No Sound
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by charlesh
(87 messages posted)
NO SOUND AT ALL!
I need help to trace the problem. It started a few weeks
ago when a couple of apps didn't play back sound (video OK) other apps worked (like
Creative Play Center and other music players). I blamed those couple of apps. But
now no sound at all.
Dell Dimension 8300, Pentium 4 CPU 3.0 GHz, Graphics:
ATI All In Wonder 9600 series,(2) disk drives ( 75 GB for system and apps, 150 GB
for data like graphics or music). Windows XP Home.
I have two sound boards
(PCI) installed: First one is Creative SBLive! Value (WDM), the second M-Audio Delta
Audiophile 2496. I reinstalled the drivers from the orig. CD supplied with the boards
(and worked for a couple or more years). Sound output is connected to a Sony Micro
HIFI (CMT-NE5)
1. Mechanical connections between PC soundboard and HiFi
are OK, microphone plugged in to SBLive! Value "Mic In" works well to sound the
HiFi.
2. Windows XP Device Manager: clicking on either the SB Live! or Audiophile
- General Tab - "This Device works properly". In Resource tab "No Conflict" for either
of them.
3. Device Manager's Troubleshooter no help.
4. I can - in Device
Manager - clicking on the board disable or enable either board separately. Doesn't
make any difference.
5. The only yellow (!) mark in Device Manager is on M-Systems
DiskOnChip 2000 under PCMCIA and flash memory device ("Windows cannot determine the
settings for this device") I have no idea what this is. Probably it has nothing to
do with sound. Anyhow, anything else in Device Manager seems OK.
6. When playing
a wav file in Creative Play Center, Wave SE or others,and watching the M Audio Mixer
(Master Volume Zero db) the Mixer Inputs - Wave out 1/2 Indicator lights up and works.
(M-Audio Control Panel and Monitor Mixer Tab).
7. Oops... The Volume Slider
in Creative Play Center is red "X" ed out (Mute) and I cannot change it. WHY? Does
it sense the absence of soundboards?
7. In M-Audio Mixer Patchbay/Router tab:
Wave out 1/2 button is on and H/W Out S/PDOF Button is on. but in S/PDIF tab: Digital
Input "Not present"
I tried to give as much relevant info as I could.
Probably, there were many other things I tried to no avail.
Please help,
thank you.
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