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| Thread ID: 132672 | 2013-05-19 02:12:00 | Annoying intermittent buzzing and slight pause when playing games. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | Press F1 |
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| 1341901 | 2013-05-19 02:12:00 | Hi all, when I play games on my PC (this doesn't always happen) the sound can buzz for less than a second and pause at the same time. It only started happening recently. It never happened before. I have updated Realtek drivers. I am using on-board sound. Any suggestions on what to do? Thanks. |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1341902 | 2013-05-19 02:13:00 | My money is on the HDD going to sleep or waking up or something, and causing your system to "hang". Update your motherboard / chipset / SATA drivers and see how you go. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1341903 | 2013-05-19 04:04:00 | Have you installed any new hardware recently? The soundcard may not be shielded and could be receiving interference from other components, things as simple as changing the orientation of a psu can cause this. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1341904 | 2013-05-19 04:43:00 | My money is on the HDD going to sleep or waking up or something, and causing your system to "hang". x2 May also be the HDD is going faulty, and the pause is caused by it taking longer than usual to read the data. Does the sound continue to play normally over the buzzing or is the buzz the sound 'hanging' and looping? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1341905 | 2013-05-19 05:53:00 | No hardware changes have happened. Sound does stop while the buzz happens. There is no looping. Using on board sound. It mainly happens on Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010). I don't think it matters what drive I'm using. I have games on both my 500GB and 1TB. What do you guys think? |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1341906 | 2013-05-19 06:15:00 | Aaaaah there ya go, my money is the secondary HDD is going to sleep then waking up or something along those lines. In Win7, click Start, type "power" and go to "Power Options". Next to your preferred plan, click on "Change Plan Settings" then "Change Advanced Power Settings". Finally, go down under Hard Drive and change it so it doesn't turn your HDD off. See if that makes a difference. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1341907 | 2013-05-19 06:36:00 | Sorry it was already on "never turn off". Thanks all the same. I'm going to update the Bios some time. Any special way of doing that? This BIOS version (3701) : www.asus.com |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1341908 | 2013-05-19 07:04:00 | OK then do the drivers that I suggested. Alternatively take out the second HDD temporarily and see if it still continues. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1341909 | 2013-05-19 07:06:00 | But the game I'm playing at the mo is half-life 2 which is on my 500GB. The saves are also on the 500GB. Would it make any difference if I took out my 1TB? | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1341910 | 2013-05-19 07:13:00 | Just disconnect the one you aren't using, it will be the only one likely to be turning itself off from sitting there doing nothing. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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