Auzentech Forte - Loud Clicking - Page 3

Sledge · 13th August 2012, 9:44 PM

I got those.. they work fine.. only issue i have is sometimes i start the PC and don't have any sound at all even though everything seems to be working ok..
I reinstall the drivers, and it's fine again.. until it does it again..
Eventually i'll get a new card, maybe one of the new creative ones.. dunno

or maybe drop back to the onboard:
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), THX TruStudio™

Life_Essence · 13th August 2012, 11:08 PM

eeeyup, thrown mine out as well. Stopped working completely. No sound what so ever. Staying away from any new Creative/Auz product now. Currently using my M-Audio Fast Track Pro as a DAC but I'll probably get a proper External DAC next and stay away from internal audio full stop.

Morgue · 16th August 2012, 2:41 PM

I ended up making the change to a Xonar Essence STX. Nothing is ever smooth when it comes to sound cards. Had to reformat my pc before it even began to recognize the card. Figured I had a lemon until I googled it, seems to be a common problem.

Like I said previously, I basically threw away $10 on the jaycar opamps. They seemingly fixed my card for all of half a day, then all the same symptoms came back.

Just for reference, moving up to an STX compared to the Forte, the change was fairly noticeable. I'm on the unified driver, and the raw sound quality is up quite a bit. It's a little less coloured than the forte. I haven't noticed any significantly bugged games when it comes to surround sound, everything seemed on par with my Forte. One thing I did notice, that with Dolby Headphone vs CMSS visualization for gaming, is that Dolby Headphone deals with height better. This was really obvious playing Prey 2 recently, when you had to find the beeping black boxes, it was incredibly easy to hear exactly where they were, elevation and all.

PRiME2007 · 19th August 2012, 6:58 PM

When did Prey 2 come out?

13th August 2012, 9:44 PM	#31
Sledge Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 3,117	I got those.. they work fine.. only issue i have is sometimes i start the PC and don't have any sound at all even though everything seems to be working ok.. I reinstall the drivers, and it's fine again.. until it does it again.. Eventually i'll get a new card, maybe one of the new creative ones.. dunno or maybe drop back to the onboard: 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), THX TruStudio™ __________________ http://sledge1.mybrute.com OCAU Clan Last edited by Sledge; 13th August 2012 at 9:52 PM.

13th August 2012, 11:08 PM	#32
Life_Essence Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 794	eeeyup, thrown mine out as well. Stopped working completely. No sound what so ever. Staying away from any new Creative/Auz product now. Currently using my M-Audio Fast Track Pro as a DAC but I'll probably get a proper External DAC next and stay away from internal audio full stop. __________________ Main Rig: i7 930 under water, 660ti + 8800GT(Physx), 6GB DDR3 Other Main "Rig": 1971 VH Valiant Charger 770 [Logitech 'G' Owners Club Member #22]

16th August 2012, 2:41 PM	#33
Morgue Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 163	I ended up making the change to a Xonar Essence STX. Nothing is ever smooth when it comes to sound cards. Had to reformat my pc before it even began to recognize the card. Figured I had a lemon until I googled it, seems to be a common problem. Like I said previously, I basically threw away $10 on the jaycar opamps. They seemingly fixed my card for all of half a day, then all the same symptoms came back. Just for reference, moving up to an STX compared to the Forte, the change was fairly noticeable. I'm on the unified driver, and the raw sound quality is up quite a bit. It's a little less coloured than the forte. I haven't noticed any significantly bugged games when it comes to surround sound, everything seemed on par with my Forte. One thing I did notice, that with Dolby Headphone vs CMSS visualization for gaming, is that Dolby Headphone deals with height better. This was really obvious playing Prey 2 recently, when you had to find the beeping black boxes, it was incredibly easy to hear exactly where they were, elevation and all. __________________ Generally a signature says a lot about the person who wrote it.

19th August 2012, 6:58 PM	#34
PRiME2007 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 119	When did Prey 2 come out?