Sound card problems....

[confutatis]

Does anyone have anyidea why XP refuses to allow a sound card to work in my system? The original sound card quit a few weeks ago (still have not figured out what event might have caused this) and after some investigation, I concluded it might be a bad card. Bought another, went through the install (XP sees it and then loads drivers) and when I go to Control Panel--Sounds, I still see no audio device, even though in the "Hardware" section, it lists the sound card and reports it's working properly. I've tried everything but hand stands to get these sound cards to work, but it's not working out. Something in the registry (I think) is "getting in the way" of the sound card, but I have no idea what that could be.

XP seems to load the drivers successfully, but "Sounds, ..." tabs in Control Panel is greyed out and saying there is no no sound devices. When I check the hardware device tab, I see the CM8738 PCI device and according to XP, the device is working fine.

I'm out of ideas why I can't get a sound card to work on my system all of a sudden. Perhaps a problem in the registry? What could I look for? Does XP have any "repair" utilities I might use?

Sound card gurus needed :-)

Thanks,

David

[Disk_Contented]

This is the C Media 5.1.
Try this driver:
ftp://210.59.227.41/Driver/WDM/CMI8738_WDM_0639XP.zip
XP installs an incorrect setup.

[mashi]

I also have the same problem i think..

My sound card is in the PCI slot and have installed the drivers for my sound.

Sound works when i turn on PC.. after a few minutes it just dies saying "No audio devices" under control panel but Device manager is saying there is no problems with it.

i also using winXP pro

[vlucero]

Hello, I have just completed a XP installation in my computer. My sound card used to work but now its greyed out in the sound folder and I have no volume control. I can't use my media player or anything. I dont even have the small icon in the bottom right hand corner anymore. What could be my problem?

[nicolasnzl]

i have the same problem as vlucero and disk contented's idea dosnt work for me someone plz help.

[hightorque]

I have exactly the same problem, I woke up this morning and my computer had resarted it self, I think it had performed a microsoft update. I had no sound so checked sound settings in control panel and it just says no audio decive where once is said Emu. My 1212m has worked for a couple of years and then suddenly, nothing. Weird! I wonder what happened, can anybody help??????

[rixxx]

i have decided to register to this forum because i had exactly the same
kind of problems with sound in xp prof, especially when in device
manager all is okay, but applet sound in control panel is grayed out,
and wonder that nobody didn`t mention it as far; the solution in my
case was very simple - in services there is service Windows audio,
which often just disabled itself without apparent reason after crashes
or resetting - enabling it made the trick - i hope this will help in some cases
rixxx

[brandi1207]

Originally Posted by rixxx

i have decided to register to this forum because i had exactly the same
kind of problems with sound in xp prof, especially when in device
manager all is okay, but applet sound in control panel is grayed out,
and wonder that nobody didn`t mention it as far; the solution in my
case was very simple - in services there is service Windows audio,
which often just disabled itself without apparent reason after crashes
or resetting - enabling it made the trick - i hope this will help in some cases
rixxx

Thank you rixxx!!!! This absolutely works!! I had tried everything to find out why I had no sound, no sound device installed. My sound had been working fine. Then I found your reply and tried it. I have sound again!!! Thank you!

[vtnt70]

Hi rixxx,

I don't understand "in services there is service Windows audio"? Can you give me more info?

Thanks,
sdvt

[Yanni_Alaska199]

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

if you google services, you get the above link.

He tells you how to get good access to services. Type services.msc into the Run thing off the start bar.

Then scroll down to windows audio, right click and there should be an option to "start" the service.

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[khalidissa7]

if windows media player say a error you might have to install your driver go to you sound card makers website and download the driver

[dude-sex]

i have onboard audio on p4s533 mx! problem is, i installed driver from mobo ad1980msoundmax and installed properly, i used creative xfree speaker but i can only hear speaker on the left side and the center!right speaker is not working!i tried amplified 2 speaker and both speaker works!but when i tried my creative xfree to my laptop both speaker and center speaker works.what do you think is the problem?

p.s
before i already used this creative xfree speaker and all works fine until i clear the cmos and changed memory!
already checked the balance of the speaker in the soundmax control panel and sound and audio devices!
already tried headphones only one speker works and mic is not working!

[chris93336]

i have the same problem with the sound card being there,, and installed,, but but not in sounds and audio devices,, it says my drivers are installed,, im pretty sure its not that,, but the services thing didn't work for me,, everything was enabled?

yall got any more tricks??

[spide99]

I am by no means a computer expert, but after trying the above advice with no luck I kept trying to find a simple fix. My computer was saying that my sound card was working fine, but the volume and adjustments were greyed out. This is what worked for me:

Control panel

Sounds

Audio

Sound Playback--There is a dropdown that was somehow switched to a modem. I then chose the sound card, clicked apply, then OK. I then clicked the volume tab which was NOT greyed out anymore, then checked the box to put the volume back in the taskbar.

In my case this did the trick and the sound now works perfectly. Hope this fix may help others.