Hello Gang, I have a system with: AMD 350 FIC VA 503+ mb 128mb ram diamond speedstar a50 agp soundblaster AWE64 value Win98. No matter what, the system will only play partial sounds i.e. when you start the computer and the wonderful windows music hits you after it has booted will only play the first second or two of it then cuts off. Or, during games, like Deer Hunter, during the first part, there is a voice that says "Alright let's ?see what.." forgot exactly what it says, but anyway, the problem is that it only plays part of these sounds, only the first second or so then cuts off. Like in Deer Hunter, it cuts off what the human voice says after only one or two words, and there are no background sounds. cd's play fine. It's just all other sounds, they get cut off a second or so after they start. I checked in device manager, no conflicts. ran by Soundblaster's (Creative Labs) site but didn't find much help there. so, the system tries to play all sounds but only plays the first couple of seconds of them then cuts off. Tried re-installing the software and programs that came with the sound card but didn't help. What next? Sorry if this is too vague but don't know what else to mention. I have never come across a system doing this. It's all new. Thanks for any and all suggestions. Sincerely, David A. Abbe [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html