Sound problems

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Hello,

I have had a secodnary computer with Windows 98SE without a soundcard
when innitially installed.

Now I have decided to put in a soundcard, because I need it to test
something. I put in an old Genius SoundMaker 3Dx2 allong with freshly
downloaded WDM drivers. Everything will install fine, except in Control
Panel > Multimedia, under tabs Audio and MIDI, everything is grayed out
(under the Devices tab, everything is present as it should be; DirectX
diagnostics reports no sound hardware; device manager says everything is
fine). Now since I can't select the soundcard, sound won't play either.

I have tried reinstalling the drivers in any way I thought was sensible,
installing additional Windows 98SE components and everything the Windows
Help Sound Troubleshooter had to say, but nothing seems to have worked.

Any ideas?

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Are you absolutely certain that the drivers you downloaded are the right
ones?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
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"Jure Sah" <jure.sah@guest.arnes.si> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have had a secodnary computer with Windows 98SE without a soundcard
> when innitially installed.
>
> Now I have decided to put in a soundcard, because I need it to test
> something. I put in an old Genius SoundMaker 3Dx2 allong with freshly
> downloaded WDM drivers. Everything will install fine, except in
> Control Panel > Multimedia, under tabs Audio and MIDI, everything is
> grayed out (under the Devices tab, everything is present as it should
> be; DirectX diagnostics reports no sound hardware; device manager says
> everything is fine). Now since I can't select the soundcard, sound
> won't play either.
>
> I have tried reinstalling the drivers in any way I thought was
> sensible, installing additional Windows 98SE components and everything
> the Windows Help Sound Troubleshooter had to say, but nothing seems to
> have worked.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Model: INFJ
> Primary function: Coprocessor
> Secondary function: Cluster commander
>
> Yes I'm a therian:
> http://www.wikitherian.org
>
> Powered by Deamons(TM).
>
> ...to live your life fast
> and powerfull; and then
> live your life just to keep
> the Deamons at bay.
>

 

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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> Are you absolutely certain that the drivers you downloaded are the right
> ones?

I've verified it with the numbers and letters on both the card and the
chip, not to mention that if I look at a picture of the card from the
manufacturer it looks precisely like the one I have, plug colourings
included (they are somewhat unique).


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Primary function: Coprocessor
Secondary function: Cluster commander

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....to live your life fast
and powerfull; and then
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Well, maybe the card is just bad? Hard to say. But a fresh card with
fresh drivers (assuming they're the right ones)... Can't think of
anything else that you can do other than try again (uninstall completely
and reinstall.) If the results are the same, then it's likely the card
itself.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"Jure Sah" <jure.sah@guest.arnes.si> wrote in message
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> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>> Are you absolutely certain that the drivers you downloaded are the
>> right ones?
>
> I've verified it with the numbers and letters on both the card and the
> chip, not to mention that if I look at a picture of the card from the
> manufacturer it looks precisely like the one I have, plug colourings
> included (they are somewhat unique).
>
>
> --
> Model: INFJ
> Primary function: Coprocessor
> Secondary function: Cluster commander
>
> Yes I'm a therian:
> http://www.wikitherian.org
>
> Powered by Deamons(TM).
>
> ...to live your life fast
> and powerfull; and then
> live your life just to keep
> the Deamons at bay.
>

 

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Here is basically all I know of audio, except you may also look at a
list of audio devices/drivers in Device Manager. If you go that way,
BETTER be sure of what you've got now, so that you may change back to
it. To see what you've got now...

(a) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab, Sound Video & Game
Controllers branch".
(b) D-Clk the devices under it, each in turn, for Properties.
(c) Click the Driver tab, & then click the "Update Driver button".
(d) Bolt "Display a list..", & click "Next".
What shows up in the "Models" box?
(e) Finally, bolt "Show all hardware".
What is lit up in both the left & right panes?

That is what is currently installed & active. If you choose others from
the left/right panes (& click "Next"), it will constitute an uninstall
of the old & an install of the new. Well, here is all I know...

With the computer off, un/re-plug all audio wires.

Well, try "START, Run, CDPLAYER". It is simpler than, for instance, WMP.
If you get sound there, then it's a setting in WMP, or whatever, at
fault.

(1) Is the sound muted? D-Clk the speaker icon in the Tray to see. If no
speaker is there, then "START button, Settings, Control Panel,
Multimedia", & check the box for it at bottom.

(2) "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup tab, Multimedia,
Volume Control". If it is shown as installed (checked), then uncheck it,
OK your way out, & even perhaps reboot. Then, do it all again, but this
time CHECK it.

(3) In my case, the volume control appears to be part of my audio
drivers...

When I do the following procedure, I am asked to supply drivers during
boot. I bypass the request, & end up with none. Then, I run an .exe
downloaded from Compaq, which puts them back in. Or, I go to a folder &
click a Setup.exe in there, when I want the older drivers.

The point is-- YOU may have to do it that way too. So, prepare.

(a) Boot to Safe Mode. (Enable Startup Menu at "START, Run, MSConfig,
Advanced button.)
(b) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab".
(c) Open the "Sound, video & game controllers" branch, & delete all
devices under it. This is meant to eliminate "ghosts" of drivers past,
which are invisible in Normal Mode.
(d) Reboot to Normal Mode.
(e) Install your Sound Drivers, if they haven't automatically been
detected.

(4) If you are sure of Audio drivers you may have downloaded, that you
do have a method to reinstall them, then consider...

(a) "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Install/Uninstall tab"
(b) If your Audio driver is mentioned there, uninstall it before
installing the new.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Jure Sah" <jure.sah@guest.arnes.si> wrote in message
news:FreHe.851$cE1.153503@news.siol.net...
| Gary S. Terhune wrote:
| > Are you absolutely certain that the drivers you downloaded are the
right
| > ones?
|
| I've verified it with the numbers and letters on both the card and the
| chip, not to mention that if I look at a picture of the card from the
| manufacturer it looks precisely like the one I have, plug colourings
| included (they are somewhat unique).
|
|
| --
| Model: INFJ
| Primary function: Coprocessor
| Secondary function: Cluster commander
|
| Yes I'm a therian:
| http://www.wikitherian.org
|
| Powered by Deamons(TM).
|
| ...to live your life fast
| and powerfull; and then
| live your life just to keep
| the Deamons at bay.
|