Wierd audio problem.

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"Bob Lafferty" <boblafferty@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've had this problem with several computer in the past few years and have
> never found a solution.
>
> Basically - no sound out. Using Win98 2nd and a C-Media 3D audio card
(same
> problem found with other cards), the device drivers load and can be found
in
> device manager. But, the card and drivers don't show up in the
Multi-Media
> control panel so it can't be set to provide audio out.
>
> Anyone found a solution?
>
> Bob L

This has happened to me when I moved a hard drive
to another PC, and also when I replaced
a motherboard in a PC,
which effectively renders the same result.

Even though I cleaned out System Manager
and let Windows rebuild it,
I was never able to get it to set up
the Registry properly
with respect to the sound drivers,
and I did some serious chopping
in the Registry in the later stages
in a last gasp effort, so I can safely claim
that I tried everything that I could think of.

It began to consume more of my time than
I was willing to expend on the issue,
so I reformatted and reinstalled the OS.

Problem solved.