Smashing sound problems

[renegadeandy]

Roight,

 

So i have read through Rammjet's guide on audio.

 

It turns out I have a via AC'97 sound card in my laptop with device id = 3059 and vendor id = 1106

 

 

I cannot find a sound driver which will stop my music playing waaay too fast and stuttering when 2 or more sounds occur at once - i.e music playing with a sign in message on messenger.

 

Can anyone tell me where i can find a proper driver!

 

Thanks

 

Andy

[Rammjet]

Fast music and stuttering is usually because of not setting the FSB when using the early Semthex kernels.

 

Get the latest kernel or set your FSB at boot:

 

When using the Semthex kernel, you may need to set your FSB frequency. It is set to 200 by default.

 

At boot, type: fsb=xxx (where xxx is a number like 133, 166 or 200)

fsb is a frequency

fsb (freq) = fsb (speed) / 4

Find your fsb (speed) in your BIOS or:

(OSX) System Profiler -> Hardware -> Bus Speed (fsb speed)

(Win) PC Wizard -> Mainboard -> Chipset -> fsb (speed) and fsb (freq) are both avail

Remember to divide the speed by 4. If your FSB (speed) is 667, then your FSB (freq) = 166 because 667/4 = 166

 

At boot, type fsb=166 (use your value) or put the fsb in your boot.plist under Kernel Flags:

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>cpus=1

fsb=166

</string>

[renegadeandy]

I have done that now, and it makes no difference! it says my fsb is 100

[vEmpire]

If you haven't yet done so, upgrade to the latest kernel, follow the links in Rammjets sig. The newest kernel made a huge difference in audio for me.

 

The KernUpdt script is a piece of cake to use to get the latest kernel.