Strange audio behaviour on iBook running 10.2.6

[Lot-o-fun]

I have been having a problem with audio delays on my iBook running
10.2.6. As an example, suppose that I do something that causes the
system to play a sound. I will hear a soft click. The sound will then
play 1-3 seconds later, or not at all. This happens with several
sounds in several situations in several apps---some examples are the
sound played by Mail.app when I receive new e-mail, or the beep when
there is more than one option for tab-completion in Terminal, or the
beep when I search for a string in a Safari window that isn't there.

Can anyone suggest why this might be happening, or what I can try to do
to fix it?

Thanks,
-Lotofun

[Alan Quirt]

In article <210820031833454476%lotofun61@yahoo.com>,
Lot-o-fun <lotofun61@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have been having a problem with audio delays on my iBook running
> 10.2.6. As an example, suppose that I do something that causes the
> system to play a sound. I will hear a soft click. The sound will then
> play 1-3 seconds later, or not at all. This happens with several
> sounds in several situations in several apps---some examples are the
> sound played by Mail.app when I receive new e-mail, or the beep when
> there is more than one option for tab-completion in Terminal, or the
> beep when I search for a string in a Safari window that isn't there.
>
> Can anyone suggest why this might be happening, or what I can try to do
> to fix it?
>
> Thanks,
> -Lotofun

No suggestions, but I occasionally get similar behaviour on my iBook 700
with 10.2.6.
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[Lot-o-fun]

In article <20030821174451740-0700@news.la.sbcglobal.net>, matt neuburg
<matt@tidbits.com> wrote:

> In <210820031833454476%lotofun61@yahoo.com> Lot-o-fun wrote:

> > I have been having a problem with audio delays on my iBook running
> > 10.2.6.

>
> The problem is that system puts the sound system to sleep (as a way of
> saving energy?). There are hacks to keep it awake if this really bothers
> you; look on versiontracker.

Thanks---that's exactly it. See

[url]http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106766[/url]

One fix (which I haven't tried) is KeepSoundAwake:

[url]http://mrfeinberg.com/KeepSoundAwake/[/url]

Another is SoundOn!:

[url]http://www.ziksw.com/soundon/[/url]