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Old 12-03-2008, 10:40 AM
Dave
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Distorted System Sounds

Whenever I change the default systems sounds, those files are distorted when
they play. Example, if I change the Empty Recycle Bin sound file from the
default, it will be distorted. When I use the default sounds, they are fine.

I try playing the files through Windows Media Player manually and they play
fine. They are only distorted when they are assigned as a system sound.
Music also plays without any problems. The sound files I am using are the
same files I've used on all of my past computers and laptops and have never
had a problem with them.

System Specs:

Motherboard: Intel P45 Extreme DP45SG
Processor: Intel Q9650
RAM: 8GB DDR3 (4 x 2GB 1333MHz DIMMs)
OS: Vista Enterprise 64 bit with SP1 - fully patched
Audio: Intel Onboard using the latest drivers/software from the Intel site
Graphics: NVidia XFX GeForce 9800GTX+

Has anyone seen anything like this? If so, do you know how to fix it or at
least what the problem is?

Thanks!
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Old 12-03-2008, 02:10 PM
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Re: Distorted System Sounds

Do you use hibernate?
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Old 12-03-2008, 03:10 PM
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Re: Distorted System Sounds

Nope.

"trouble" wrote:
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Old 12-05-2008, 03:30 PM
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Re: Distorted System Sounds

What format are you custom sound files in (.wav/.mp3/.wmv)?

How big are these files?
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Old 12-05-2008, 07:10 PM
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Re: Distorted System Sounds

..wav

"Timothy Davis [MSFT]" wrote:
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Re: Distorted System Sounds

Dave <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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>.wav[/color]

He also asked HOW BIG?
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Old 12-05-2008, 07:50 PM
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Re: Distorted System Sounds

Sorry about that. Anywhere from 10K to around 500K. I've tried this with
several different .wav files.

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