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Geek Culture / Computer prob

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Seppuku Arts
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Location: Cambridgeshire, England
Posted: 15th Oct 2006 17:08
Another day another issue

My computers picked up an odd problem, my audio devices seem to be on and off, yesterday when I initially started my computer it could detect audio devices, after standby it did, today, after standby and a restart, nil, I don't think it would be the drivers if its on and off like that. So what do you dudes think it is? I mean my sister's audio card died a while ago on her computer, which like mine is a packard bell, so really you could say they're crap if you wish.



Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 15th Oct 2006 18:56
Could do, but on my last restart has made things happy, I'm gonna see how things straigten out from here. I mean my sound card has kind of been getting worse in condition over time, I mean first it was how you can hear some sounds, like in Hitman you cannot hear gun fire or spells sounds in Final Fantasy, can't hear singing in Windows Media Player (One reason why I use itunes) then the next problem with it was that after a certain time of listening to music or watching a DVD the sound would go fuzzy until you pause and play again.

The 'no certain sound' thing happened about 2 1/2 years ago and has been like that since, even after my last reinstallation of windows, so I certianly doubt it is the drivers, probaly got myself a faulty piece of hardware, with my comp why doesn't that suprise me

indi
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Posted: 16th Oct 2006 03:30
If your the type who also leaves the computer on the floor and its collected a bucket of dust you might want to give it a blast with compressed air outside if things start to behave erratically.

as stated above, check cards slotted correctly
look for more updated drivers from the HP website and your model
install the HP drivers for that card.

HP has a fairly good driver respository
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html

Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 16th Oct 2006 13:19
Quote: "If your the type who also leaves the computer on the floor and its collected a bucket of dust you might want to give it a blast with compressed air outside if things start to behave erratically.
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*whistles* It has collected a lot of dust over the years.

Thanks dude

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