Delta 1010lt clicks and pops

[ant4000b]

Hello,

I have just recently purchased M-Audio's Delta 1010lt. I noticed it has troubles playing something as simple as the IE's 'click' sound when you click on a link. Sounds like it chops a small bit off the begging of that particular .wav. Also what is most annoying though is that when trying to play a DVD from PowerDVD it has audio very distored (clicks and pops). Playing stuff in Reason and then opening a small program or even a document will cause it to skip. Mp3 or Avi playback seems fine though! I've tried just about everything I read on the internet and manual and I still can't solve my problem. IRQ settings, different PCI slots and buffer settings in M-Audio Delta Control Panel seems to not cure this problem.

Delta's 1010lt's IRQ address is 3 and is not shared (Standard PC).
I am running windows XP on AMD 2600+, ASUS A7N8 Deluxe mobo with 1GB of RAM.

Please help me - I've finally decided to spent some money on equiptment and it doesn't work like i want it to -- I've already had to return one of the monitor speakers back because it was humming when getting warm :(

[jmail]

IRQ 3? Have you got comm ports disabled then? However, your most likely culprit is the chipset itself, if you've got SATA in use... If you do, disable the SATA port temporarily to troubleshoot, and see what it does then. Most nForce 2 users had to go PATA IDE exclusively, and not use SATA (as did other users of some early SATA boards). The SATA interferes with the audio on the PCI buss.

[David Muniz]

Guys,

I remember some issues with the Delta series and Power DVD from a few years back.

I'll research, but your best bet would be to call tech support. They have a really solid team. Have you tried?

Let me know how it goes if you call.

[ant4000b]

Jmail, thank you - your prompt response is well appreciated!

Yes I have COM ports disabled. And yes I do have SATA ports in use - and it is just my luck that both my hard disks are SATA:eek:

Is there any other way to solve this problem because even if i change my motherboard i'll still be left with 2 perfectly good disks that can't be used (or are there any new mobos that won't have this problem and still have SATA ports?)?!

Also David it would be really nice if you could do a bit of research on this for me, because I am not too confident about my english and computer knowledge. Maybe I'll e-mail them if I can find their address.

[David Muniz]

Have you contacted tech support?

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[ant4000b]

I haven't contacted them yet, but I did find this beauty and I am reading thru it now --> http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=45491&mpage=1&key=

[ant4000b]

I have replaced my nForce2 chipset based motherboard to nForce4 chipset based motherboard with a better SATA support. I did have to change my CPU as well but my original setup was getting out of date and this small push brought my computer up to date. Works like a charm. I did try different PCI SATA controllers on my old MOBO with no avail! Thank you for the support guys, without your ideas I'd still be lost!:)