Sound Card Messes With Hardware Interrupts (cpu Drain)
Dec 14, 2009
ive installed windows 7 ultimate 32 bit and what ive noticed was - high cpu drain from hardware interrupts.
I have two sound cards- first is Realtek HD which is integrated with motherboard. Second is SB Audigy.
Ive noticed some trick to clear the cpu drain from hardware interrupts to a normal size (close to 0%). The trick was to enter sleep mode and come back from it. But the problem was- my system was running quick and easy but without any sound ! Thats a common problem with vista and windows 7 that ive heard of.
So i took out the sb audigy and there is some small improvement. Cpu doesnt get that much load from interrupts (around 10 -20% less). I use now only Realtek HD and now the sleep mode option doesnt work because the interrupts drain stays aswell with the sound.
What to do ? Drivers as windows 7 says are - up to date. I guess that problem was even before installing Windows 7, but then because of xp which works faster on my machine could have been unnoticed by me.
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I have a Dell Workstation (Optiplex 760) with a fresh install of Windows 7. Right from the get go, I noticed that the second core is running around 20-30%. Taskmgr is not that helpful so I installed Process Explorer. While reviewing the cpu information, Hardware Interrupts bounces between 20 and 35%. I downloaded RATTV3 and created a log file.
After 5 minutes I checked the log file but to my disappointment the "Cumulative Histogram for:" is blank. It gives me all the information except the culprit!!! (bangs head on desk). After visiting Microsofts RATTV3 site, it states there is a known bug with vista and windows 7 in regards to displaying a blank value.
Is there any application available that can tell me the file name (drivers) that is causing the excessive hardware interrupts?
-- To give you a little background --
Windows 7 installed all drivers except HECI and SOL (AMT). I installed these which were available on Dell's website. Before these drivers were installed, I was still experiencing the second core cpu excessive usage.
There is nothing in task manager that points to high cpu usage (which is why I am using process manager).
I tried disabling common devices to see if the usage would drop down (all communication ports, NIC, Audio, HECI, SOL).
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Mar 18, 2011
as stated in the subject, I am unable to hear any sound from my speakers since upgrading to the windows 7 64 bit. I followed the other post that I found on this but I still cannot hear any sound.I have a dell inspiron 531. The hardware ids from the device manager areHDAUDIOFUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1028020E&REV_1000
HDAUDIOFUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1028020EI have installed the realtek drivers and they as working but I still get nothing but a slight hiss from my speakers. I have tried them on my laptop and they work fine.Does anybody know what might be causing this? I am half tempted to get a new sound card but I am reluctant as it says my existing one is working (it just seems to have forgotten to tell the speakers!)
If anybody knows a fix for this I really would be eternally grateful
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Nov 8, 2011
as stated in the subject, I am unable to hear any sound from my speakers since upgrading to the windows 7 64 bit. I followed the other post that I found on this but I still cannot hear any sound.
I have a dell inspiron 531. The hardware ids from the device manager are
HDAUDIOFUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1028020E&REV_1000
HDAUDIOFUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1028020E
I have installed the realtek drivers and they as working but I still get nothing but a slight hiss from my speakers. I have tried them on my laptop and they work fine.
I am half tempted to get a new sound card but I am reluctant as it says my existing one is working (it just seems to have forgotten to tell the speakers!)
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ok im running windows 7 32 bit, i have a creative sound blaster audigy SE sound card and 5.1 surround sound speakers.
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Jul 20, 2009
I'm having problems with the on-board sound-card on my Asus P5K Pro motherboard. I have had this mobo since christmas and has always worked with XP with out ever having any problems.
Last week i installed the RC and initially all seemed to go well. I downloaded the Realtek Vista drivers from the Asus website and installed with the "recommended configuration." This seemed to work properly and i happily continued on my way. A few days ago when i turned on my PC and whacked in a CD i realized there was no sound coming out of the speakers. Upon further inspection i realized there were no sounds coming out from the pc at all. I also realized that the Realtek GUI was no longer detecting the insertion of jacks into the socket.
My board has 5.1 audio outputs so i plugged the speakers into the other outputs to no avail. I did note however that the Realtek software did detect the insertion of a jack into these outputs but refused to spit anything out of them.
I decided to uninstall the driver and try to reinstall. Upon attempting this it repeatedly failed due to "not having the correct OS." When at last it did start to install it gave me a "realtek driver failed to install" screen. This scared me......
After a day of fiddling around i magically made it work and i was back where i started (not recognizing front jack, ignoring the output of others.) So i decided to put in a old PCI card i found in the rubbish bin It's a Creative labs CT4810 i think. I found some XP drivers and attempted an install. The drivers installed but when i attempted to use that driver for the so far unknown "multimedia audio device" i couldn't find it in the list of drivers. After reading further i started to think that the card wasn't PnP. *Shreek* Can PCI cards be non-PnP?
Anyway, i'm unsure now as to the origins of the error and am left audio-less. I'm starting to think it could be a hardware error due to the failure to detect the insertion of jacks and the recent movement (i moved my desk to vacuum behind it) of the PC. The cable to the speakers was also very taught. It is still under warranty (the mobo, not the system, i built the system) so i might take it back.
Any helpz plox?
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