Weird Winamp problem

baker719 · 8th May 2004, 00:55

I formatted my computer yesterday to install a new Western Digital Raptor and installed the latest winamp on that drive and kept my mp3's on a different drive on the system. Now whenever I play mp3's and I open up another program such as Internet Explorer the sound stutters for a minute then stops, and then I can't play any sounds on my system at all unless I open them in windows media player.

When I mean "I cant play any sounds" I mean if a program such as Trillian plays a sound it wont play, unless I restart.

Winamp was working fine before the HD change, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

proxy · 8th May 2004, 01:40

Check to see that your drives are running in UDMA mode, not PIO.

Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager (may be slightly different to get there) > IDE/Atapi Controllers >

Primary or Secondary > Properties > Advanced Settings.

baker719 · 8th May 2004, 02:20

Primary IDE, which is a 60 gig and a 120 gig,

Device 0:
Device Type: Auto Detection
Transfer Mode: DMA if available
Current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA Mode 5

Device 1:
Device Type: Auto Detection
Transfer Mode: DMA if available
Current Transfer Mode: PIO Mode

I can't change it to UDMA..

baker719 · 8th May 2004, 04:37

but i dont think it matters...mp3's play fine in windows media player regardless of what i'm doing which is why I'm trying to find out whats wrong with winamp.

DJ Egg · 8th May 2004, 04:44

From: Troubleshooters...Common Issues (sticky)

No sound, skippy/choppy/crackly playback, high VM usage, etc.
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....26#post1212926
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=166479

baker719 · 8th May 2004, 05:25

Appears to have worked, thanks!

8th May 2004, 00:55	#1
baker719 Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4	Weird Winamp problem I formatted my computer yesterday to install a new Western Digital Raptor and installed the latest winamp on that drive and kept my mp3's on a different drive on the system. Now whenever I play mp3's and I open up another program such as Internet Explorer the sound stutters for a minute then stops, and then I can't play any sounds on my system at all unless I open them in windows media player. When I mean "I cant play any sounds" I mean if a program such as Trillian plays a sound it wont play, unless I restart. Winamp was working fine before the HD change, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

8th May 2004, 04:44	#5
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	From: Troubleshooters...Common Issues (sticky) No sound, skippy/choppy/crackly playback, high VM usage, etc. http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....26#post1212926 http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=166479 Playlist -\|- Twitter

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8th May 2004, 01:40	#2
proxy Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2	Check to see that your drives are running in UDMA mode, not PIO. Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager (may be slightly different to get there) > IDE/Atapi Controllers > Primary or Secondary > Properties > Advanced Settings.

8th May 2004, 02:20	#3
baker719 Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4	Primary IDE, which is a 60 gig and a 120 gig, Device 0: Device Type: Auto Detection Transfer Mode: DMA if available Current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA Mode 5 Device 1: Device Type: Auto Detection Transfer Mode: DMA if available Current Transfer Mode: PIO Mode I can't change it to UDMA..

8th May 2004, 04:37	#4
baker719 Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4	but i dont think it matters...mp3's play fine in windows media player regardless of what i'm doing which is why I'm trying to find out whats wrong with winamp.

8th May 2004, 05:25	#6
baker719 Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4	Appears to have worked, thanks!