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Ramsey   06-09-2004 at 07:34:01 AM

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Under sound it says
Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by another caller.)

Under music device it says
Failure at step 6 (Activating the IDirectMusicPort): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by another caller.)

I am using a SoundMax Digital Audio card on a Dell Dimension 4500. I have recently had several system failures and a virus that I removed. I have reinstalled the drivers and they do not work. Any help would be appreciated.

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Anonymous   06-11-2004 at 08:28:26 PM
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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 01:34:01 -0700, Ramsey
<Ramsey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Under sound it says
>Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by another caller.)
>
>Under music device it says
>Failure at step 6 (Activating the IDirectMusicPort): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because DirectSound resources, such as the priority level, were already in use by another caller.)
>
>I am using a SoundMax Digital Audio card on a Dell Dimension 4500. I have recently had several system failures and a virus that I removed. I have reinstalled the drivers and they do not work. Any help would be appreciated.

Do you have a sound card or built in sound or BOTH? If both, disable
onboard sound first to free up resources. If only a card, try changing
it to another slot.

Peter Hutchison

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