Postby Juggernaut » Fri Aug 01, 2003 9:11
Looping Sound looks like an Interrupt Problem to me.<P>Have you treid disabling the sound and the problem went away or why are you so sure it's the AC97?<P>What Cards do you have installed besides the graphics card? In which PCI slots?<P>Look in the manual<BR> <A HREF="http://manuals.fujitsu-siemens.com/PERIDOCS/SYSBOARD/A26361-D1194-Z120-UK.PDF" TARGET=_blank>http://manuals.fujitsu-siemens.com/PERIDOCS/SYSBOARD/A26361-D1194-Z120-UK.PDF</A> <P>On Page #7 you have the interrupt sharing table. Only read the first Letter for each device / slot. All Devices / slots with the same letter share an INT line and thus share an IRQ:<P>A: AGP, GraphicsProcessor, PCI#4<P>B: AC97, SMBUS, PCI#1, PCI#5<P>C: PCI#2<P>D: PCI#3, USB, LAN<P>So if you have only one PCI card insert it in PCI#2 and it will get a unshared Interrupt. <P>If you have multiple PCI cards place the most critical card there, like TV card, Creative Labs Soundblaster Cards etc. <P>In PCI#4 place only cards which need no interrupt, but preferrably leave it free.<P>By the way: the newest BIOS is 1.09, available here: <A HREF="http://www.fsc-pc.de/support/Description.asp?drvid=22735" TARGET=_blank>http://www.fsc-pc.de/support/Description.asp?drvid=22735</A>