Off topic, but don't go too far overboard - after all, we are watching...heh.
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Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:53 pm

Originally posted by Ralph Wiggum
Thanks Havoc. I'll check the onboard sound when I get home. I thought I had disabled that, but I'll check. It is the P4C-800 E Deluxe motherboard. I used the CD that came with it, but I didn't download updated drivers for it since it was working fine, but I will look into that too.


Install the chipset drivers to get rid of the SM Bus Controller.

You should ALWAYS install your chipset drivers on a new rebuild.

Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:55 pm

Ralph are you running with onboard sound or a sound card?

Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:12 pm

Originally posted by Camel toe joe
I wonder if something is wrong with my pc:D



Might have to fix the spacing on the listings there if you want that photoshop image to look real =]


Edit: Wow just noticed you have the exact same hardware and the exact same branches open!

Geeze! =]

Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:34 pm

Originally posted by Kurith
Might have to fix the spacing on the listings there if you want that photoshop image to look real =]


Edit: Wow just noticed you have the exact same hardware and the exact same branches open!

Geeze! =]


you are very observent....:tard: :D

Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:49 pm

Originally posted by Camel toe joe
you are very observent....:tard: :D


I noticed it too :tard: :P

Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:10 pm

WHen you play video games, hyper-threading actually gives you a performace hit.

Just disabling hyper-threading in your BIOS won't help, you'd have to do a clean install with it off. But your PC should be fast enough that it shoedn't hurt any games.

Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:52 pm

I do have an Audigy 2 and my sound seems fine. Since everyone has mentioned EAX issues, I am just using the Miles for now. I thought I disabled onboard sound but I will double check and look for the newes chipset drivers.

Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:03 pm

rt ralph. gl.

Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:33 am

Well I double checked my BIOS and it looks like my onboard audio was still set to "auto"; I disabled it and it is gone.

I also installed the Intel Chipset stuff from my motherboard's CD and updated from the Intel website. I can't tell any difference just yet, but it looks like the yellow question marks are gone. One thing that concerns me is that the read-me file and a forum that I looked at mentioned a special procedure to follow if you had already installed your OS and other drivers before installing the chipset stuff. We'll see if I have any problems.

Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:57 am

Looks good to me.

Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:38 am

You should be fine Ralph. Good job. We can discuss fresh installs of the OS and related drivers at another time.
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