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In Reply to: RE: USB audio drop outs on XP - every other track. Anyone? posted by Presto on July 01, 2008 at 13:53:16
Hey gang:
For those of you following this adventure of mine with XP + USB...
As reducing my PC to a "Standard PC" from the glorious "ACPI Multiprocessor" did not eliminate dropouts, I thought this was an opportune time to re-install windows.
1) Installed Windows XP SP2 (using slipstreamed installer)
2) Shut off themes, tuned visuals for max performance
3) Let Windows install whatever updates it wanted
4) Installed drivers for video, card reader, LAN NIC
5) Installed UAA HD Audio Bus driver - release1 (KB835221)
6) Installed UAA HD Audio Bus driver - release2 (KB888111)
7) Installed C-Media (Onboard Sound) Driver
8) Turned off un-needed processes - 17 running processes
Not bad for a few hours work.
Then I plugged in my annoying JVC RX-D205S receiver and it installed the drivers automatically. Except THIS TIME:
***The drivers matched the instruction manual in the JVC, where before - how I missed this I have no idea - they did not. Under USB Devices, the receiver was recongnized as a "Composite USB device" where before it was called "Burr Brown PCM2704...etc. etc". This may have had something to do with the usb-asio driver I installed...
Now, scrolling madly in internet explorer does not cause dropouts. I got a few dropouts before implementing my custom service configuration. Once I did that, *again* I got repeated tracks with NO dropouts.
So now, I have:
1) a fresh and updated install of Windows XP SP2 + Updates (=SP3?)
2) A hyperthreading PIV machine ACPI Multiprocessor, (again)
3) disabled un-used services
4) what looks like the CORRECT Windows USB Audio driver installed
5) directsound 2.0 in operation with Foobar 0.8.3.
6) the windows default audio devices all set to C-media onboard
7) the "use only default devices" box checked
Tonite I will listen to an many tracks as time permits, watch for droupouts and maybe fire up Cics wonderful memory player.
I think this might work, since I am almost POSITIVE I had the JVC doing glitch free audio in the past. I just sounded terrible to me before where it is sounding quite good to me now. Could it be possible that there has been burn in of that receiver?
Something nice about a fresh windows install, minimized for high performance...
Something also nice about having no audio interface installed!
Cheers,
Presto
Follow Ups:
You might want to turn on System Restore before you start doing any fancy system configuration work! I got real clever with one of my computers last month and trashed it totally. Turns out I had turned off system restore and was unable to recover from one trivial mistake. I had to restore everything from backups. This took all night, because my system configuration was outdated and I had to run all the SP updates. (Usually this happens every few years, just long enough that I have forgotten how to do it efficiently.)
Tony Lauck
"Perception, inference and authority are the valid sources of knowledge" - P.R. Sarkar
Tony:
System restore is for wussies!! ha ha.
Just kidding. :o)
Seriously though, I run my machine with such a minimalistic setup, its not much of a bother to wipe and reinstall. I have "recovery" discs burned with all of my data, program configs, OS settings... it's not that big of a deal. I used to re-install ALL of my audio software, but now I only install whatever it is I fancy using that particular month.
Cheers,
Presto
Hey, how about a screen shot of those 17 processes???
Glad you seem to have solved this!!
I can post my win xp service configuration that will GET you the exact same running processes. Thing is, my service config is based on a bare bones machine with only a wireless card for internet and a sound card or two. Sound cards, hard drive, USB HDD, basic disc management - that's it.
If you're doing ANY fancy networking at all, this service config could end up disabling services you were previously using. Big "use at your own discretion and risk" attached to THIS one! ;)
If you write down YOUR service config (or export it) before you start, that would be a VERY good idea. If something goes "bad", restoring the old service config usually gets things going again.
I'll post it when I get home...
Cheers,
Presto
Name,Startup Type
Ad-Aware 2007 Service,Disabled
Alerter,Disabled
ANIWZCSd Service,Automatic
Application Layer Gateway Service,Disabled
Application Management,Disabled
Ati HotKey Poller,Disabled
ATI Smart,Disabled
Automatic Updates,Automatic
Background Intelligent Transfer Service,Manual
ClipBook,Disabled
COM+ Event System,Manual
COM+ System Application,Manual
Computer Browser,Disabled
Cryptographic Services,Automatic
DCOM Server Process Launcher,Automatic
DHCP Client,Automatic
Distributed Link Tracking Client,Disabled
Distributed Transaction Coordinator,Manual
DNS Client,Disabled
Error Reporting Service,Disabled
Event Log,Automatic
Fast User Switching Compatibility,Disabled
Help and Support,Disabled
HID Input Service,Automatic
HTTP SSL,Disabled
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service,Disabled
Indexing Service,Disabled
IPSEC Services,Disabled
Logical Disk Manager,Manual
Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service,Manual
Messenger,Disabled
MS Software Shadow Copy Provider,Disabled
Net Logon,Disabled
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing,Disabled
Network Connections,Manual
Network DDE,Disabled
Network DDE DSDM,Disabled
Network Location Awareness (NLA),Disabled
Network Provisioning Service,Manual
NT LM Security Support Provider,Manual
Performance Logs and Alerts,Disabled
Plug and Play,Automatic
Portable Media Serial Number Service,Disabled
Print Spooler,Disabled
Protected Storage,Disabled
QoS RSVP,Disabled
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager,Disabled
Remote Access Connection Manager,Disabled
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager,Disabled
Remote Procedure Call (RPC),Automatic
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator,Manual
Removable Storage,Manual
Routing and Remote Access,Disabled
Secondary Logon,Disabled
Security Accounts Manager,Automatic
Security Center,Disabled
Server,Disabled
Shell Hardware Detection,Disabled
Smart Card,Disabled
Speed Disk service,Disabled
SSDP Discovery Service,Disabled
System Event Notification,Automatic
System Restore Service,Automatic
Task Scheduler,Disabled
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper,Disabled
Telephony,Disabled
Terminal Services,Disabled
Themes,Disabled
Uninterruptible Power Supply,Disabled
Universal Plug and Play Device Host,Manual
Volume Shadow Copy,Disabled
WebClient,Disabled
Windows Audio,Automatic
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS),Automatic
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA),Manual
Windows Installer,Manual
Windows Management Instrumentation,Automatic
Windows Time,Disabled
Wireless Zero Configuration,Automatic
WMI Performance Adapter,Disabled
Workstation,Automatic
1) Copy and paste data into notepad.
2) Save as services.csv
3) Open with excel
Commas will be gone. Service will be in column 1, startup type will be in column 2. Much easier to read!
Cheers,
Presto
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