On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Matt Garman <matthew.garman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 06:17:32AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Any reason to suspect it's gotten damaged? I have an M-Audio 2496 > > and I've never had any trouble like you're experiencing. > > Nope, I bought it new, and only a couple months ago at that. > > I forgot to mention, and don't know that this makes any difference, > but the crackling problems seemed to have developed within the last > couple weeks or so. For the first month to six weeks I had and used > it, I don't recall any crackling. And even still, I get some > "lucky" time when there's no crackling. > Sounds to me like the card is failing. Maybe a capacitor or something is going out. Replacing it through Newegg sounds like a good option if they will do it. They have been pretty good with me in the past. Good luck, Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user