Hello,
I am asking help for a somewhat odd problem. I have an integrated Realtek audio card on my PC (OS: XP sp 3). Some time last month, out of nowhere, the sound started to have a reverb - echo like effect. I checked and double checked the Realtek sound manager, removed all environment settings, uninstalled driver, uninstalled manager, but nothing could fix it. I have multiple OS on my PC so i booted on the other (also XP sp3), but the same thing occurs there as well. Figured out it must have been the sound card, so i bought an no-name Envy24 chip sound card. Uninstalled all old drivers. Installed the new card, and it's new drivers. Same issue. On both OS-es. i uninstalled all codecs, and all decoders. No fix again. The only thing that seems to show an issue is the direct sound test in dxdiag which does not play any sound at all. This is my work PC, so uninstalling any of my OS-es is out of the question, and i really need an accurate sound for calls and such.
Thank you all.
I am asking help for a somewhat odd problem. I have an integrated Realtek audio card on my PC (OS: XP sp 3). Some time last month, out of nowhere, the sound started to have a reverb - echo like effect. I checked and double checked the Realtek sound manager, removed all environment settings, uninstalled driver, uninstalled manager, but nothing could fix it. I have multiple OS on my PC so i booted on the other (also XP sp3), but the same thing occurs there as well. Figured out it must have been the sound card, so i bought an no-name Envy24 chip sound card. Uninstalled all old drivers. Installed the new card, and it's new drivers. Same issue. On both OS-es. i uninstalled all codecs, and all decoders. No fix again. The only thing that seems to show an issue is the direct sound test in dxdiag which does not play any sound at all. This is my work PC, so uninstalling any of my OS-es is out of the question, and i really need an accurate sound for calls and such.
Thank you all.