I'd wonder about the HD IDE interface at this point. Is it using DMA
transfers or has it dropped to PIO? Look in Device manager.

Peter (Remove one i and theRemove) wrote:

> Sometimes the audio just cuts out when I am just surfing the Web -- no
> visible RAM using operation is in process.
> I have 512MB of RAM, but it is 2 (256) older type chips - 200MHz - that I
> put into the ASUS P4S8X-X motherboard. Maybe I should try a newer 512MB chip
> that is 266MHz. Can I mix these chips?
>
> Pete
>
> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:e3YpWtvCGHA.1028@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
>>My guess is insufficient hardware to run a software powered printer and a
>>software powered sound system.
>>
>>Peter (Remove one i and theRemove) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Sometimes afte my printer spools up, and the moment it begins printing,
>>>the audio will cut out and I need to reboot in order to get sound again.
>>>Anyone have any thoughts on what is causing this?
>>>Thanks,
>>>Pete
>>
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