We had an old Pro Audio Spectrum that we pressed into service on an athlon-based w2k machine. It crackled a lot. We replaced it with a moderately priced sb live value card. No more crackling. I seem to recall complaints about w2k crackling with old sound cards. Maybe replacement is the wisest fix. david j <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > i have a problem with a sb 16 sound card, it crackles while playing games , its ok when listening to music or any other function, can anyone help > Frank R.Brown Frank.R.Brown@MailAndNews Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com