Audio is unclear distorted, quiet and scratchy

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  1. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
       #1

    Audio is unclear distorted, quiet and scratchy


    Hi, I was just on my computer today and randomly out of the blue my sound just started to not work. I rebooted and they were very quiet and scratchy and distorted, I then reinstalled windows: NO LUCK. Ive also got all the latest drivers and nothing works! Im so mad right now because I only got this computer 4 months ago.

    Thanks for the help; Thewierd1
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  2. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #2

    Hello mate just what do you mean by weird and scratchy what external system do you have hooked up and from where a sound card or just the motherboard socket?
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  3. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Well I have speakers, they work fine and have tested it. Headphones as well.
    Sorry I forgot to mention because I was so flustered, but its an integrated sound chip, no pci sound card.
    It baffles me. I may try to update the BIOS to see what that does. Thats really all I can think of.
    And I really appreciate the time you took to reply
    Thanks,
    - Thewierd1
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  4. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #4

    Ok well we need to know what the motherboard is as in the specs it is listed as an Asus but what???? Find that and then we can find the sound device, and then the driver. I like personally to download from the manufacturers site rather then through Windows.

    Plus can you run this and let us know what the temps are in the machine CPU, GPU etc etc

    Speccy - Download < from piriform it should also tell you the motherboard model number too.
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  5. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Oops, shouldve done that the first time. And I'm a bit baffled, I always thought I had an asus mobo in a seanix case. The cpu cooler fan is asus so thats what I thought it was but anyways the specs are:

    Windows Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (64-bit) (Build 7600)
    Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421
    Memory (RAM) 4027 MB
    CPU Info Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
    CPU Speed 2986.7 MHz
    Sound Card Speakers (Realtek High Definiti |

    Display Adapters NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | RDPDD Chained DD | RDP Encoder Mirror Driver | RDP Reflector Display Driver
    Monitors 2x; Generic PnP Monitor | Generic PnP Monitor |
    Screen Resolution 1920 X 1080 - 32 bit
    Network Network Present
    Network Adapters Intel(R) 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection
    CD / DVD Drives 1x (D: | ) D: ATAPI DVD A DH20A1S
    Ports COM1 LPT Port NOT Present.
    Mouse 3 Button Wheel Mouse Present
    Hard Disks C: 465.7GB
    Hard Disks - Free C: 440.8GB
    USB Controllers 8 host controllers.
    Firewire (1394) 1 host controllers.
    Manufacturer * Intel Corp.
    Product Make *
    AC Power Status OnLine
    BIOS Info AT/AT COMPATIBLE | 04/23/08 | HPQOEM - 372
    Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
    Battery Status No Battery
    Motherboard * Intel Corporation DQ35JO
    SM BIOS JOQ3510J.86A.0882.2008.0423.1925

    And the specific sound section:
    Sound card Speakers (Realtek High Definiti
    Mixer Devices 2
    Version 72.224
    Speakers Present
    Volume Left: 65535 Right: 65535


    Now the realtek drivers came from intel. But I hate them really and they dont seem to help. I really baffled by this.
    Once again thanks
    -Thewierd1
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  6. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #6


    Good stuff TW:) for starters this is the user manualjust for the record it might say Asus or Gigabyte or MSI or whatever board mate but the chipset is usually made by another company in your case Intel as you can see from that listing for Motherboard you sent me. It is the heart of the motherboard and is simply put what controls the workings of the board. You can see that from the diagram in that manual if you want to see what I mean.

    http://downloadmirror.intel.com/1503...chProdSpec.pdf

    and this is where the drivers are. http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Desktop+Boards&ProductLine=Intel%c2%ae+3+Series+Chipset+Boa rds&ProductProduct=Intel%c2%ae+Desktop+Board+DQ35JO

    this the sound codecs http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=2783&DwnldID=19472&ProductFamily=Desktop+Boards&ProductLine=Intel%c2%a e+3+Series+Chipset+Boards&ProductProduct=Intel%c2%ae+Desktop+Board+DQ35JO&lang=eng

    Now it is worth a try to download the sound codecs but first you might just run these if you haven't already just out of curiosity sake.


    http://www.superantispyware.com/

    http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/

    AdwCleaner Download


    download ADW from bleeping computer but run the first two first up.


    Now if the on board sound device is not going to work then it might mean getting a dedicated sound card in there - they are not expensive and saves a lot of grief. I use add ons but that is just me I like the extra control. But lets just see what comes out of this first it could be malware (not likely but possible) and it might be the sound device is shot and it might just mean we have to work through the drivers. .
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  7. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Well I downloaded that driver - for the third time - thanks for trying though :)
    I did run the scanners though, just cookies came up on the first one then nothing on the others. So my hunch like you said, the internal sound chip must be gone. I can hear audio but it sounds like the original description.
    Any other things you can think of?
    Thanks I really do appreciate your help
    - Thewierd1
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  8. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #8

    Ok my friend well I reckon the best way out of this is a sound card. I have Asus Xonar DG cards in all my machines - great GUI for mixing and effects easy to install and best of all not expensive - I paid $35 each for them out here where you are I reckon they would be cheaper.


    Plus no more grief as it cuts out the on board chip when you install .

    ASUS - Xonar DG
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  9. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Thanks for all your help. I appreciate the suggestion but i dont have a PCI slot like that available, but I have another question, my computer has a front panel with a mic and headphone jack so can i get a card that I can plug that front panel in?
    Thanks again
    - Thewierd1
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  10. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #10

    Actually you will find or should that the front panel is plugged into a header on the motherboard see pics and let me know what is in that slot where the arrow is pointing.

    This is the manual http://downloadmirror.intel.com/1503...chProdSpec.pdf
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