GranSalseron
December 6th 03, 09:03 PM
It sounds as if when you enabled APM it created a conflict
and that old bios might not even report it.
Also, you might try going to the creative site to see if
they have updated winxp drivers for the awe64.
>-----Original Message-----
>I just formatted my hard drive, and shortly after
>reinstalling xp all sounds except midi sounds will
>sometimes play only for a few seconds before stopping,
>and other times not at all. I have a Soundblaster AWE64
>and no hardware conflicts.
>
>It happened right after I enabled APM, and disabling APM
>again didn't fix it, so I used system restore to go back
>to just after xp was finished installing, and that
>worked. But the problem came back, and I can't seem to
>fix it without restoring all the way back to a fresh
>system. Going back to a fresh system every couple days is
>not an option, so any ideas?
>.
>
and that old bios might not even report it.
Also, you might try going to the creative site to see if
they have updated winxp drivers for the awe64.
>-----Original Message-----
>I just formatted my hard drive, and shortly after
>reinstalling xp all sounds except midi sounds will
>sometimes play only for a few seconds before stopping,
>and other times not at all. I have a Soundblaster AWE64
>and no hardware conflicts.
>
>It happened right after I enabled APM, and disabling APM
>again didn't fix it, so I used system restore to go back
>to just after xp was finished installing, and that
>worked. But the problem came back, and I can't seem to
>fix it without restoring all the way back to a fresh
>system. Going back to a fresh system every couple days is
>not an option, so any ideas?
>.
>