Pranab
December 7th 03, 09:19 PM
http://kxproject.spb.ru/686b.php?language=en
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
> currently I'm running windows xp home edition, I have
>reformatted and reinstalled the windows xp for at least 5
>times now but of no avail, the system can not detect
>Sound Blaster Audigy card (the Gamer edition).
>
> Before I begin, I have a Gigabyte GA-60XET Motherboard
>based on Intel's chipset i815EP, I'm running pentium III
>1.1 GHz processor with 512 SDRAM PCI 133. This
>motherbaord has 6 PCI slots, and one AGP 4x slot.
>
> What happens is as follows:
>
>1. Reformat the harddrive, reinstall windows xp home
>edition.
>
>2. Update motherboard drivers.
>
>3. Install the Audigy card.
>
> Now we come to the interesting part, the windows detects
>the card, in other meaning, "a hardware wizard" window
>appear telling me that a new hardware was detected, and
>they tell its the "multimedia device" then, they ask me
>to supply the drivers cd.
>
> As instructed, I ingnore the message, then I insert the
>Audigy CD, and install the drivers, I usually got
>accustomed, if the card is installed successfuly, to see
>windows during the installation telling me to choose my
>sound system setup and it goes as follows:
>
>1. 2 speakers
>2. 4 speakers
>3. 5.1 speakers
>4 Live!Wire spkears
>5. headphones
> and becasue I have creative 5.1 inspire 5300 speaker
>system I choose the 5.1, but this time I was presented
>with all the choices except the 5.1 choice, I thought it
>might be an ordinary thing since I've never installed the
>card in a "barenaked" system, a windows system without
>any third party software or updates, by the way I came up
>with this expression.
>
> Anyway, The drivers installe fine, but when I look
>inside the hardware device manager, I find the
>following "thing" under the network adapters
>"IEEE 1394 network adapter" item a black exclamation mark
>in a yellow circle.
>
> when I double clicked this Item, and read the device
>status section, I found a "code 10 message, device could
>not start". What happens after that is repeated history.
>
> First of all you don't hear any sound or may be a faint
>sound coming from the emulator or EMuk10 that has placed
>the Audigy sound card in the sound preference under the
>control panel, and when I try to use the mixer settings,
>nothign happens or the mixer settings never shows up, or
>the taskbar itself disappears, and I if tried to apply
>the new driver updates, I get a message telling me that
>my sound card is not installed properly, and I need to
>reinstall it.
>
> I have already tried everyting, I have moved the card to
>each and everyone of the 6 PCI slots and coupled that
>with a reformat and reinstall of my windows xp home
>edition with each placement of the card. I have done this
>after hours and hours of backing up my system.
>
> I have updated the bios, and still the problem exists,
>I'm sure the card is fine.
>
> Is there anyone who can help me with this problem
>
>P.S. the card is fine I'm sure, but I don't know if its a
>problem with the bios or something else I don't really
>know.
>
>Regards
>Ashraf Mohammed
>
>
>
>.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
> currently I'm running windows xp home edition, I have
>reformatted and reinstalled the windows xp for at least 5
>times now but of no avail, the system can not detect
>Sound Blaster Audigy card (the Gamer edition).
>
> Before I begin, I have a Gigabyte GA-60XET Motherboard
>based on Intel's chipset i815EP, I'm running pentium III
>1.1 GHz processor with 512 SDRAM PCI 133. This
>motherbaord has 6 PCI slots, and one AGP 4x slot.
>
> What happens is as follows:
>
>1. Reformat the harddrive, reinstall windows xp home
>edition.
>
>2. Update motherboard drivers.
>
>3. Install the Audigy card.
>
> Now we come to the interesting part, the windows detects
>the card, in other meaning, "a hardware wizard" window
>appear telling me that a new hardware was detected, and
>they tell its the "multimedia device" then, they ask me
>to supply the drivers cd.
>
> As instructed, I ingnore the message, then I insert the
>Audigy CD, and install the drivers, I usually got
>accustomed, if the card is installed successfuly, to see
>windows during the installation telling me to choose my
>sound system setup and it goes as follows:
>
>1. 2 speakers
>2. 4 speakers
>3. 5.1 speakers
>4 Live!Wire spkears
>5. headphones
> and becasue I have creative 5.1 inspire 5300 speaker
>system I choose the 5.1, but this time I was presented
>with all the choices except the 5.1 choice, I thought it
>might be an ordinary thing since I've never installed the
>card in a "barenaked" system, a windows system without
>any third party software or updates, by the way I came up
>with this expression.
>
> Anyway, The drivers installe fine, but when I look
>inside the hardware device manager, I find the
>following "thing" under the network adapters
>"IEEE 1394 network adapter" item a black exclamation mark
>in a yellow circle.
>
> when I double clicked this Item, and read the device
>status section, I found a "code 10 message, device could
>not start". What happens after that is repeated history.
>
> First of all you don't hear any sound or may be a faint
>sound coming from the emulator or EMuk10 that has placed
>the Audigy sound card in the sound preference under the
>control panel, and when I try to use the mixer settings,
>nothign happens or the mixer settings never shows up, or
>the taskbar itself disappears, and I if tried to apply
>the new driver updates, I get a message telling me that
>my sound card is not installed properly, and I need to
>reinstall it.
>
> I have already tried everyting, I have moved the card to
>each and everyone of the 6 PCI slots and coupled that
>with a reformat and reinstall of my windows xp home
>edition with each placement of the card. I have done this
>after hours and hours of backing up my system.
>
> I have updated the bios, and still the problem exists,
>I'm sure the card is fine.
>
> Is there anyone who can help me with this problem
>
>P.S. the card is fine I'm sure, but I don't know if its a
>problem with the bios or something else I don't really
>know.
>
>Regards
>Ashraf Mohammed
>
>
>
>.
>