Sound and Audio Devices

[Barbiro]

I upgraded to the Windows Media Player 9.0 and started getting an error message when attempting to listen to music of the web of: no sound device found. I found it strange because with WinAmp, I'm able to listen to my mp3's and midi files, so I know my speakers and sound card are working just fine.

I went to the Microsoft XP site and they recommended and the knowledge database recommended troubleshooting my sound files.

PROBLEM: The instructions say to click on "Advance" in the Volume Tab but it's greyed out.

Here are my settings:

1st Tab - VOLUME: No Audio Device (everything else is grayed out)

2nd Tab - SOUNDS: Sound Scheme is set to "Windows Default" (everything else is grayed out)

3rd Tab - AUDIO: Under "Sound Playback" and "Sound Recording" the Default Device for both is this: Model #0 Line Playback. Clicking the drop down arrow on both does NOT give any options except the same one. Where is says "MIDI Music Playback" - it's grayed out but the default is set to: No MIDI playback devices. There's a checkmark where it says: "Use only default devices" -- although if I take the checkmark away, it doesn't change a single thing.

4th Tab - HARDWARE:It has 7 devices listed and for each one it says they are working properly.

I am sooooooooooooo frustrated with this. I'm hoping you or someone can guide me. I think that "Model #0 Line Playback" may be the problem, but how do I change that?

Can someone please, please help me? Thanks

[Barbiro]

Nevermind, I found the solution

[Lilli985]

I have the same problem. Can you tell me how you fixed yours?

[Barbiro]

Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Component Services/Services. Make sure audio is enabled. Mine was somehow previously disabled so I when I changed that, EVERYTHING worked just fine.

Let me know if it works for you. Happy Holidays.

[fezicul]

my computer when i did that thing that you just told me about, it had no audio component to enable. i have a sound card and everything, just nothing happens when i try to turn the sound on

[Zepplinmajik]

Go http://support.dell.com/support/down...=us&l=en&s=gen put in the required info choose correct OS and proceed first download the chipset driver, no need for restart yet, then install the audio driver then reboot and it should work just like majik

[brusselsshrek]

I had this same problem on Windows XP Professional suddenly occur - speakers stopped working, RealPlayer giving the message, "Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it", iTunes player simply not playing.

Went to "Component Services" as suggested and found "Windows Audio" (after looking for "Audio") which was stopped. Clicked "start the service" and everything worked fine.

Thanks for posting the solution! I would never have found it otherwise.

Hope this post helps somebody else.

[jnibori]

Funny, A three year old thread save me from smashing my computer.

A Google search led me to this thread, which solved my sound problem. Rather than reloading my drivers (three times) cracking my box to re-seat my sound card, etc... a simple Google search was all I needed.

Went to "Component Services" as suggested and found "Windows Audio"

That's all it was!

Thanks !!!!

[ruben@rice.edu]

An the three year old trick continue saving lives!!!
Thanks for posting the solution.

By the way, I think windows media player upgrade somehow caused the problem.

[Ahome4it]

Thanks for the tips guys - it was spot on to solve a really annoying little problem. I'm not sure if it was caused by a media player upgrade or it alos coincided with my son starting on Itunes. Hopefully it's now fixed for good.

[helloworld]

i registered at this site just so I could thank personally whoever figured out the solution to this horrible problem, thank you so much, it is good to hear sound again. who said bumpin old topics never helped anyway?!

<- ME BEFORE
<- ME NOW

[Ness]

I have also just registered to say a big thanks. Thanks to brusselsshrek for suggesting Windows Audio not just Audio and to Barbiro for starting and answering the thread.
Brilliant!

[Adela]

(winXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III; AVG; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable; WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310")

Hello, if I may intrude? I have a related problem and saw here the many high caliber members so I felt maybe there's hope for me too?

A small, vertical rectangle about 2" x 1", greenish/greysh color, appears in the middle of my screen so that it's next to impossible to work, it doesn't move when I scroll the screen up and down so it's always in there and no X to get rid of. It only says on top: "Volume", on bottom: "Mute" with a space to put a check mark, and in the middle there's a sliding mark to go up or down . I went to properties, and many other places but nothing refers to this thing. Somewhere in Properties I saw many of these all lined up and all blank(?). I also went to "Sound & audio" - nothing. I tried google too nothing either. I even went to the places mentioned in this forum but didn't even see the word "Audio"...

Being this thing is so weird I wonder if anyone ever came across it??? Thanks ever SO much for any ideas on how to get rid of this little thing but big nightmare! :-) Adela

[spencer056]

Hey guys,

I just signed up because I have been having problems with my audio, and after three days of ripping my hair out, downloading drivers, rolling back drivers, setting up restore point, and finally came across this thread...thank the lord, and thank you guys! My audio problem is now gone, however...

During my escipade to fix the audio, somehow my system configuration was messed up. So when i tried to open Adobe Premiew Pro 1.5, it says "your system configuration seems to have changed since the time this product was activated, but when i try to reactivate it, it doesn't work. It says maybe because the activation number limit has been exceeded.

Any ideas guys??

Thanks

[Pokerastin8r]

I have tried to start my Audio Device through local services and get an error message saying "Cannot start error 3 Cannot find the path specified"...i have no exclamations and driver agent says only my ide bus master controller needs updating. I cannot find that driver anywhere. I have no sound at all. My pc only beeps...here is my Everest report..tyField Value
Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 09/16/2004-KM400-8235-6A6LYB09C-00
Motherboard Name Biostar M7VIZ

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type DEC Alpha EV6
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 167 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 333 MHz
Bandwidth 2666 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 167 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 333 MHz
Bandwidth 2666 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type VIA V-Link
Bus Width 8-bit
Real Clock 67 MHz (ODR)
Effective Clock 533 MHz
Bandwidth 533 MB/s

Motherboard Physical Info
CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket 462
Expansion Slots 3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR
RAM Slots 2 DDR DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Video, LAN
Form Factor Micro ATX
Motherboard Size 220 mm x 240 mm
Motherboard Chipset KM400

Motherboard Manufacturer
Company Name Biostar Group
Product Information http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/index.php3
BIOS Download http://www.biostar.com.tw/support/bi...hp3?socket=775
Field Value
North Bridge Properties
North Bridge VIA VT8378 UniChrome KM400
Revision 00
Package Type 552 Pin HSBGA
Package Size 3.5 cm x 3.5 cm
Process Technology 0.22 um
Core Voltage 2.5 V
In-Order Queue Depth 4

Memory Controller
Bank Interleave 4-way

Memory Timings
CAS Latency (CL) 2.5T
Command Rate (CR) 2T

Memory Slots
DRAM Slot #1 256 MB (DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 256 MB (DDR SDRAM)

Integrated Graphics Controller
Graphics Controller Type VIA/S3 UniChrome
Graphics Controller Status Enabled
Graphics Frame Buffer Size 32 MB

AGP Controller
AGP Version 3.05
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Device VIA/S3 UniChrome Integrated
AGP Aperture Size 128 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x
Current AGP Speed 4x
Fast-Write Supported, Disabled
Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled

Chipset Manufacturer
Company Name VIA Technologies, Inc.
Product Information http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets
Driver Download http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

Problems & Suggestions
Problem Current AGP speed is lower than maximum supported. This may cause performance penalty.