sound troubles.

>-----Original Message-----
>Music is CLOSEST field I could find, though I plan to
>post this inside of the General field too... hopefully
>someone can help me.
>
>Problem:
>Scratchy Garbled sound.
>
>When it DOESN'T happen:
>Playing music, playing sound-bytes, etc. WinAmp/WMP9 work
>fine.
>
>When it DOES happen:
>Interfacing sounds such as AOL Logon/Logoff, Logon/Logoff
>of Windows, Gaming sounds(Magic Casting/Creature Sounds
>in Asheron's Call.)
>
>Why its NOT the soundcard:
>I get the problem when I hook my headphones and speakers
>into the AC'97 Onboard Sound
>
>Why its NOT the Speakers or Headphones:
>They work on my mom's PC, and my CD Player perfectly.
>
>Why I know its NOT just those .wav files:
>I can play them in Windows Media Player 9 and they play
>flawlessly.
>
>When this surfaced:
>When I installed WinXP.(all sound worked fine in Win98)
>
>What I have done:
>Two Fresh Installs (after reformat) of WinXP.
>One Fresh Install of WinXP SP2Beta.
>One Update from Win98SE to XP.
>One Update from Win2k Pro to XP.
>Updated ALL drivers for EVERY device.
>EVERY Security Update.
>NEWEST DX9.
>Muted Line-In.
>Muted CD(could hear the cd-rom processing CD's in my
>headphones.)
>Moved my soundcard to new PC Slot furthest away from AGP
>drive.
>Made sure my AGP was at fullest setting.
>Made sure all IDE devices were set to DMA When Available.
>Made sure all power saving options that COULD be shut off
>ARE shut off.
>Made sure all Ports (printer/gaming/usb/etc) that are Not
>in use are NOT turned on.
>Made sure Processor wasn't oc'd(kinda hard to forget if
>it was)
>Made sure all hardware connections are secure.
>Disabled any programs/services not needed to run WinXP
>(windows messenger)
>Double-Checked my memory to make sure it was securely in-
>slot.
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