[oddity]

Ok, I need some help here.
 
Every time I listen to music through my SoundBlaster Creative external sound card I get an audio artifact that sounds like someone poured sand into the air chamber on my Grados. I do not get this problem from any of my other sources, so what gives here? The right driver will also make a sound like the pop you get in your ears as you equalize pressure on an airplane.
 
Anyone have any ideas on how to correct this?

 

[raindog1975]

Creative cards are notorious for their problematic drivers ; the problem you describe is quite common , but it usually appears with internal soundcards ( poor PCI transfer with certain chipsets ). If you have the latest drivers for your card ( and motherboard chipset ) there nothing much to do except   buying another card ( and this time stay away from Creative products ) or give Linux a try.

 

[raindog1975]

P.S. you might want to give this a try before starting shopping for a new card : http://support.creative.com/kb/ShowArticle.aspx?sid=26162