my sound is gone ! nooo !

saviiour · #1 June 13th, 2004, 02:12 AM

Ok, I have no clue as to what is going on with my computer lately. But for the past week, my sound hasnt been working at all. I went into the "device manager" to check the device/ settings but it says its working fine. But still no sound.......i installed the drivers.....and it still didnt fix anything........

Anyhelp folks.........

**Murf** · #2 June 13th, 2004, 02:29 AM

1. Check Speaker wires, make sure they are connected.
2. Do the speaker lights come on indicating power?
3. START | SETTINGS | CONTROL PANEL | MULTIMEDIA

Make sure you Sound Card is listed as the one to use for Playback.

saviiour · #3 June 13th, 2004, 03:07 AM

Well it is not the speakers themselves, but their is something wrong either harware wise or some setting has been blown off.

B/c i went into control panel | multimedia. And under my audio tab, everything is greyed out. Meaning that i cant select anything.

**Tweaker** · #4 June 13th, 2004, 04:39 AM

One thing to try is to boot to safe mode and delete any entries to a sound card or sound devices from the Device Manager and then reboot into normal mode and see if Win98 sees the card.

saviiour · #5 June 14th, 2004, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tweaker

One thing to try is to boot to safe mode and delete any entries to a sound card or sound devices from the Device Manager and then reboot into normal mode and see if Win98 sees the card.

never really thought about safe mode !........ going to try that

saviiour · #6 June 14th, 2004, 01:57 AM

ok...i went into safe mode. removed the two objects that i knew what were sound related. but there were bunch of other ones....but i removed the two main devices. restarted the comp in normal mode. it detected teh devices, and it asked me to install the drivers which i did. but now still no sound. and i cant even access my sound control menu from accessories.....

**Tweaker** · #7 June 14th, 2004, 02:54 AM

Ok, have you tried running DxDiag in run box and select the sound tabs and see what it comes up with?

**jtdoom** · #8 June 14th, 2004, 04:23 AM

in safe mode, it is sometimes better to remove all the devices sitting in the related group, for they are oft causing the conflict.
(mind you, the ones in same group )

and, in a group, remove all identical entries when you have multiple entries for same device.

saviiour · #9 June 14th, 2004, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tweaker

Ok, have you tried running DxDiag in run box and select the sound tabs and see what it comes up with?

i went into DxDiag. Than it gave me this illegal operation error. But after it i went into the sound panel. It said their is no sound card listed in here. So i re-installed a new driver from the "creative" website And after restarting still nothing.............. man this comp is stupid grrrrrrrr !

**Tweaker** · #10 June 14th, 2004, 10:21 AM

As jtdoom said you should try removing all identical entries when you have multiple entries for sound device. Is this a on-board sound device?

saviiour · #11 June 15th, 2004, 03:33 PM

ok i will post a screentshot from safemode, because there is a listing of devices in the multimedia section...... B/c i sure dont want to delete something that i dont know. And end up regreting it.

And yes it is on board, if u mean it is connected to my mother board.

**GretaP** · #12 June 15th, 2004, 04:54 PM

If it is onboard sound, you should be installing the drivers from the motherboard manufacturer.

saviiour · #13 June 16th, 2004, 05:48 PM

oh no no. it is not an onboard sound. it is a seperate creative soundblaster card. that goes into one of my slots on my MB.

**Tweaker** · #14 June 16th, 2004, 05:59 PM

Hello again saviiour, are you sure you have the latest and right drivers for your card? Just thought double checking it wouldn't hurt.

saviiour · #15 June 16th, 2004, 07:57 PM

well yeah....i tried running the update driver from my cd. as well i went online to get the drivers from the creative website as well. and still nada.

but here is the screenshot. from safe mode in my multimedia section

http://dropme.topcities.com/screen.gif

just copy n paste that url in the browswer. i think the stupid service doesnt allow hotlinking.