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Kwonger   02-16-2003 at 11:39:18 PM

Everytime I logoff (including shutdown and reboot), XP seems to forget to change my speaker settings. I have my sound set on 5.1 surround, but it'll go back to a 2 speaker setup.

Can anyone help me?

Intel Pentium 4 2.4B GHz
Asus P4S8X Gold
Samsung 256MB DDR333
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60GB D740X
Linksys WMP11 Wireless LAN
3dfx Voodoo3 3000 PCI 16MB (Badly needing upgrading)
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SoundBlaster Audigy
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rubikian   02-17-2003 at 06:36:56 AM
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Is it one of your game or application that changes the speaker setting instead of your OS. Probably that one of your application changes it then when you return to windows, it remain changed. I remember that the game sacrifice changed my speaker setting everytime I run that game. Maybe you want to check it...

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Kwonger   02-17-2003 at 09:35:05 PM
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Well most likely not because I've tested it on continuous reboots without running any programs in between.

Intel Pentium 4 2.4B GHz
Asus P4S8X Gold
Samsung 256MB DDR333
SoundBlaster Audigy

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rubikian   02-18-2003 at 07:04:01 AM
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Have you try reinsatlling the driver for your Audigy.

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_WW_   02-19-2003 at 12:46:27 PM
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Taking a wild stab here..
I noticed your mobo comes with a sound option, same as mine. I don't have a sound card so I'm not sure how XP handles this, but have you disabled the sound from the mobo and set the Audigy as the default sound option?

....WW

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Kwonger   02-24-2003 at 01:37:20 AM
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Yes I have disabled the onboard sound. I think WinXP is not saving my settings in general. I tend to set my font size for Explorer at "smaller" by going view/text size/smaller. It always reverts back to medium size.

Intel Pentium 4 2.4B GHz
Asus P4S8X Gold
Samsung 256MB DDR333
SoundBlaster Audigy

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Kwonger   02-24-2003 at 01:38:15 AM
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Yes I've tried reinstalling my drivers too.

Intel Pentium 4 2.4B GHz
Asus P4S8X Gold
Samsung 256MB DDR333
SoundBlaster Audigy

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DCB_AU   02-24-2003 at 04:06:33 AM
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The Asus P4S8X is known to cause/have problems.
One of the worst MOBO's around.

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Kwonger   02-27-2003 at 01:49:21 AM
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I'm positive this has nothing to do with the mobo. And actually, the P4S8X is great. The earlier releases had major issues but the new revisions are extremely stable.

Intel Pentium 4 2.4B GHz
Asus P4S8X Gold
Samsung 256MB DDR333
SoundBlaster Audigy

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