Problems With Digital Audio Devices - Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum User Manual

Problems with Digital Audio Devices

Intermittent hissing or no sound is heard from my digital speakers.
Make sure you select the sampling rate of the PCM SPDIF output of your Digital Out connector to match the requirements of the
receiving device. You may need to select a lower digital output sampling rate. The choices available are 48 kHz and 96 kHz.
To solve this problem:
1. In Creative MediaSource Go! Launcher, click the Product Settings tab.
Double-click the Device Controls icon.
Click the Sampling Rate tab.
Click the required sampling rate from the Digital Output Sampling Rate list.
Popping noises are heard during playback.
The DMA feature may not be enabled for your computer's drives.
To solve this problem:
For Windows 98 SE and Windows Me:
1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
In the Control Panel dialog box, double-click the System icon.
In the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab.
Double-click the Disk drives icon.
Your computer drives will appear.
Double-click the hard disk drive icon.
In the box that appears, click the Settings tab.
Click the DMA (direct memory access) check box to select it.
An alert message box appears.
Click the OK button.
Click the OK button in the next box.
Click the Close button on the System Properties dialog box.
When prompted to restart your computer, click the Y es button.
Repeat steps 4-11 if you have other drives, for example, other hard disk drives, CD/DVD-ROM, and CD-RW drives. In step 4, double-
click the respective drive icon.
For Windows 2000 and Windows XP:
1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.
In the Control Panel dialog box, double-click the System icon.
In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab.
Click the Device Manager button.
Double-click the ATA/ATAPI IDE Controllers icon.
Your IDE channels will appear.
Right-click the Primary IDE Channel icon.
Click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Advanced Settings tab.
Click the DMA if available check box to select it.
Click the OK button.