Realtek HD keeps locking-up my pc

[JimminyFinch]

Im new to forums, my first post, so yayy!

I sort of (sort of) looked around for a post similar to mine, but didnt see one, so yeah, heres the thread, delete as pleased.

This is my problem: Realtek HD keeps locking up my pc. Ive done alot, but its not helping. Any suggestions? Im getting quite annoyed :/ Im pretty sure its the drivers, not the card its self, for when Realtek HD is uninstalled my pc works perfectly.

Specs: P5Q SE/R, Q9650, 9600GT and 3.25 gb ram.

Thanks

 

[JimminyFinch]

Nudge for hope

 

[DRDNA]

What are your specs to the rig in question?OPPS i see your specs at buttom.
Maybe conflicting with an ATI HD Audio driver? OPPS i see your running green team card,sorry.
Run windows update?

 

[Steevo]

Have you disabled it in the BIOS to be sure it is the culprit?

 

[JimminyFinch]

Have you disabled it in the BIOS to be sure it is the culprit?

yush i have disabled it from BIOS. Its defiently the drivers. They just keep locking-up my pc, anything with sound played and it starts stutering, forcing me to hit reset button.

Umm...specwise i dunno how deep to go, but im running xp on service pack 3. thats bout all the improtant stuff, i think. thanks guys

 

[kid41212003]

I had same problem, and what I did is, uninstall the driver from Realtek, and let my Vista SP2 install the generic driver, it's working good, there is no different anyway.

 

[JimminyFinch]

I had same problem, and what I did is, uninstall the driver from Realtek, and let my Vista SP2 install the generic driver, it's working good, there is no different anyway.

Could you please elaborate? I dont know much about PC's, you see

 

[LittleLizard]

what he said is that he uninstalled the drivers and then installed sp2 but that was on vista, not xp. Are you running a sound card or the onboard? if u run the onboard, look here in the forum somewhere ketxxx drivers. they are better and sound better with the realtek hd

 

[Mussels]

ketXXX's drivers are the original drivers with a few ini tweaks. they wont solve this problem as they're still the same drivers.

look in your user control panel (CP) for system specs and fill out every field (dont forget to change the drop down box to "yes" to display them)

 

[JimminyFinch]

ketXXX's drivers are the original drivers with a few ini tweaks. they wont solve this problem as they're still the same drivers.

look in your user control panel (CP) for system specs and fill out every field (dont forget to change the drop down box to "yes" to display them)

So, just clearing, you want me to list my system specs, right? Please ignore my stupidity

 

[Mussels]

So, just clearing, you want me to list my system specs, right? Please ignore my stupidity

yes.


while you may assume its the soundcard, someone may notice an incompatibility, or gain clues to the solution from the rest of your hardware.

 

[JimminyFinch]

This is the summary...and you guys are legends. Thanks heaps


OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name JIMMINYFINCH
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model P5Q SE/R
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10 GenuineIntel ~2997 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 0405, 7/14/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User Name JIMMINYFINCH\Davud
Time Zone AUS Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 4,096.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 2.82 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 5.09 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

[Mussels]

that doesnt help at all.

go to user CP

edit your system specs

make sure "yes" is selected at the top

 

[JimminyFinch]

that doesnt help at all.

http://img.techpowerup.org/091023/Capture205.jpg

go to user CP

http://img.techpowerup.org/091023/Capture206.jpg

edit your system specs

http://img.techpowerup.org/091023/Capture207.jpg

make sure "yes" is selected at the top

Hope that helps. Again, somethings i wasnt sure with, so I kinda 'assumed' :/ Thanks alot

 

[Mussels]

3.25GB is an odd ram amount - how many sticks of ram are in the system, and what size/speed are they.

CPU-Z can help

 

[JimminyFinch]

3.25GB is an odd ram amount - how many sticks of ram are in the system, and what size/speed are they.

CPU-Z can help

My internet limit comes back tommorow, so ill download it, then tell ya but theres 2 of em, and their roughly the lenght of what normal RAM 'sticks' would be. I have nothing 'pimped' out on my system. Other than my quad core CPU, the rest is pretty standard.

Thanks again

 

[LittleLizard]

3.25GB is an odd ram amount - how many sticks of ram are in the system, and what size/speed are they.

CPU-Z can help

he probably has 4gb but has xp 32 bit, thus only showing 3.25gb

 

[Mussels]

he probably has 4gb but has xp 32 bit, thus only showing 3.25gb

thats what i figured, but his ram may need custom timings and voltages, and that may be causing his problems.


So far in googling his issue, two solutions have been presented: one is manually swapping the ram to something that isnt corsair (which seems odd), or manually setting timings and voltages.

The other, is to disable onboard sound, and get a dedicated sound card.

 

[JimminyFinch]

thats what i figured, but his ram may need custom timings and voltages, and that may be causing his problems.


So far in googling his issue, two solutions have been presented: one is manually swapping the ram to something that isnt corsair (which seems odd), or manually setting timings and voltages.

The other, is to disable onboard sound, and get a dedicated sound card.

that sound plausible. so do i go to the shops and ask for a dedicated sound card? Thanks

 

[Mussels]

that sound plausible. so do i go to the shops and ask for a dedicated sound card? Thanks

any old PCI soundcard would do, but we might as well work on the RAM side of things first - no need to spend money, if you can fix it in 2 minutes in the BIOS

 

[JimminyFinch]

any old PCI soundcard would do, but we might as well work on the RAM side of things first - no need to spend money, if you can fix it in 2 minutes in the BIOS

So how would i go about fixing it from BIOS? and wait, im going to reinstall the driver, and turn down the acceleration. see if that helps....

Thanks aloottt!

 

[Mussels]

So how would i go about fixing it from BIOS? and wait, im going to reinstall the driver, and turn down the acceleration. see if that helps....

Thanks aloottt!

we'd need to know what ram you have, and since you dont seem to have that information we'd need to get it via CPU-Z

 

[JimminyFinch]

Ok so it wasnt as big as i thought it would be, so i downloaded it. Heres the memory report:

Genrel
Type: DDR2
Size: 4096 MB
Channels: Dual
DC Mode: Symmetric

Timings
DRAM Frequency: 399.6 MHz
FSBRAM: 5:6
CAS Latency (CL): 5.0 clocks
RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD): 5 clock
RAS Precharge (tRP): 5 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS): 15 clocks
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC): 52 clocks
Command Rate (CR): 2T

Thhaaankksss!

 

[Mussels]

alright thats the current settigns, can you post the information from the SPD tab now - a screenshot would be easier

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[JimminyFinch]

There she is Thaankkss!!