Stolen Sound

[SRFlanigan]

A while back on one of my systems I replaced Win 98 with ME. Immediately after loading ME I lost my sound. Deciding I didn’t like ME, and after losing my sound, I did a format and installed Win 2K.

I still don’t have any sound. I am showing no hardware conflicts in Device Manager. However, under sound, the devices are all now listed as “analog device.” When testing these devices, I get the message that they are working normally.

I know my speakers work. The sound card is by Creative. I have attempted to download updated drivers, but this doesn’t help either.

How can loading an OS like ME totally wipe the sound from a system so that it is unrecoverable, (other than getting a new card?)

OH...and yes, I have checked the settings--all are set as they should be.

Any suggestions? Thanks!
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[paulwood]

Assuming the sound card is still working, it may not be being recognised by the OS. Try forcing the correct drivers by updating and using the I have a disk option to point to the driver disk that came with the card, and make sure thay are for the correct OS.

 

[ackka]

you might also try the Desktop Hardware ->PC hardware - Genereal discussion forum or the Windows 95/98 forum

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