Repeating Sound Lockup
If your game is locking up with a repeating sound the trouble is often caused by some conflict with the computer's sound card but can also be related to some other sources as well. Follow the steps below, one at a time, to help resolve the trouble.
Lower Sound Acceleration.
Click here to find out how
Try adjusting
the game's options. Your
game likely has an options menu where you can change audio settings. The
detail settings in the game may need to be changed to match your computer
better.
Ensure that your sound
card's drivers are up to date. Sound
drivers are available from your card manufacturer's web site. A
list of manufacturers with links to their web sites can be found here.
To find
out what type of card you have you can refer to the EA
Help analysis or open the DirectX diagnostic tool by selecting Start
and Run then typing dxdiag dxdiag.exe, or DirectX Diagnostic is a tool that will allow you to get
important information about your computer..
More
on updating drivers
Ensure
that you have the latest version of DirectX installed. Your
game will have included the version of DirectX that it needs to run. You
can also obtain the latest version of DirectX at http://www.microsoft.com/directx/.
Try
reinstalling the game. Uninstall
the game and reinstall it. It
could be some trouble with the game files.