Hi everyone.
I just signed up and this is my first post here. I hope you can help me out with my sound card problem.
I am having the SAME problem with my sound card as this post: www.tomshardware.com/forum/37581-45-sound-driver-enabled-started The EXACT same issue with the drivers saying they are installed but not started.
I was going to apply the recommended change to the BOOT.INI, but I am hesitant. I have never messed with the BOOT.INI before and I don't want anything to happen to my boot by removing something.
Here is what my BOOT.INI says:
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
Now, would there be any problems by removing the /fastdetect switch?
After removal, should the line look like this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /usepmtimer
I don't want to screw the BOOT.INI up. I will probably back up the file just in case.
I'm not even sure if this will fix the problem, but it is worth a try. Right?
Thanks for your help.
Scott
P.S.
Last week I posted this question on two other computer forum sites. A week later and still NO ONE has replied. That's why I signed up here.
I just signed up and this is my first post here. I hope you can help me out with my sound card problem.
I am having the SAME problem with my sound card as this post: www.tomshardware.com/forum/37581-45-sound-driver-enabled-started The EXACT same issue with the drivers saying they are installed but not started.
I was going to apply the recommended change to the BOOT.INI, but I am hesitant. I have never messed with the BOOT.INI before and I don't want anything to happen to my boot by removing something.
Here is what my BOOT.INI says:
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
Now, would there be any problems by removing the /fastdetect switch?
After removal, should the line look like this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /usepmtimer
I don't want to screw the BOOT.INI up. I will probably back up the file just in case.
I'm not even sure if this will fix the problem, but it is worth a try. Right?
Thanks for your help.
Scott
P.S.
Last week I posted this question on two other computer forum sites. A week later and still NO ONE has replied. That's why I signed up here.