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  • katzdvd
    Lord of Digital Video
    Lord of Digital Video
    • Feb 2006
    • 2198

    My Sound is not working...

    It seems like one thing after another with this dang pc

    I am working with a fresh install of xp, although this problem also occurred before the reformat;

    I have no sound of any kind - no wave, mp3, even system sounds; it will work sometimes, & sometimes not. I have tried 2 different sets of speakers, they are fine. I have tried switching back & forth between the onboard sound & the pci sound card, makes no difference.

    Previously I was thinking that my son's games were "breaking" it, but now after reformat, they are not installed, so that can't be the problem. Everything looks ok in dev. manager, don't know where else to look.

    I saw a thread on here awhle ago that addressed a similar problem, but I can't locate the link now.

    Help! (again)
  • Chewy
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2003
    • 18971

    #2
    katz,
    we touched on address problems before, the placement of cards in particular slots

    when a sound card and onboard sound are both installed that's an accident waiting to happen

    device manager/view/by connection/irq
    paste this screen
    Attached Files

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    • Dan
      Digital Video Master
      Digital Video Master
      • Dec 2005
      • 1029

      #3
      This was a similar thread with a good link posted by Soup. I hope it works for you!

      Link

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      • katzdvd
        Lord of Digital Video
        Lord of Digital Video
        • Feb 2006
        • 2198

        #4
        Chewy - Looks like the sounds are on different irq's:




        @ Dan - After posting this thread, I search some more & found that link from soup. I ran that pgm. & it did work, at least for now.

        Keeping my fingers crossed...

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        • Chewy
          Super Moderator
          • Nov 2003
          • 18971

          #5
          where's the controller card?

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          • katzdvd
            Lord of Digital Video
            Lord of Digital Video
            • Feb 2006
            • 2198

            #6
            where's the controller card?
            I didn't put it back on the board yet. Since I am up in the air as far as what I am going to do about a gaming pc for my son, I didn't go any farther with this one after reformatting than I needed to.

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            • Chewy
              Super Moderator
              • Nov 2003
              • 18971

              #7
              we it sure isn't causing any conflicts sitting on the table

              do you need 2 sound sources, a friend who dj's does and he has always had issues getting both to work right at the same time

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              • katzdvd
                Lord of Digital Video
                Lord of Digital Video
                • Feb 2006
                • 2198

                #8
                When I disable the realtek audio in dev. manager, I get an error message on boot up. I don't rem. what the error actually said, but when I re-enable the realtek, the error went away.

                I could maybe disable it in the BIOS, that would probably be the way to do it.


                Also, I noticed that my video card is listed under PCI 16. Is that right, since this is an AGP card?

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                • Chewy
                  Super Moderator
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 18971

                  #9
                  I could maybe disable it in the BIOS
                  standard procedure

                  my video card is listed under PCI 16
                  just it's irq number, not to worry

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                  • katzdvd
                    Lord of Digital Video
                    Lord of Digital Video
                    • Feb 2006
                    • 2198

                    #10
                    standard procedure
                    Will do!
                    just it's irq number, not to worry
                    Figured that, just wanted to make sure

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                    • katzdvd
                      Lord of Digital Video
                      Lord of Digital Video
                      • Feb 2006
                      • 2198

                      #11
                      Guess I am a little slow at catching on to things... I finally realized that I am experiencing several problems;

                      * After the pc is powered on for awhile, maybe 3 hrs. or so, I lose my broadband connection.

                      * Also after the pc is powered on for awhile, I am losing all sound (still)

                      I did disable the onboard sound in the BIOS. This is a fresh install of windows, not hardly a week old. Did a thorough scan for viruses, etc., all clean. Did some searching on google & came up with the possibility of a failing CMOS battery.

                      Do these symptoms sound typical of a failing battery? Since I have a clean install on here, I can't think that it is software related. It seems to me that it is maybe the mobo/hardware related.

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                      • Chewy
                        Super Moderator
                        • Nov 2003
                        • 18971

                        #12
                        well a failing cmos battery will lose time, to check turn off the windows update function on the clock

                        another symptom is bios settings will be lost

                        I suspect it's all related to your clean install and that extra sound(the pci card)

                        give some details and history on the computer

                        there's a safe way to reload a computer, it's not that hard but you have to cross every t and dot every i
                        Last edited by Chewy; 29 Jan 2007, 12:31 AM.

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                        • katzdvd
                          Lord of Digital Video
                          Lord of Digital Video
                          • Feb 2006
                          • 2198

                          #13
                          Well,

                          I thought I was onto something here - but I guess not. I was surfing the net with my son's pc earlier, & now it lost the connection too. The ISP says that it is not on their end, so the only thing left on me is the cable modem -

                          After I reboot the pc, I get the connection back. Does that sound like a flakey modem?

                          My PC: It does not lose time.

                          History on the pc; Now that I think back, I have had this sound issue off & on for a long time. Not since the mobo was new, but maybe a year after installing it. It happened with my old soundblaster, with the onboard sound, & now ith the MAYA card that I have installed.

                          When I reformatt, I now remove all cards (except video) .
                          Order of install:
                          1. Win XP
                          2. SP2 disc
                          3. Add 1 card at a time & drivers
                          4. Security Software (Firewall, Virus scan)
                          5. Rip/Burn/Audio (etc) programs

                          That is pretty much it. Win XP installed perfectly this last time, no hitches at all. Since the sound issue has been present off & on for such a long time, that is what is leading me to look at the mobo, as that is really the only original part in the system.

                          A reboot fixes it. It doesn't seem to matter what sound card I use, they all exhibit the same behaviour.

                          I know it is not the speakers.

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                          • Chewy
                            Super Moderator
                            • Nov 2003
                            • 18971

                            #14
                            use everest and post the overclock report and let's look at your drivers

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                            • katzdvd
                              Lord of Digital Video
                              Lord of Digital Video
                              • Feb 2006
                              • 2198

                              #15
                              Chewy - I think this is what you are looking for. If not, direct me
                              Attached Files

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