Sounblaster Recognition

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5 total messages Started by Andrew Dodds Sat, 17 Nov 2001 18:22

#80

Author: Andrew Dodds
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 18:22

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I am helping a friend upgrade his system, which now consists of:
AMD Duron 900
Gigabyte GA7-DXR BIOS F6, AMD chipset.
256MB DDR RAM
Voodoo3 3000 16MB video
SB Live Value
300w ATX power
Sony CD-RW
Toshiba DVD
Windows ME

I cannot get the system to utilise the soundcard, Wiindows recognises it and
loads the software yet on rebooting the computer has no sound.  There is no
volume icon in the tray and in the Sounds and Multimedia section in Control
Panel there is no recording or playback device listed.  In System properties
all devices are listed as working properly, no exclamation marks whatsoever.
I have tried re-installing, the card, it used IRQ5 then IRQ11 but the result
was the same.  I then tried using the onboard Creative sound and again there
was nothing.  I am completely baffled.

Any advice appreciated

Andy Dodds

Re: Sounblaster Recognition

#81

Author: StANTo
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 18:43

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disable the on-board soundcard in either the bios or on the motherboard
(preferable) or in device manager.

it sounds like the computer's reverting to the onboard soundcard and
ignoring the new one.

"Andrew Dodds" <andydodds@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:9t6a4v$ego$1@uranium.btinternet.com...
> I am helping a friend upgrade his system, which now consists of:
> AMD Duron 900
> Gigabyte GA7-DXR BIOS F6, AMD chipset.
> 256MB DDR RAM
> Voodoo3 3000 16MB video
> SB Live Value
> 300w ATX power
> Sony CD-RW
> Toshiba DVD
> Windows ME
>
> I cannot get the system to utilise the soundcard, Wiindows recognises it
and
> loads the software yet on rebooting the computer has no sound.  There is
no
> volume icon in the tray and in the Sounds and Multimedia section in
Control
> Panel there is no recording or playback device listed.  In System
properties
> all devices are listed as working properly, no exclamation marks
whatsoever.
> I have tried re-installing, the card, it used IRQ5 then IRQ11 but the
result
> was the same.  I then tried using the onboard Creative sound and again
there
> was nothing.  I am completely baffled.
>
> Any advice appreciated
>
> Andy Dodds
>
>

Re: Sounblaster Recognition

#82

Author: Hari Seldon
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 19:16

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As I recall correctly... This motherboard doesn't have a jumper to disable
the onboard sound. Be damn sure you disable the various sound settings in
the Bios (legacy, game port, etc. etc.)

"StANTo" <vixk_98@{Damn_Spam}yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:QcyJ7.4916$9Q4.655594@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com...
> disable the on-board soundcard in either the bios or on the motherboard
> (preferable) or in device manager.
>
> it sounds like the computer's reverting to the onboard soundcard and
> ignoring the new one.
>
> "Andrew Dodds" <andydodds@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:9t6a4v$ego$1@uranium.btinternet.com...
> > I am helping a friend upgrade his system, which now consists of:
> > AMD Duron 900
> > Gigabyte GA7-DXR BIOS F6, AMD chipset.
> > 256MB DDR RAM
> > Voodoo3 3000 16MB video
> > SB Live Value
> > 300w ATX power
> > Sony CD-RW
> > Toshiba DVD
> > Windows ME
> >
> > I cannot get the system to utilise the soundcard, Wiindows recognises it
> and
> > loads the software yet on rebooting the computer has no sound.  There is
> no
> > volume icon in the tray and in the Sounds and Multimedia section in
> Control
> > Panel there is no recording or playback device listed.  In System
> properties
> > all devices are listed as working properly, no exclamation marks
> whatsoever.
> > I have tried re-installing, the card, it used IRQ5 then IRQ11 but the
> result
> > was the same.  I then tried using the onboard Creative sound and again
> there
> > was nothing.  I am completely baffled.
> >
> > Any advice appreciated
> >
> > Andy Dodds
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Sounblaster Recognition

#83

Author: Dave Beaudoin
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 15:52

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Open the creative mixer and then right above the main volume control you
will see a red
plus sign. Click on it and make sure that the digital output is not checked.
If it is this is why
you have no sound.

Should fix the problem.

If not go to the control panel/multimedia/and put and check the mixer
settings in there to make
sure that everything is turned on.


"Andrew Dodds" <andydodds@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:9t6a4v$ego$1@uranium.btinternet.com...
> I am helping a friend upgrade his system, which now consists of:
> AMD Duron 900
> Gigabyte GA7-DXR BIOS F6, AMD chipset.
> 256MB DDR RAM
> Voodoo3 3000 16MB video
> SB Live Value
> 300w ATX power
> Sony CD-RW
> Toshiba DVD
> Windows ME
>
> I cannot get the system to utilise the soundcard, Wiindows recognises it
and
> loads the software yet on rebooting the computer has no sound.  There is
no
> volume icon in the tray and in the Sounds and Multimedia section in
Control
> Panel there is no recording or playback device listed.  In System
properties
> all devices are listed as working properly, no exclamation marks
whatsoever.
> I have tried re-installing, the card, it used IRQ5 then IRQ11 but the
result
> was the same.  I then tried using the onboard Creative sound and again
there
> was nothing.  I am completely baffled.
>
> Any advice appreciated
>
> Andy Dodds
>
>

Re: Sounblaster Recognition

#84

Author: Andrew Dodds
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 16:25

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This is what I thought but all bios settings are disabled for sound.  I
can't even get the onboard sound to work and I have a GA7-ZX myself so i've
done this before.  I'm wondering if a startup file is disabling
Soundblaster, but why does it appear Ok in Device Manager.

Andy Dodds
"Hari Seldon" <joeperd.hermans@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
news:9t6cvi$mk5$1@scavenger.euro.net...
> As I recall correctly... This motherboard doesn't have a jumper to disable
> the onboard sound. Be damn sure you disable the various sound settings in
> the Bios (legacy, game port, etc. etc.)
>
> "StANTo" <vixk_98@{Damn_Spam}yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:QcyJ7.4916$9Q4.655594@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com...
> > disable the on-board soundcard in either the bios or on the motherboard
> > (preferable) or in device manager.
> >
> > it sounds like the computer's reverting to the onboard soundcard and
> > ignoring the new one.
> >
> > "Andrew Dodds" <andydodds@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> > news:9t6a4v$ego$1@uranium.btinternet.com...
> > > I am helping a friend upgrade his system, which now consists of:
> > > AMD Duron 900
> > > Gigabyte GA7-DXR BIOS F6, AMD chipset.
> > > 256MB DDR RAM
> > > Voodoo3 3000 16MB video
> > > SB Live Value
> > > 300w ATX power
> > > Sony CD-RW
> > > Toshiba DVD
> > > Windows ME
> > >
> > > I cannot get the system to utilise the soundcard, Wiindows recognises
it
> > and
> > > loads the software yet on rebooting the computer has no sound.  There
is
> > no
> > > volume icon in the tray and in the Sounds and Multimedia section in
> > Control
> > > Panel there is no recording or playback device listed.  In System
> > properties
> > > all devices are listed as working properly, no exclamation marks
> > whatsoever.
> > > I have tried re-installing, the card, it used IRQ5 then IRQ11 but the
> > result
> > > was the same.  I then tried using the onboard Creative sound and again
> > there
> > > was nothing.  I am completely baffled.
> > >
> > > Any advice appreciated
> > >
> > > Andy Dodds
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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