choppy video problem. Lots of details, so here goes. The lappy came with Vista. This problem existed on Vista, and because I didn't like Vista, I put XP on it. I followed some amazing instructions on the Asus forums to put XP (slipstreamed SATA drivers onto XP disc using nLite, downloaded all the XP drivers, etc). Anyways, I thought that XP would solve my problem, but it doesn't. The weird thing is, whenever I am on the train and using battery power, the problem never occurs. Sound is normal and video is not choppy. As soon as I plug in the AC adapter, right away the the audio gets garbled/stuttering and video goes crappy as well (when I move around the mouse and move around windows, it is like delayed). So it is not an OS problem, it is not a hardware problem with the sound card or video card. I am convinced it has something to do with ACPI or the power settings. If I reboot enough times, eventually I get normal sound and video, but this problem is really making me want to pull my hair out. I have the very latest Realtek and nVidia drivers by the way (very latest). What should I do? Disable ACPI in BIOS, upgrade BIOS, etc? Some people suggest uninstalling Data Security Manager, but I don't have it installed. I did install the ACPI XP drivers (whenever I plug/unplug AC adapter in XP, a little overlay box appears). PLEASE HELP!!

    Kev
     
    iomegaman, Dec 18, 2007
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    it certainly looks like ACPI issues.

    You should certainly update the BIOS if you haven't already done so.

    Try reinstalling the ACPI drivers as well. Remove them, reboot, reinstall.
     
    E.B.E., Dec 18, 2007
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