Missing Sound

[Nickersfog]

Hi there,

For about a week now, my sound has been acting weird: it has missing in alot fo areas. For example, when I try to listen to music in winamp, no sound, I have to do it in WMP. Also, when I boot my computer, the usual 'music' isn,t there anymore. In ALL the games that I play, the sound is missing in about 80% of the areas. (I played those games for a long time and know what these sounds where and when they occured, they just  don't anymore. That also apply to music in different games.) I tried with my sister's speakers and with headphones but it is the same result. I wondered if you guys had any idea what would be causing this problem.

Thx,

Nick!

[pcdoc4christ]

Nickers:

The drivers for your computer's sound card or controller might be corrupted, or there might be some kind of resource conflict between the sound or controller and another expansion card.

Did you install any new hardware or software just before the problem began?

Have you checked Device Manager to see if Windows reports any problems with drivers, or error code numbers, or resource conflicts?

Have you tried the to open DXDiag and run the sound tests?

Do you need help trying any of these suggestions?   8-)

Let us know,
Doc

[Nickersfog]

Thx for the quick response Doc

I did try device manager and it says all devices run as it should. I see no icon indicating a conflict. So I guess that's not it.

I did not install hardware recently. As for the software, I constanstly add and reemove things so I couldn't say (In part because I have such a bad memory )

As for DXDIAG, I just tried running the sound test. When they ask if I heard anything, No. I guess a sound is supposed to be playing but I don't hear anything.

thx,

Nick!

[Nickersfog]

bump.

PLease get rid of that spammer

[Nickersfog]

anyone...  

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Uninstall any associated software for the card. Open device manager and uninstall the card and all associated devices. Reboot and Windows will find and reinstall it (You may need to reinstall any extra software that came with it).
Now test your affected programs.

If that doesn't work, you'll need to enter the preferences section of each affected program and see what sound device it's trying to use. If the device selection is correct, then are any erroneous paramaters selected?