Audio Issue with BF2

EricDraven · 03-16-2006, 01:18 PM

For some reason when I play bf2 I will randomly get an odd crackling noise that won't go away no matter what i do to the audio settings, I recently switched to an xfi card which after install seemed to solve the problem but than sure enough it was doing it again this morning, this never happened until i upgraded my mobo/cpu, also all other applications and games audio is great so I'm sorta confused and my drivers are all up to date.

Dvshadow · 03-16-2006, 03:03 PM

try switching the card to another pci slot..blow out the case (outside) to get the dust out

-=TANK=- · 03-16-2006, 08:35 PM

my vote is for the last big patch..1.20 from bf2.. honestly.. I get a lot of weird noises now too..

EricDraven · 03-16-2006, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by -=TANK=-

my vote is for the last big patch..1.20 from bf2.. honestly.. I get a lot of weird noises now too..

yea come to think of it I never really played much of the old patch and than suddenly when i patched i get this noise and not to knock the dust idea shadow but it works flawlessly for all other applications and intermittenly with bf2 :/

Drayu · 03-17-2006, 08:11 AM

http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3256

The link to download in the first post will download the latest version of the openal.dll, then just follow the directions a few posts down...hope it helps....

Oh nevermind, you have an X-FI...doh

Dvshadow · 03-17-2006, 08:31 AM

nah, i was just throwing some ideas out - i barely get a chance to play bf2 so i wouldnt know really..

heh, there are basic answers to practically any computer question, those are usually what I throw out there for people to try.

EricDraven · 03-17-2006, 12:15 PM

yea, I realized my motherboard has a built in audio system that a lot of reviews say causes mass problems and I also realized it was still enabled so I disabled it and now bf2 seems to sound fine

thanks so much for the tips though guys

and I needed to dust out the compy anyway heh

EricDraven · 03-17-2006, 01:44 PM

errrg nvm its still messing up haha

TreeFortRichard · 03-17-2006, 03:21 PM

I have the same prob. SB audigy z...once in a while (ever few days) there will be some kind of exact combo of sounds (arty, explosions, gun firing) that causes the sound card to lock up and play a horrible screech combined w/ a run through of all game sounds. The only way to recover is to power off. There are a lot of ppl w/ this prob. I have switched the pci slots, disabled onboard audio and made sure it has it's own irq...

IF that openal solution works i will be so happy...

EricDraven · 03-25-2006, 01:22 PM

I've completely wiped out all creative audio files and only installed the latest drivers for my sound card and bf2 sounds great....than I reboot and bam distortion is back clear as day