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    Crackling sound

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by akstylish, Jun 22, 2009.

  1. akstylish

    akstylish Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, so I had an issue with Fraps recorded sound, so I got myself X-Fi Go USB sound card. After auto install, it made the sound crackle. This seems to be a well-known problem of x-fi products, and Creative Labs blames it on the motherboard, speaking of which...where can I find the motherboard model name? And does anyone have a solution to this problem?

    3rd edit: when I connect it to any usb port of the cooling fan hub, it starts to crackle about 30 seconds or so. It works fine however when I connect it directly to a laptop usb port. Why is this?
     
    akstylish, Jun 22, 2009
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    kazakore Notebook Consultant

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    As far as I understand it Clevo design and build their own motherboards so you're not going to get much help my getting a model number from that. Guess you could try and find out what USB controller they use and see if there's maybe known issues with that...
     
    kazakore, Jun 22, 2009
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    Cookie Notebook Evangelist

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    This is a very known problem with many Creative products. I don't understand why Creative STILL hasn't fixed this crap.
     
    Cookie, Jun 22, 2009
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    skythian Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have found that setting the USB port speed from High to Full eliminates the crackling on my SoundBlaster X-Fi USB 5.1.
     
    skythian, Jun 22, 2009
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  5. akstylish

    akstylish Notebook Consultant

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    How do you do it?

    Also, turn down volume hotkey doesn't work. This was something to be expected, but can it be fixed?
     
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    skythian Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry about the delay. Should be in the Creative Audio Control Panel, located in a path resembling C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\AudioCS\Creative Audio Control Panel.

    Look in the "Device Information" tab and you'll see the option.
     
    skythian, Jun 29, 2009
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