3DMark 2003 Won't Detect My Sound Hardware

LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, Alaska Icrontian
edited September 2003 in Hardware
I can't seem to get 3dMark 2003 to detect the AC97 sound chip in my system No. 1. When I first built this system, I ran several 03 several times; also again when I upgraded the video card. Is there some screwy setting I have somewhere in sound properties that may be preventing 3dMark03 from detecting the AC97? Drivers are the newest I could find - June 19, 2003. Sound seems to work perfectly otherwise.

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  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited September 2003
    Are you using the latest edition of MadOnion's 3DMark2003? They did release a new build (or at least an update to the original one) and that may fix it.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Using Build 320 with patch 330 (DirectX 9.0a) applied. The same 3DMark03 config works perfectly - sound and all, on my NF7-S system, but not with the Intel.

    It previously worked on this system, but won't run the sound tests now.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    Format C: (return) reinstall. :D
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    :rolleyes2
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    This is how you format an Intel PC.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited September 2003
    I suggest the following:

    1) Perform a cold start i.e go into msconfig and clear all the startup items, restart then try and run the bench.

    2) Uninstall your sound drivers, GPU drivers, chipset drivers and 3DMARK software. Clean up the registry using a registry editor (i.e the one I've posted in the downloads thread), and then re-install everything. Chipset basics first, then GPU, then sound then 3DMARK.

    3) Lower your system timings to their bare minimum i.e in the BIOS.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Geeky1 and Thrax - it's nice to know I've got friends. :rolleyes2 :scratch: :rolleyes2

    You had my wife and son laughing pretty hard.

    Spinner, I've already performed your recommended steps except for chipset drivers, msconfig, and timings. Maybe I'll try those later.

    To be honest, I'm not sure if I know how (where to look/what I'm looking at) to remove chipset drivers. I remember doing about 500 times with the @#$%# VIA 4-in-1s on KT7, KT7A, KR7.... but not with Intel.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    I kid....Sorta.


    Anyways. Yes, most CERTAINLY reinstall your chipset drivers. That's what I believe needs to be done.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    To be honest, I'm not sure if I know how (where to look/what I'm looking at) to remove chipset drivers. I remember doing about 500 times with the @#$%# VIA 4-in-1s on KT7, KT7A, KR7.... but not with Intel.

    Installing the 875 drivers is simple enough; I just don't know what to uninstall first.


    (It's OK Thrax. The only reason my wife and son saw your beautiful artwork was because they heard me laughing loudly and came over to the computer.)
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    The sad thing is I was serious. I have one (and only one) solution for software problems:

    Format C: and reinstall. Why? Because generally my conversations with people having software issues go something like this:

    Them: "Why is it doing this?"
    Me: "Let's see..."
    Me (10 minutes later): It's a software issue.
    Them: "What do I do?"
    Me: "Go get me that stack of CD-Rs and I'll take care of it"
    Them: "Thankyouthankyouthankyou"
    Them (after the reinstall): WOW! It's so much faster now! What did you do?"
    Me: "Nothing"

    Seriously, with software issues, it's easiest to just reinstall rather than debug it (IMO). Which is why all my computers have 2 or more hard drives, except for the laptop, which has a 40gb drive with 10gb and 30gb partitions (altho it does have a firewire drive too...)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Me too.

    Something going wrong? Wipe it.

    Something not working? Wipe it.

    Can't figure a glitch out? Wipe it.

    Everything works after you wipe it. And if it doesn't, it's hardware now. Heh. I keep windows on a 10GB partition and have 150GB left to store crucial files on. All I move is address books, favorites, and documents. Takes me an hour tops.
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited September 2003
    Well for some of us, it takes more than an hour. The sheer amount of programs and apps I have installed takes getting on for a day to re-setup. A re-install for me, is only a very last resort, and for a non-critical issue like the one Leo's having, I think suggesting a re-install is a bit drastic.

    Nevertheless, I too found myself laughing very loudly at your doodle Thrax.:p
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    The sheer amount of programs and apps I have installed takes getting on for a day to re-setup.

    You said it well for me.

    I do though, keep my C: partition as exclusively Windows OS as possible. D: partition is data, programs, applications. Even with that configuration. It takes forever to re-install everything, as there are so many registry entries in Windows that have to be reapplied after a fresh install in order for some of the programs in D: to work right.

    Yes, it's a miner problem at most. I'm not into 3DMark benchmarking for benchmarking's sake. I can still compare apples to apples, as the same number of tests in 3DMark03 will execute each time - just not audio.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Thrax, you are rapidly becoming a skilled and talented artists a la DJ Quack.....

    Disclaimer: I think the linked cartoon is one of the funniest fargin things I've ever seen.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Hilarious ;D;D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Yeah, I've seen those before, Prime. ;D
  • LincLinc
    picks self up off floor from laughing so hard

    I'm hurt, Prime. What about the comic that features me?

    ;D;D:D
     Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    picks self up off floor from laughing so hard

    I'm hurt, Prime. What about the comic that features me?

    ;D;D:D
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Seriously, that is a really good MSPAINT rendition of the General, you must admit. ;)
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    I had this same problem, AC97 Sound, but no sound test in 3d Mark 2003.

    Got a new MB, same sound HW I think, but it works now... WTF?

    I went from a Gigabyte 8SG667 to a Gigabyte SINXP1397(orwhatever number that was for firewire lol).
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited September 2003
    i'm using an abit is7, same sound codec like you two. once again, 3dmark does not recognize sound, i even did a clean install (format) and i definitely have the latest chipset drivers. intel is just fubar, it doesn't recognize it as a hardware sound thing
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