Hi.. After installing windows XP, i installed the sound drivers for SB Audigy 2. after a few minutes of it working 100%, it then dies completely.. Even my control panel -> Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices -> Sound and Audio Device cannot detect it. The Device manager says it is working perfectly all i can hear is the windows tune and those error messages sound. anyone knows whats the problem is?
Hopefully, after you installed XP, you installed the motherboard (chipset) drivers next right? If not, you'll want to do that. You could also try using a different PCI slot. Uninstall the drivers first, then install the card to the next slot.
is that the nforce 4 chipset? my brother reckons that there is insufficient power going onto my motherboard or i have pci problems... i tried changing pci slots but that didn't do much..
nah... my sound card powers up using the motherboard this user also have the same problem but posted it on http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/hardware-problems/3172-sound-card-problems.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone have anyidea why XP refuses to allow a sound card to work in my system? The original sound card quit a few weeks ago (still have not figured out what event might have caused this) and after some investigation, I concluded it might be a bad card. Bought another, went through the install (XP sees it and then loads drivers) and when I go to Control Panel--Sounds, I still see no audio device, even though in the "Hardware" section, it lists the sound card and reports it's working properly. I've tried everything but hand stands to get these sound cards to work, but it's not working out. Something in the registry (I think) is "getting in the way" of the sound card, but I have no idea what that could be. XP seems to load the drivers successfully, but "Sounds, ..." tabs in Control Panel is greyed out and saying there is no no sound devices. When I check the hardware device tab, I see the CM8738 PCI device and according to XP, the device is working fine. I'm out of ideas why I can't get a sound card to work on my system all of a sudden. Perhaps a problem in the registry? What could I look for? Does XP have any "repair" utilities I might use? Sound card gurus needed Thanks, David --------------------------------------------------------------------- This other guy said install c-media 5.1 but my sound card is a audigy 2
go into your main bios and see if ye pci slots are checked and see if the on board sound is unchecked.. also ye can have a bad mother board..
My onboard sound is disabled and the PCI slots are set to manual instead of automatic. i too think that my motherboard is dead
