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    Averatec 6130HS - Sound Skipping / Video Freeze

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Tman7777, Oct 14, 2004.

  1. Tman7777

    Tman7777 Notebook Enthusiast

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    On some games I play the sound likes to skip, has anyone else had these problems... It mostly happens during cut sceens. Also, I can't get Neverwinter Nights to run at all, once I start the game my machine hangs/freezes and can't be recovered (I need a HARD reboot)
     
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    Have you tried on AC power ?

    My unit tends to slow down a lot when running on batteries, and the sound distorts. Using AC power solves that.
     
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    It turns out the problem was with the OpenGL drivers. I'm told that the XP ATI drivers don't update OpenGl from the original 2000 drivers.

    I found a link to some Omega ATI drivers that fixed the freezing problem. The audio still skipps during cut sceens, maybe a dvd driver or sound driver.
     
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