[vox-tech] AC97 Sound Card

[Rob Rogers]

On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 12:24:23PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 10:32:49AM -0600, Jennifer Thomas wrote:
> > i'm not even sure if the problem is the sound card, but when i play music
> > from any player or given any file to download or a link to the internet
> > that would require any sound, the sound sounds like the chipmunks are
> > speaking or singing and it's sped up.  what's going on?  i have an IBM
> > NetVista computer, it's pretty old.
> 
> Perhaps applications are playing at a frequency that's higher than your
> card can handle???
> 
> *shrug*   Just a wild guess.  I've never seen... err... heard anything like
> that.  I'm also pretty newbie when it comes to sound hardware & software.

I knew the "chipmunk" symptom sounded familiar. There was a thread about
it here just about a year ago. Check this link out.

Subject: [vox-tech] mp3 files sound like alvin and the chipmunks
http://lugod.org/mailinglists/archives/vox-tech/2003-04/msg00173.html