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Vamp
04-08-2006, 08:23 PM
I made no changes, nothing. Now my 5.1 sound system with Realktek AC'37 is making a very weird crackling popping sound... When I move my mouse, it makes a static noise, when I hit a key it makes a slight pop. The sound in Oblivion is now, all of a sudden, gone and replaced with this crackle! What the hell do I do?
Chewie
04-09-2006, 10:14 PM
I would visit the soundcard manufacturer's site and download the latest drivers.
Vamp
04-09-2006, 10:44 PM
Thanks, that worked...But howcome it just suddenly happened?
Virtualbody1234
04-10-2006, 02:24 AM
Isn't that Realtek AC'97? I never heard of AC'37.
Vamp
04-10-2006, 05:45 AM
Yeah, sorry, my mistake :P
lynx
04-10-2006, 10:24 AM
Isn't that Realtek AC'97? I never heard of AC'37.No wonder he had out-of-date drivers. :P
Appzalien
04-11-2006, 02:59 PM
Thanks, that worked...But howcome it just suddenly happened?

Something you installed (game probably) caused a problem because it needed the latest divers. Could have been an incompatibiliy or a conflict but I'd bet that when you loaded it there was a window for issues that told you to get the latest drivers.
Chewie
04-11-2006, 03:09 PM
Installing the recommended driver update at windowsupdate has done this to me in the past. This is because I have Realtek sound on my nForce2 mobo and windowsupdate thinks I should try the (wrong) nForce drivers.
lynx
04-11-2006, 07:39 PM
Installing the recommended driver update at windowsupdate has done this to me in the past. This is because I have Realtek sound on my nForce2 mobo and windowsupdate thinks I should try the (wrong) nForce drivers.That's a distinct possibility.

I've seen a modem which, after installing SP2, would cause hangs when used. It turned out that SP2 had V2.4 drivers which had been mislabelled as V4.2. The manufacturer had later re-released the true V4.2 drivers as V4.21, but because of the hangs the modem owners often couldn't get online long enough to find the new driver.