Well... I have sound problems.

Unfortunately you are not providing enough info on your setup... what sound card are you using? If it is a fairly old card just maybe xp is not supporting it... what hardware do you have?

Sound card = Maxi sound muse
Hardware? as in?
If you will... I can be reached on AIM.
Xdragon239X if you are willing to help me... I'd appriciate it.

Sorry I do not use aim... what is your pc? example would be "Dell XPS 450R" etc.

IBM P-3 Processor 800mhz
C-drive = 7.31 gig (6 gig used)
D-drive = 12 gig (1 gig ) used.
256 RAM
uumm.. I cant think of anything else.
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I hope that helped.
Thanx for your help...

While you are in XP right click on the "My Computer" icon and chose properties. From the popup chose the tab that says "Hardware" in the middle of that page you will see a button called "Device Manager" click on it. look at "sound and videogame controllers" and see if there are any errors and what does it say. If you double click the sound card it will give you info.

Then while your still in Device Manager... click on the View menu at the top and chose "Resouces by type" find your sound card... what irq is it assigned and are anyother devices assigned the same irq?

wow... you know what you are doing...
ok.. I have to reboot... I am using 98 right now.. I didnt want to invest toomuch time into XP if it isnt going to work.. brb

ok... better hurry cause its almost my bed time... tell you what I'll give you a few tips here and see if you can run with it. Lets assume that you have a little yellow sign beside your sound card with an ! on it. First thing to do... your XP disk came with a little program that can do a compatibility check, run it and see if it has a problem with your sound card. 2: only do this next step if your comfortable with open heart surgery... One thing that can be a challenge for your Operating System is to manage the resources itself. the problem maybe that you should change the bios setting for this. when your pc is first turned on you have about 5 seconds to enter setup... usually by pressing F2 or Del key... it may say on the screen. Your looking for an option that says plug n play OS ... disable this feature. ( do not touch anything else ) if this option does not exist then don't waste any more time in there. this will allow your bios to manage your IRQ's and it maybe the difference.

Static, might want them to bootup into safe mode and reinstall sound car if it can't be fixed from the User-Administrator account, just a thought.

This device is working properly.

If you are having problems with this device, click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter.

Location: PCI Slot 2 (PCI bus 0, device 15, function 0)
Driver version: 5.12.1.504
Digital Signer: Not digitally signed
I am currently running the windows updates and installing...
I'll inform you of the outcome.
Thanx again for the help.

you should still check for a IRQ conflict... like described above.. also you could delete your card from the Device manager and reboot into safe mode like iPlural suggested. tap F8 while you start up your computer to get the safe mode option... once you reboot reinstall your card drivers... XP does not natively support your sound card from the info that I can find. There are 3rd party drivers out there that are reported to work with xp ... I wonder if the drivers your using were originally for win98? follow this link to more links for XP drivers. http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/companies/442.htm in order to get these driver you have to sign up for a free account with Drivers.com...

That didnt help.
And in the device manager.. there was no yellow background with a ! inside it. It was normal.
I think the issue lies somewhere in the fact that I have the windows XP running from a seperate hard drive.
I installed the new hard drive about 1 hour before the XP.
I then installed the XP onto the newest Hard drive.
Everything else works perfectly fine. Just no sound.
I also searched the "troubleshooter" for the sound card.

checking now

Thanx for that Link. However, I filled out the form. I did it properly.. and it said to check my E-mail for my password.
I dont have an E-mail.
I tried it with two different addresses. Nothing.
I will continue to look for help. THANX!~!

G(O)D)ofChAoS


This may sound really stupid, (and Too simple) but have you checked to see that your volume control in "control panel\sounds and audio devices" is up to an audible level and not muted? Also, check the volume slider on your media players (winamp, win media player and whatever else you use). I have found that sometimes these sliders affect your volume globally. Or, do you have a volume control on your keyboard that is muted? Good luck

crissy I was afraid to ask that
glad someone did though !!!

I sometimes overlook the most obvious (the the most simple) things myself.

Yes, I spent altogether about about 1 hour looking through the "basics" and making sure things were correctly functioing.
Such as the master volume panel, the winamp volume slider, the mute features. I made sure no other programs were in use.
I ran through all of the troubleshooting options in the device manager.
I even reinstalled the drivers for my sound card. I havent uninstalled and reinstalled the ehowle sound card yet. I guess that's my next option.
Thanx for all of your help guys. I am still trying. .