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Trevor_C

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Sound card not recognized by PC
« on: February 25, 2006, 03:57:15 PM »
A week or so ago, I turned on my computer and nothing came up on the monitor. I tried everything I could think of, including a different monitor, and taking the video card out and putting it back in.
After nothing worked, I brought my computer back to where I bought it and they replaced the video card. Everythign on the video end is fine now.
The problem I have now, is that my soundcard is also not being recognized by my computer. I figure that whatever happened to my videocard, has also happened to my soundcard. I've tried everything I can think of (but I'm not a computer expert by any means).
I don't want to bring it into the shop to have the soundcard replaced, as it would take 2 weeks for them to get around to it.
You guys got any ideas? It's not the drivers, I know that much for certain.
If you need any info on my computer, just tell me what you need.

GX1_Man

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Re: Sound card not recognized by PC
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2006, 04:18:49 PM »
Identify the sound card, locate the drivers and install them. Use Everest to find the answer out to what card it is if you don't know:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

What is the computer or motherboard make/model?

Trevor_C

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Re: Sound card not recognized by PC
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2006, 05:29:27 PM »
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000(-L)
Soundcard: Creative SB0090 Audigy Player Suond Card

I uninstalled all the drivers and installed all the newest ones. I still get an error whenever I try to run an audio file stating:
"There is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly".

GX1_Man

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Re: Sound card not recognized by PC
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2006, 05:53:49 PM »
Did you reboot the machine after you installed the driver? What is showing under sound in Device Manager?

Trevor_C

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Re: Sound card not recognized by PC
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2006, 06:04:53 PM »
I've rebooted yes.
There is alot of things under "sound, video and game controllers" in the device manager. I'll list em.

Audio Codecs
Creative Game Port
Creative SB Audigy
Emuzed EvapMaui Device
Legacy Audio Drivers
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Media Control Devices

*the following have a small exclemation mark on the icon*

Microsoft Kernel Audio Splitter
Microsoft Kernel GS Wavetable Synthesizer
Microsoft Kernel System Audio Device
Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer
Microsoft WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver
MUP-401 Compatible MIDI Device

I'm going to assume the exclemation marks are bad.
If it helps, I also cannot access volume control on my PC.

Frankie



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    Re: Sound card not recognized by PC
    « Reply #5 on: February 25, 2006, 07:17:51 PM »
    If i was you id boot up in safe mode and delete all the things under sound in Device Manager.

    Id then take out the soundcard and place it back in the machine and reinstall the drivers.

    Make sure you turn off the onboard sound if you have it.
    « Last Edit: February 25, 2006, 07:19:24 PM by Frankie »