P4B533 Bios settings

  • Thread starter Thread starter Rich
  • Start date Start date
R

Rich

I'm having a problem with stuttering problems when playing music and videos.
What I have narrowed it down to is that after the first time the screen
saver or power savings for the monitor kick in when I wake up the computer
and use it after this I will get this stuttering sound. After a reboot this
never happens. So what my question is about when setting the power saving
setting in the BIOS does my video card need these to power down or are doing
both redundent and possible causing the problem?

What does everyone else do for the Power settings in the BIOS for:

video off option
method
?


It is really a frustrating problem to have this nice song playing and then
the stuttering just kicks in and ruins it.

Thanks for any help, Rich

Windows XP Pro
SP2 all updates
Nividia FX5500
1 Gig Ram
Pent 4 2 G
Sound Blaster Live

All updates and newest drivers for all.
 
Rich,
I don't know if this will help, but I had a similar problem with my p4b533e
and my Soundblaster Live Platinum whenever I installed the drivers from
CreativeLabs (I have not had the problem at all when I've allowed XP to use
its built-in drivers).

Anyway, there used to be an article (I can no longer find it, but have a
hard copy in my files) in the CreativeLabs knowledgebase (Solution ID #1692)
that solved the problem when I used the CL drivers. It recommends changing,
in device manager, the PC configuration from "Uniprocessor ACPI PC" to
"Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC". The articles
explains that " ... ACPI Uniprocessor PC uses so called Virtual IRQ's (IRQs
higher than 15) which can be problematic under certain circumstances." It
goes on to give the following instructions:
- Open Device Manager
- Expand the "Computer" entry
- Double click "ACPI Uniprocessor PC"
- Click driver tab and select "Update Driver"
- Select "Install from a specific location"
- Select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install"
- Untick "Show compatible hardware"
- Select "Advance Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC"

Again, this stopped the stuttering for me when I used the drivers from
CreativeLabs (which versions, I'm not sure). However, the last couple of
times I've re-installed XP pro on the machine I just let XP install its own
drivers and never bothered to install the CL drivers -- and have had no
problem with the stuttering.

I don't know whether this fits your situation, but I thought I would pass it
along. Sorry that I couldn't just provide a link to the article, but a
quick search didn't turn it up on the CL site.

Good luck.

gb
 
are you using the on-board sound ? It sound to me like something
else is happening or kicks in when you do not want it too. Anti-virus
may be updating or windows may be updating...things like that. Of
course, that would be assuming that your are not infected and someone
or something is using your connection and or resources.
Usually with standby issues, the device will not work untill
rebooted, which isn't your case.
I think you need to check these things:
-task manager - (ctrl+alt+del)
-startup folder
-registry -
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
-scheduled tasks - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools
-programs like windows update and antivirus software...
Good luck !

I'm having a problem with stuttering problems when playing music and videos.
What I have narrowed it down to is that after the first time the screen
saver or power savings for the monitor kick in when I wake up the computer
and use it after this I will get this stuttering sound. After a reboot this
never happens. So what my question is about when setting the power saving
setting in the BIOS does my video card need these to power down or are doing
both redundent and possible causing the problem?

What does everyone else do for the Power settings in the BIOS for:

video off option
method
Click to expand...

dmps, suspend
 
gb said:
Anyway, there used to be an article (I can no longer find it, but have a
hard copy in my files) in the CreativeLabs knowledgebase (Solution ID #1692)
that solved the problem when I used the CL drivers. It recommends changing,
in device manager, the PC configuration from "Uniprocessor ACPI PC" to
"Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC". The articles
explains that " ... ACPI Uniprocessor PC uses so called Virtual IRQ's (IRQs
higher than 15) which can be problematic under certain circumstances." It
goes on to give the following instructions:
- Open Device Manager
- Expand the "Computer" entry
- Double click "ACPI Uniprocessor PC"
- Click driver tab and select "Update Driver"
- Select "Install from a specific location"
- Select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install"
- Untick "Show compatible hardware"
- Select "Advance Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC"
Click to expand...

That is an ugly fix - this effectively disables APIC interrupt handling,
it's a shame to have to do that to fix something like this. That's
Creative Labs for you, I guess :-)
 
Back
Top