Device Manager And Sound Problems. Good Afternoon, I am having audio issues. The problem originally was that everytime I rebooted I would have to reinstall sound card drivers to get the audio working, no big deal. But just one day it decided to not work...

to let the drivers all get installed, I wound up with a clean device manager. The sound card is Creative SoundBlaster Audio PCI (WDM). But no sound. If I go into Sound Properties under Audio there is no device present and everything is greyed out. I went...

error. As for your sound problems my > advice would be to boot to Safe Mode, open the Device Manager, and delete > all entries relating to your sound chip. Then reboot back into Normal > Mode and let Win Me redetect your hardware and reinstall the necessary...

it was the on board (SoundBlaster) chip on its way out. Purchased a sblive 24 bit card and was also advised to disable in the bios. With the card and software installed, check in Start|Settings|Control Panel|System|Device Manager|Sound Video & Game controllers...

that you did. However, still no sound. The problem may be this: In Device Manager when I go to Sound>ATI Function driver>Properties>Audio devices>ATI Function driver>Do not use audio feature on this device, and then go to Realtek high definition audio in Sound...

fix it, including reinstalling the drivers, using the KB835221 hotfix, trying other drivers, disabling ATI external event utility service, etc. I checked the device managers in Sound, Video, and Game Controllers to see what's changed between my old card and...

hardware tab-->device manager-->this is where you would look for sound/audio conflicts (yellow !). yup your right I was looking in the wrong spot but it doesn't matter, device manager-->Sound, Video and game controllers--> Creative SB X-Fi and Realtek High...

the problem down a bit. Is it MIDI or WAV or CD sound or all three, can you record, can you hear through the CD player front-panel connector, what happened when the sound disappeared and can you reverse it, etc. Standard diagnostic procedure is to...

and rechecked Sound Setup tried different settings, it got worse. I restarted the computer, restarted the game -#$%^*&@ NO SOUND? So I checked Device Manager, NO SOUND DEVICE? I tried all the other ways (^, Updated Audigy2 - 98se Drivers, Re-Windows, Re-DrX...

different settings, it got worse. I restarted the computer, restarted the game -#$%^*&@ NO SOUND? So I checked Device Manager, NO SOUND DEVICE? I tried all the other ways (^, Updated Audigy2 - 98se Drivers, Re-Windows, Re-DrX 9b, other WDM Drivers, etc)...