Computer Sound Problem in Off Topic

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Dec 16 2004, 1:04 pm
Recently this computer has taken to playing sounds oddly, it sounds like it's playing them faster than it should (chipmunk sounding voices, etc..) it plays sounds in DOS-like applications fine, and the sound in my old ROM files sounds perfect, but everything else is playing oddly, I don't think it's hardware because it works in some places and not others. Anybody know of any causes for this? Any help is appreciated.
#1 Dec 16 2004, 1:11 pm
I ran into this when I worked at a University. It turned out that the sound card drivers were wrong. Try updating them.
#2 Dec 16 2004, 1:32 pm
What sound card is it? Some cards have 'environment' settings like "Zeus" and "Chipmunk", which can be annoying if you don't know that they're on.
#3 Dec 16 2004, 1:37 pm
Nadrew wrote:
Recently this computer has taken to playing sounds oddly, it sounds like it's playing them faster than it should (chipmunk sounding voices, etc..) it plays sounds in DOS-like applications fine, and the sound in my old ROM files sounds perfect, but everything else is playing oddly, I don't think it's hardware because it works in some places and not others. Anybody know of any causes for this? Any help is appreciated.

You already partially answered your own question. :/

Creative cards never do this, and that's the only sound card i will buy. All the others seem to suck. :|