How do I back up my sims and neighborhoods?

[Simlover]

Check this first
http://dmzweb4.europe.creative.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=496,E=0000000000109932805,K=14,Sxi=0,Kb=ww_english_add,VARSET=ws:http://us.creative.com/,Case=obj(2996),Kb=ww_english_add

If its a conflict problem this could help
http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/php/enduser/cci/ea/sound_acceleration.php?p_sid=<?%20echo%20$p_sid%20?%20%20%20%20>

And it looks like more than the drivers need to be updated with these cards maybe try the autoupdate service

http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/softwareupdate.asp?nSUFlag=1&sDestUrl=http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/&hdAllProduct=1&LangID=1033&hdDspLangID=1033

As for the other drivers mentioned I couldn't find them either but due to them being recommended for 98 I'm not sure they would fix the prob anyway

[Jelenedra]

Mm my settings are right and my directx features tab on the dxdiag has no slider bar. =p

[Jelenedra]

So after extensive testing. I removed my downloads folder and played a family that had no custom content for 20 minutes. No noise. So I added my downloads and played another family for 20 minutes. No Noise. So I added one category of my hacks to the hacks folder at a time (divided by, twojeffs, pesacado, crammyboy, simlogical, riskywhoohoo, mst2) and tested each for twenty minutes. By the time I added the folder that had the most hacks in it (JMP's because it has the MATY Director's Cut in it) I had no instance of the noise.

So I've been playing for a hour with all hacks installed and no noise. *Sighs* So weird. Not going to complain as long as it doesn't come back. Maybe I had something that needed something else to work first and I installed them in the wrong order.

Oh well, thanks everyone for all your help.

[Simlover]

Well I'm glad you got it fixed, I'm still curious as to what it may have been

[Jelenedra]

You and me both.  I'll just be satified that it never comes back.

[RainbowTigress]

That siren noise sounds like what happens if your CPU fan fails or gets too hot.  I have an alarm on my motherboard that goes off if the CPU temp reaches a certain temp or if the fan fails.  I can disable the alarm, but that doesn't solve the problem.  It's odd that it only occurs with certain custom content though.  Do you know of anyone nearby who is good with computers and can take a look at it?  You don't want your CPU or something burning out.

[Jelenedra]

Well I didn't do anything to disable anythingI just messed with my sound card drivers and my custom content folders, so as long as it doesn't come back, I'm cool.