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    N81Vp Audio jutters

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Pepil, Mar 13, 2009.

  1. Pepil

    Pepil Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just received my new ASUS N81Vp-C1 in the mail, and I notice a incredibly annoying skipping when playing audio from this notebook. It jutters every so often- between 10 seconds and a minute at random times. I've currently been experimenting with different Realtek HD Audio Drivers and none of them have seem to fix the problems. Anyone have any tips on how I could solve this?
     
    Pepil, Mar 13, 2009
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    Pepil Notebook Enthusiast

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    Looks like removing the Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver fixes the problem... not sure why.. Oh well no more worries.
     
    Pepil, Mar 13, 2009
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  3. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Interesting, I wonder why that is even on there, I was under the impression that it was a raid controller. Atleast thats what it does on the G50V.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Mar 13, 2009
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    Naris Notebook Guru

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    I've had the same issue with the N80. I was wondering if it was my imagination, thank you for clearing that up for me. Unfortunately I don't seem to have the Intel Matrix Storage Manager installed so I think I'm still screwed. Well either that or I can't find it on device manager which would be... strange.
     
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  5. Geared2play.com

    Geared2play.com Company Representative

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    did you change from vista to xp? why did you think to even remove the ism driver?
     
    Geared2play.com, Mar 13, 2009
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    Pepil Notebook Enthusiast

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    Someone on the Lenevo forums suggested to remove the ISM driver, not sure why i't would affect audio.
     
    Pepil, Mar 14, 2009
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    The ISM driver is not only for RAID... it provides the SATA driver for the harddisk and the CD/DVD. Since most laptops are using the Intel chipset they are using the SATA controller.

    Therefore, the audio skipping seems to be some issue with the data coming from the drive.
     
    vpak, Mar 17, 2009
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  8. youknowjack8

    youknowjack8 Notebook Guru

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    you could uninsatll the realtek driver for audio and use vista's default drivers. that should work
     
    youknowjack8, Aug 4, 2009
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