Paying $25 if someone can explain to me by AIM how to get my sound card working!

[etalns]

AIM me: Qosis55.

Payment will be made by paypal. FCFS!

 

[BigJ]

If you post the problem here, we can work this out without you losing any money.

Things you should check:

Make sure soundcard is firmly seated in the slot
Speakers are plugged into the correct jack
There are no driver conflicts in the device manager
Your sound is not muted

 

[Colt45]

plug in card. install drivers. done.

$25, let's go.

 

[Freejack2]

I'll take one guess. The sound card shows as installed but you get no sound and you can't get the mixer to load?

 

[etalns]

The sound card is plugged in and the drivers are installed, but no sound comes out.

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
I'll take one guess. The sound card shows as installed but you get no sound and you can't get the mixer to load?

Correct!

 

[thermalpaste]

you can buy yourself a soundcard for $25.......

 

[thermalpaste]

which souncard is it? are there any device conflicts with the soundcard? Try uninstalling and re-installing the drivers....

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: thermalpaste
which souncard is it? are there any device conflicts with the soundcard? Try uninstalling and re-installing the drivers....

Sound Blaster Audigy. No device conflicts. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling.

 

[Freejack2]

Does the mixer start. Eg, if you go to the control panel and go to Sounds and audio devices, under the volume tab is the volume grayed out or can you raise and lower the volume?

 

[DAWeinG]

Do you have onboard sound?

Edit: In other words onboard sound card or integrated sound card?

 

[thermalpaste]

put it in a different PCI slot and re-install drivers after that.....I had an SB live! 5.1 and I had similiar problems....when i installed it in another slot, it started working....

 

[thermalpaste]

Originally posted by: DAWeinG
Do you have onboard sound?

Edit: In other words onboard sound card or integrated sound card?

why on earth would he use an onboard soundcard when he has an audigy?

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: thermalpaste

Originally posted by: DAWeinG
Do you have onboard sound?

Edit: In other words onboard sound card or integrated sound card?

why on earth would he use an onboard soundcard when he has an audigy?

maybe he needs to turn off onboard sound if he has it.

 

[etalns]

To the person who AIMed me before and I said I'd contact em back once I was done with some paperwork, ecan ya please aim me again. I forgot your AIM name

 

[yhelothar]

Why would you send someone $25 when you can call up creative and have them troubleshoot/rma it for free?

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: thermalpaste

Originally posted by: DAWeinG
Do you have onboard sound?

Edit: In other words onboard sound card or integrated sound card?

why on earth would he use an onboard soundcard when he has an audigy?

maybe he needs to turn off onboard sound if he has it.

Agreed. If you have onboard sound go into your bios settings and turn it off. If that doesn't work, switch PCI slots.

effowe

 

[DAWeinG]

Originally posted by: effowe

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: thermalpaste

Originally posted by: DAWeinG
Do you have onboard sound?

Edit: In other words onboard sound card or integrated sound card?

why on earth would he use an onboard soundcard when he has an audigy?

maybe he needs to turn off onboard sound if he has it.

Agreed. If you have onboard sound go into your bios settings and turn it off. If that doesn't work, switch PCI slots.

effowe

Yup that's the point I was trying to make.

 

[Francodman]

IRQ conflicts?

 

[Injury]

If you are going from onboard sound to a new sound card, you must go to the drivers for the onboard sound in the device manage and disable them and be certain the drivers for the sound card are enabled. Usually, merely disabling the "AC97" audio driver will do it.

It is most likely NOT an IRQ conflict, as he's getting NO sound and not stuttering sounds.

 

[csyberblue]

I know this may sound pretty obvious, but are the speakers plugged into the right port in the back?

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: csyberblue
I know this may sound pretty obvious, but are the speakers plugged into the right port in the back?

and are the speakers power cord plugged in? Always gotta start with the simple stuff first.

 

[aircooled]

I have experience with Audigy2, but have not audigy(1)

 

[MaxDepth]

I would be a dick and say this is the wrong forum, but hey! there's money involved!


Which operating system do you use? Check the device manager in windows 2000 or XP to see if there are device conflicts or to see if the card is even recognized. Soundblaster cards are quite picky. Sometimes it is as easy as putting the card into another slot. If the next to last slot from the end of the mother board is available, use that one. It's been a lucky slot for me.

 

[sniperruff]

well are your speakers plugged in correctly? the correct satellite to the correct port?

or here's a weird problem i have with my sb live...

1) turn off computer and take off the sound card
2) wipe the connectors (the part where you plug into the mobo) with a tissue (i use fingers)
3) pulg in, turn on computer, if it doesn't work, repeat #1

well that's how i get my sb live to work sometimes. i know it's weird but it's good to have some experience from the nintendo era =)