Problems with Digital Audio Devices

If you have installed Intel Application Accelerator version

1.1.2in your computer, DMA may be automatically selected on all your drives.

Intermittent hissing or no sound is heard from my digital speakers.

Make sure you select the sampling rate of the PCM SPDIF output of your Digital Out connector to match the requirements of the receiving device. You may need to select a lower digital output sampling rate. The choices available are 48 kHz and 96 kHz.

To solve this problem:

1.In Creative MediaSource Go! Launcher, click the Product Settings tab.

2.Double-click the Device Controls icon.

3.Click the Sampling Rate tab.

4.Click the required sampling rate from the Digital Output Sampling Rate list.

Popping noises is heard during playback.

Check that the DMA feature is selected for all drives.

To solve this problem:

For Windows 98 SE and Windows Me:

1.Click Start ->Settings ->Control Panel.

2.In the Control Panel dialog box, double-click the System icon.

3.In the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab.

4.Double-click the Disk drives icon. Your computer drives will appear.

5.Double-click the hard disk drive icon.

6.In the box that appears, click the Settings tab.

7.Click the DMA (direct memory access) check box to select it. An alert message box appears.

8.Click the OK button.

9.Click the OK button in the next box.

10.Click the Close button on the System Properties dialog box.

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