Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage USB V2.0 User Guide - Page 19

Troubleshooting What do the various LED statuses mean? The Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage USB headset is equipped with various LEDs that indicate the status of the device. Each LED, their possible statuses and corresponding explanations are listed in the tables below: LED Earcup LED Microphone Mute LED Headset LEDs Status Stable / Pulsating Off Stable (Red) Off Description Headset is turned on. Headset is off. Microphone is muted. Microphone mute is off. The onboard audio chipset seems to be in conflict with Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage USB. Disable your computer's onboard audio chipset. See your computer's motherboard documentation for details. No sound from the headset. Check the following: l The volume settings in Sound Blaster Tactic(3D) Control Panel and system audio are properly adjusted and not muted. l There is no hardware conflict between the headset and a peripheral device. There is clipping/distortion during audio playback. Your computer system should be running in high performance mode. You may need to disable any power saving features. Some features are disabled when playing certain games. When playing games that use DirectSound3D or OpenAL sound engines, certain audio features will be disabled automatically. This is to avoid distorting the environmental audio cues present in the game. These features will be re-enabled automatically when you exit the game. Troubleshooting 18