Creative Usb Works Great!!!

DAMBRO24 · 10-01-2007, 12:39 PM

hello I have a creative usb audio apatoor that makes m car sound about 3000x better. very goos clear sound unlike the soundcard in the jetway 1.5 I have. (its sound like sheet) anyway this setup is perfect for me and I love it but the one problem is I get no popping from the stock sound card , but when the creative usb soundcard is attached it has this popping problem , how can i ground the sound car and do you think it will work?

durwood · 10-01-2007, 01:04 PM

constant popping while playing or just at startup?

Search for "turn-on pop" if it's just at startup. There are multiple ways to get rid of it. Are you running it to an external amp or to a headunit?

DAMBRO24 · 10-01-2007, 01:12 PM

its not on start up at all

thank you though. It is the entire time the songs are playing. they re very scattered pops the entire time of play. very annoying.

mscappa · 10-01-2007, 04:13 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DAMBRO24

its not on start up at all

thank you though. It is the entire time the songs are playing. they re very scattered pops the entire time of play. very annoying.

try putting the creative device on its own USB port, not through the a hub. External soundcards are USB-bandwidth hungry and don't like to share. That is what the popping is from. Sound like rice crispies, right?

DAMBRO24 · 10-01-2007, 05:13 PM

i d not have it runnin off a hub. but i will try to switch usb ports and see what that does. any other ideas

Nola111 · 10-01-2007, 10:16 PM

What card is this?? Apatoor? Never heard of it. Is that the correct spelling? I thought I knew about most Creative cards.

kegger · 10-02-2007, 02:37 AM

its the firmware versions for the bios, try updating with the latest one

BiG K · 10-02-2007, 04:21 AM

wrap the creative USB soundcard up in foil. If its interference, it'll take care of it!

ShawJohn · 10-02-2007, 04:39 AM

...Then boom when the foil shorts it out

Unless of course the Apatoor in question is already in its own protective case

Bimmerstyle · 10-02-2007, 01:36 PM

I have a similar problem with my external extagy I think. At first I thought a small rock had hit the windshield. Does it sound like this? I don't have it very often though. Ones in a couple of days or so. So I don't really mind.

durwood · 10-02-2007, 02:20 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Bimmerstyle

I have a similar problem with my external extagy I think. At first I thought a small rock had hit the windshield. Does it sound like this? I don't have it very often though. Ones in a couple of days or so. So I don't really mind.

Are you sure that it's not your cell phone causing interference?

To the OP-

Have you tired re-installing your drivers? What's the CPU useage like? There could be an IRQ conflict too.

Another thing you could try is to bring your hardware acceleration down a notch on your video card settings.

Sonicxtacy02 · 10-02-2007, 02:24 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Bimmerstyle

I have a similar problem with my external extagy I think. At first I thought a small rock had hit the windshield. Does it sound like this? I don't have it very often though. Ones in a couple of days or so. So I don't really mind.

the extigy is externally powered.. you shouldnt have bandwidth issues with it. I just bought an external creative live sound card and it sounds pretty sweet. Its on a hub (internal hub) and has no noise issues what so ever with my 1.3ghz processor.

Bimmerstyle · 10-02-2007, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Are you sure that it's not your cell phone causing interference?

No, not sure of that. A little difficult to track down however since it doesn't happen very often. So I have to turn off my cell phone everytime I use the car. Not very convienent...

It's not a "diddirrydiddirrydid" sound if that's what you mean. It just a smal "tack" as if something has hit the windshield.

Quote:

the extigy is externally powered.. you shouldnt have bandwidth issues with it.

My thoughts excactly when I bought it. It's pretty old, so not a lot of system requirements, USB 1.1, so no bandwith issues, and externaly powered, so not draining my 5V rail.

But I'm pretty happy with it. It sounds good and the "tack" sound only happens very little so I don't really bother about it. Just posted this to let people know there were others with problems on this subject.

DAMBRO24 · 10-02-2007, 03:53 PM

Creative Xmod

is the opne I have

DAMBRO24 · 10-02-2007, 03:54 PM

maybe I should try grounding my case itself and see it that takes . anyone . strill popping n

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