Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Nickbat]

I can't find the thread I started a month or so back, but it concerned sound distortion when playing music at the same time as browsing the web.

Tonight I found a thread on another site, in which the poster claimed to have solved the same problem by uninstalling Bullguard Anti-Virus (which I have run for years with no problem on my old XP machine). I didn't uninstall the software, but switched the firewall OFF and, hey presto!, my sound distortion problems were fixed.

I obviously don't want to browse the web without the firewall, so I've emailed Bullguard Tech Support to see what can be done. At least i know what is causing the problem now so, as stated in the title, it's semi-sorted!     

[cem_devecioglu]

there can be several reasons for distortion .. sound hardware sharing the irq or some software working cpu intensive or using timer etc etc..  I have witnessed similiar cases..   

[Martian]

It's not necessarily the fault of Bullguard (although it is a bit of a resource hog anyway), it could be a poorly written soundcard driver.

IIRC you have a Realtek onboard jobbie, I'm sure TB will tell you all about them if you ask him nicely 

[Plomien]

If you are going through a router with a firewall built in no need for an additional firewall.
if not uninstall it use windows firewall or install comodo firewall

[Nickbat]

It's not necessarily the fault of Bullguard (although it is a bit of a resource hog anyway), it could be a poorly written soundcard driver.

IIRC you have a Realtek onboard jobbie, I'm sure TB will tell you all about them if you ask him nicely 

Yes, it's Realtek. 

[Nickbat]

If you are going through a router with a firewall built in no need for an additional firewall.
if not uninstall it use windows firewall or install comodo firewall

Hmm. I need to check whether the router has a built in firewall. Thanks. 

[Martian]

It's not necessarily the fault of Bullguard (although it is a bit of a resource hog anyway), it could be a poorly written soundcard driver.

IIRC you have a Realtek onboard jobbie, I'm sure TB will tell you all about them if you ask him nicely 

Yes, it's Realtek. 

Are you using the latest manufacturer (motherboard manufacturer that is) drivers?

[Nickbat]

It's not necessarily the fault of Bullguard (although it is a bit of a resource hog anyway), it could be a poorly written soundcard driver.

IIRC you have a Realtek onboard jobbie, I'm sure TB will tell you all about them if you ask him nicely 

Yes, it's Realtek. 

Are you using the latest manufacturer (motherboard manufacturer that is) drivers?

Something else I need to check. The mobo is a Gigabyte A75-D3H. When I get a moment I'll have a look into that, Martian. 

[Martian]

It's not necessarily the fault of Bullguard (although it is a bit of a resource hog anyway), it could be a poorly written soundcard driver.

IIRC you have a Realtek onboard jobbie, I'm sure TB will tell you all about them if you ask him nicely 

Yes, it's Realtek. 

Are you using the latest manufacturer (motherboard manufacturer that is) drivers?

Something else I need to check. The mobo is a Gigabyte A75-D3H. When I get a moment I'll have a look into that, Martian. 

Two different variants, double check your model number

http://uk.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/download-center.aspx?kw=A75-D3H