Dnk Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 My mothers pc is quite old and is Windows XP If I play a CD in it its fine and not bad sound quality, it has new Creative speakers. If I play a youtube video the sounds very bad almost like the pc can't do both things at the same time. Any suggestions to help fix this problem, without buying a new pc Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 My mothers pc is quite old and is Windows XP If I play a CD in it its fine and not bad sound quality, it has new Creative speakers. If I play a youtube video the sounds very bad almost like the pc can't do both things at the same time. Any suggestions to help fix this problem, without buying a new pc Thanks Make sure the pc is using the correct sound device in sound properties.Or look at these. Buy a 16 bit or 32 bit soundcard, PCI not PCie that should take over some of the CPU based sound stress. Could try re-installing direct X and switching hardware acceleration off or on. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/turn-off-hardware-acceleration-sound-card-68509.html http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Creative-Sound-Blaster-Audigy-SE-7-1-PCI-Sound-card-/122011001697?hash=item1c686c2361:g:RmIAAOSwnNBXWbvL May help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 We had it apart and fitted a new sound card and graffix card, did some major cleaning up defragmenting etc as it was getting painfully slow to operate, its now way quicker but has this sound issue I'll have check what sound card was fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianhid Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 XP isn't supported anymore. As time goes on, developers no longer care if features work on the OS anymore so you're going to start running into problems more regularly. You also won't get security patches, although that doesn't mean there aren't security problems still being found. If it's running XP, the hardware is likely to be about 10 years old, so it will be very slow by modern standards. Software tends to bloat up to run acceptably on kit built within the last 3-5 years. Not the answer you want, but you really should be looking to replace it. Failing that you could try a clean rebuild from a genuine windows XP CD and just put the drivers you need on, not the manufacturer bundled crapware. That'll get the best possible performance from the box, it may still have sound problems though. You will need to backup any data before trying this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 Thanks for the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 If the motherboard has onboard sound and your running a dedicated sound card make sure you disable the onboard sound via bios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 If the motherboard has onboard sound and your running a dedicated sound card make sure you disable the onboard sound via bios. /QUOTE] Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 Okay so i can't fix the sound on my mothers pc but really dont want to buy new so does it make sense to buy a refurbished windows 7 tower ? If so any suggestions what and where from Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 From these pro innovation solutions on fleabay, I buy a lot of second hand stuff from here, stick an SSD in and they'll fly, just buy at the right time, I usually end up getting something for £30-40, then a new ssd for £40 and jobs a good un. If you struggle let, me know. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Pro-3135-3305-MT-PC-AMD-Athlon-II-X2-3GHz-3-2GHZ-2-0GB-DDR3-FREE-P-P-/272433065129?hash=item3f6e46aca9:g:3FUAAOSw44BYF1uL http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Optiplex-790-Desktop-PC-Intel-Core-i3-2120-Dual-Core-3-30GHz-2-0GB-DDR3-DP-/291930099386?hash=item43f863ceba:g:fwgAAOSwHMJYGLMl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 This one looks to be a good buy :- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Proliant-ML150-G6-Server-1x-Intel-Xeon-E5540-2-53GHz-Quad-Core-4GB-DDR3-/401215717149 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_bandido Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Have you checked you have the right set of codecs? Does a YouTube video play okay without the CD playing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 This one looks to be a good buy :- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Proliant-ML150-G6-Server-1x-Intel-Xeon-E5540-2-53GHz-Quad-Core-4GB-DDR3-/401215717149 Thats the company I buy from. That PC doesnt have on board sound or a windows licence on it btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 Have you checked you have the right set of codecs? Does a YouTube video play okay without the CD playing? Video is also jerky, a pal says its a buffering issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 Is this any good http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Compaq-6000-Pro-PC-Desktop-Computer-Quad-Core-250GB-Drive-4GB-RAM-Win-7-PRO-/122173246118 Or this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Windows-7-Dell-Core-2-Duo-2x3-00GHz-Tower-PC-Computer-8GB-RAM-500GB-HD-Wi-Fi-/331085259301?hash=item4d16382225:g:EG0AAOSwP~tW4DF9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_bandido Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Video is also jerky, a pal says its a buffering issue A buffering issue sounds like bollocks, all that means is that it can't load the next frame of video before it's played the current one. Buffering problems will either be your network speed, or a software issue (driver or codec). It is incredibly rare that buffering problems are caused by hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 A buffering issue sounds like bollocks, all that means is that it can't load the next frame of video before it's played the current one. Buffering problems will either be your network speed, or a software issue (driver or codec). It is incredibly rare that buffering problems are caused by hardware. Afraid i'm only a beginner at this so can only go on what i get told, the network speed is good, i think that was nearly 50 mbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 You have PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 Thanks for the all the help with this, i've done a bit of research and bought a refurbished pc from a shop on ebay. It arrived yesterday and works perfectly, should do everything my mother needs it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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