On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:47:37 -0500 Dave Phillips <dlphilp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings: > > I've narrowed down some parts of my current problems with sound. The > mouse is definitely a noise-maker: I move, I get a not-nice ripping > noise that tracks along with the mouse movement. I had hoped that the > problem would be the nVidia binary video driver, but the problem > occurs with the kernel sources driver as well. I've appended some > background info in case anyone sees an obvious flaw in the system. > > A couple of things: I have no USB devices on this machine, so how > can I get rid of the usb-uhci stuff hanging off the same interrupt > as the SBLive ? Also, would it do any good to switch slots ? Maybe your BIOS allows you to disable the USB controller ? > I've tried a number of different changes to XF86Config, got no joy > from any. :( I've been working through the various suggestions from > the Audio Quality HOWTO, nothing has worked yet. I'm open to any other > non-$$$ suggested solutions... Since your are using a kt133 based motherboard, may I suggest a BIOS upgrade ? I had noise in my captured sounds for months until I dared to flash my kt133 motherboard using a boot floppy image from the FreeDOS project (be sure to chose "clean boot" or something like that). Your problem obviously isn't the same as mine but this might help though. > Best regards, > > dp > > [...] -- David
