Posted by dude_se
hey guys. yesterday my pcs speakers have been playing up. when i play music i can hear a crackling sound. like some sort of animal or something. this only happens with some songs other wise it is fine. does the same with headphones. never had a problem before. can anyone help
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Posted by fatreg
uninstall your audio card and reinstall.
fatreg
Posted by dude_se
wow nice avatar. how did you get it? anyway, how do i do that. my pc also shows a battery icon in the corner. only came there 5 mins ago. just like on a laptop. its well messed up lol. so how do i do that
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Posted by solidsingh
nooooo dont do that just yet, remember when i told you how to use your computer mic as a karaoke type machine, well i think your music might be crackily because you havent muted the mic, you need to turn off the mic and mute it before you play music, you can do this by ticking the mute box in sound properties in the bottom right hand corner off your desktop
hope this helps
Posted by dude_se
done that. some songs dont play at all. even with the mic out
dude_se
Posted by solidsingh
what file type is it and what programs are you using to play them, also what error messages do you get if any
Posted by EastCoastStar
haha i had this problem, and the port where i plug in the speakers was loose, and one of the wires was about to come off of the motherboard (mine isnt a whole card, just the one that comes with the computer) i soddered it, and now its fine
Posted by dude_se
no error messages. it only happens with certain songs. all mp3.
ok they work fine in windows media player but the program i am using must bugger them up for some reason. i am using shareaza. i know its naughty to use that but i only use it sometimes
dude_se
ps where do you get the avatars from?
Posted by solidsingh
lol its a secret
Posted by dude_se
ok why does shareaza bugger them up? it never used to. i downloaded these a while ago
dude_se
Posted by solidsingh
maybe youve edited some settings?
Posted by dude_se
i havent unless it did it by itself (thats a lot of its)
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(i so wish i had a k750)
Posted by EastCoastStar
@dude_se only 3 people have this avatar as of right now. i saw it in the avatar list, so im sure u can use it click "edit your preferences" and select it there.
well, i see u just changed ut avatar, so im sure u knwo how
kist select the j300
Posted by dude_se
i didnt know it was in the list. i wish we could make our own. anyway i will play around and try and fix it.
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Posted by dude_se
i have unstalled the program and re installed it but with the same problem
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Posted by Cycovision
Shareaza uses direct show to play audio files, so it could be a direct x problem. Have you installed a newer version of direct x lately? If you want to check, click 'start', 'run' and type in dxdiag. It'll tell you what version you have.
Other than that, I don't know! If the files play OK in other players but not shareaza, I can only assume that it's either a codec problem or a problem with the software itself. Get yourself a download of Winamp while you still can, it's the best all round player there is, in my opinion
Posted by dude_se
i have 9.0. i did the the tests and it says no problems found. i dont think itste direct x though, especially since i have a new version.
dude_se
Posted by EastCoastStar
agreed about winamp
and your own skins are easy to make for winamp which makes it cool too lol 
Posted by dude_se
its easier to open up songs in shareaza. if i use other programs and double click on songs and wait for them to load it takes ages and i have to use two programs. i think its just my pc thats messed up. just froze a minute ago and then came back on and it said my display drivers had failed. it has done this before so i might find some updated drivers.
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