no sound on PC games

skacameron · 09-02-2004, 07:01 PM

Hey everyone!
I posted this problem a few days ago in the software category, but I figured I'd throw it out here too... I have a new custom PC that seems to be working fine overall, but everytime I play any game on CD, it will only give me sound for a few minutes, and then the audio will get very choppy and soon just goes all together. I am running Windows XP and I know that all of my hardware is fast enough (3.2 ghz PentiumIV, 3gig ram). I have also tried to reinstall DirectX, but that did no good. Here is the thing- Audio CD's and DVD's still play great in the PC, so obviusly there is an interaction probelm when running a game. There are no other audio problems either. Oh, I was running the sound straight off the intergrated motherboard at first, but I figured maybe that was the problem. So, I ran out and bought a Soundblaster Audigy to fix it, but it does the exact same thing.
IT was suggested that this is a Windows XP problem ivolving DirectX. I have been able to run Civilization III with sound and no problems, and this might be because it is dispalyed in a window. Anybody have any ideas???
Thanks!!!

09-02-2004, 07:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
skacameron Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5	no sound on PC games Hey everyone! I posted this problem a few days ago in the software category, but I figured I'd throw it out here too... I have a new custom PC that seems to be working fine overall, but everytime I play any game on CD, it will only give me sound for a few minutes, and then the audio will get very choppy and soon just goes all together. I am running Windows XP and I know that all of my hardware is fast enough (3.2 ghz PentiumIV, 3gig ram). I have also tried to reinstall DirectX, but that did no good. Here is the thing- Audio CD's and DVD's still play great in the PC, so obviusly there is an interaction probelm when running a game. There are no other audio problems either. Oh, I was running the sound straight off the intergrated motherboard at first, but I figured maybe that was the problem. So, I ran out and bought a Soundblaster Audigy to fix it, but it does the exact same thing. IT was suggested that this is a Windows XP problem ivolving DirectX. I have been able to run Civilization III with sound and no problems, and this might be because it is dispalyed in a window. Anybody have any ideas??? Thanks!!!

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