Problem installing b-enspirer

Okay, I fixed it, which leads to another question.

I did the one thing I hadn't thought of before - updating my bios. And upon rebooting, the icon for my audio configuration software suddenly showed up in my system tray. And it worked. I can adjust things now. So I'm happy. (Doesn't take much these days.)

My question - why would this happen? I can understand the card not working at all without a bios update, but software suddenly appearing? And, by the way, out of curiousity, it still says to "plug in the b-enspirer" if I re-run the installation.

chris

Hi,

I did try a different slot. That didn't make any difference (and it was a slot that another card had worked in).

I couldn't find any evidence of IRQ problems, but maybe I was overlooking something, but XP kept saying it was working fine.

And - to complicate the story - once I rebooted the computer, the sound card was once again not recognized by its own software.

In the end - since I was going to be out of the country and running out of time to try to fix it, I returned it as defective, and will try ordering a new one when I get back....

Installed the replacement card, and it works. The installation process still gave me the "please plug in the sound card" message, and I had to uninstall and reinstall it once, but it's finally working...

Thanks for the suggestions