Keep getting Error Code 10, cannot start device

Acyd187 · #1 May 29th, 2005, 06:15 PM

Alright first off, I'm running an Abit AN8 Fatal1ty board with an AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Processor, Ive got four 512 MB Corsair RAM strips (the C25 model), My video card is a EVGA Nvidia 6800 GT PCI Express, and my power supply is a Rosewill 550W. Now all of that runs great but the sound card that came with it only plays the left channel of sound so when I tried to install my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum it says it cannot start device and gives me the error Code 10 under the performance. It also did this when putting in my D-Link Wireless Extreme G Network Card... What could it be?

**Murf** · #2 May 29th, 2005, 06:20 PM

Did you disable on-board sound in your BIOS (SETUP) and remove the drivers before installing the sound card?Go into device manager and remove all entries for Sound, reboot the wizard should then reinstall the drivers.

Acyd187 · #3 May 30th, 2005, 12:11 AM

That was the first thing I tried... but its not just the sound card, it was also my wireless adapter...

Acyd187 · #4 May 30th, 2005, 12:14 AM

And plus, my motherboard doesn't have on board sound, it came with a card I had to install from RealTek, I've tried uninstalling it and swapping in for my Audigy but it wont work...

Acyd187 · #5 May 30th, 2005, 06:45 PM

Bump

**Spider** · #6 May 30th, 2005, 08:11 PM

Try leaving a free PCI slot between the wireless card and the sound card.
They are most likely having probs sharing the same IRQ number.

or...

Leave the wireless out (remove the drivers for it first) and try installing the Sound Blaster Audigy to verify it's an IRQ sharing problem.

Acyd187 · #7 May 31st, 2005, 12:17 AM

I've already tried running them seperate and it wont work, same error code and same message each time. I can't run them on seperate IRQs due to the fact that my video card covers the top PCI slot as well as filling its PCI Express Slot.

**Spider** · #8 May 31st, 2005, 08:23 AM

If you boot into Safe Mode and then open Device Manager you can remove all errored and ghosted (doubled) drivers. Then reboot and reload all drivers.

Acyd187 · #9 May 31st, 2005, 09:13 PM

I have no errored or ghosted drivers...

**Spider** · #10 May 31st, 2005, 09:42 PM

Since you have that 64bit CPU...are you running the 32bit Windows XP Pro or the 64bit Windows XP?

Boot to the O/S CD Recovery Console and use chkdsk /r

Acyd187 · #11 June 4th, 2005, 07:00 AM

64 bit...

**Spider** · #12 June 5th, 2005, 01:00 AM

With 64bit motherboards I suggest you flash the BIOS as soon as the manufacturer
releases BIOS updates. I see one for Released Date: 2005-05-17 for BIOS
and in the "Drivers" section they have a Released Date:2005-03-24
for AMD Athlon 64 Processor driver (Windows XP) .

Driver updates for Abit AN8 motherboard
BIOS update for Abit AN8 motherboard

Acyd187 · #13 June 5th, 2005, 05:47 PM

I already updated to all of that last week. And still getting the errors,

**Spider** · #14 June 5th, 2005, 06:41 PM

Your most likely having a conflict with the D-Link and the Video card arguing over
who gets the IRQ. You are looking at a compatibility problem so the wireless is
a cheaper card to replace, I'd try another brand name of wireless ether card.
Netgear?

The thing is with 64bit "you" get to be the guinea pig while they figure the rest out.

You can contact Abit about this and tell them if you can't get it to work with your
existing hardware then you'll be looking for a refund. I'd go Gigabyte 64bit or Asus 64bit.

Cornholio_666 · #15 June 5th, 2005, 07:47 PM

abit will probably tell you that you need a new motherboard. i had a similar problem with my built in ethernet card, i cleared the cmos using the jumpers on the motherboard and now it works.
heres the thread http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...ad.php?t=77584