Re: Soundblaster Live Detected in XP but says No Audio Devices in control panel

[John Sommer]

Your prob is very unusual, i have a SB Live! 5.1 Digital and it works fine
under XP.

You don't have any onboard sound or other hardware that might be conflicting
under Device Manager?

It might even be a motherboard BIOS issue, in which case you would want to
try a update from the web.

John.

"John" > wrote in message
...
> This a repeat of a cry for help a couple of yerars ago which was not
> solved and have exactly the same problem, can anyone hepl please
>
> I have a strange error and don't know how to solve it.
> I have a SoundBlaster Live 5.1! which is detected correctly by XP.
> In theDevice Manager, no error is reported. However I have no sound
> at all.When I go in the "Sounds and Audio Devices" Control Panel, it
> says "No Audio Device" and all tabs are greyed out.
>
> Any idea how to change this without reinstalling Windows?
>

[F.K.]

It's not that unusual. I have the same problem and it worked before I had
to reinstall XP. What's unusual is there is no mention of it anywhere on
MS' site.

Frank

"John Sommer" > wrote in message
...
> Your prob is very unusual, i have a SB Live! 5.1 Digital and it works fine
> under XP.
>
> You don't have any onboard sound or other hardware that might be
conflicting
> under Device Manager?
>
> It might even be a motherboard BIOS issue, in which case you would want to
> try a update from the web.
>
> John.
>
> "John" > wrote in message
> ...
> > This a repeat of a cry for help a couple of yerars ago which was not
> > solved and have exactly the same problem, can anyone hepl please
> >
> > I have a strange error and don't know how to solve it.
> > I have a SoundBlaster Live 5.1! which is detected correctly by XP.
> > In theDevice Manager, no error is reported. However I have no sound
> > at all.When I go in the "Sounds and Audio Devices" Control Panel, it
> > says "No Audio Device" and all tabs are greyed out.
> >
> > Any idea how to change this without reinstalling Windows?
> >
>
>

[Frank]

John Sommer wrote:
| Your prob is very unusual, i have a SB Live! 5.1 Digital and it works
| fine under XP.
|
| You don't have any onboard sound or other hardware that might be
| conflicting under Device Manager?
|
| It might even be a motherboard BIOS issue, in which case you would
| want to try a update from the web.
|
| John.
|
| "John" > wrote in message
| ...
|| This a repeat of a cry for help a couple of yerars ago which was not
|| solved and have exactly the same problem, can anyone hepl please
||
|| I have a strange error and don't know how to solve it.
|| I have a SoundBlaster Live 5.1! which is detected correctly by XP.
|| In theDevice Manager, no error is reported. However I have no sound
|| at all.When I go in the "Sounds and Audio Devices" Control Panel, it
|| says "No Audio Device" and all tabs are greyed out.
||
|| Any idea how to change this without reinstalling Windows?

For the SBLive 5.1 the drivers must be installed. A CD should
be there for the card.


--
Tampa Bay

[Arnie S]

Are your speakers turned on ?

>-----Original Message-----
>It's not that unusual. I have the same problem and it
worked before I had
>to reinstall XP. What's unusual is there is no mention
of it anywhere on
>MS' site.
>
>Frank
>
>"John Sommer" > wrote in message
...
>> Your prob is very unusual, i have a SB Live! 5.1
Digital and it works fine
>> under XP.
>>
>> You don't have any onboard sound or other hardware
that might be
>conflicting
>> under Device Manager?
>>
>> It might even be a motherboard BIOS issue, in which
case you would want to
>> try a update from the web.
>>
>> John.
>>
>> "John" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > This a repeat of a cry for help a couple of yerars
ago which was not
>> > solved and have exactly the same problem, can anyone
hepl please
>> >
>> > I have a strange error and don't know how to solve
it.
>> > I have a SoundBlaster Live 5.1! which is detected
correctly by XP.
>> > In theDevice Manager, no error is reported. However
I have no sound
>> > at all.When I go in the "Sounds and Audio Devices"
Control Panel, it
>> > says "No Audio Device" and all tabs are greyed out.
>> >
>> > Any idea how to change this without reinstalling
Windows?
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Sept1967]

An easier plan if it works, just move it to another PCI slot. I had one,
detected, but no sound, moved it to another PCI slot, then it worked.

"F.K." > wrote in message
news:DwiYa.63264$zy.29824@fed1read06...
> It's not that unusual. I have the same problem and it worked before I had
> to reinstall XP. What's unusual is there is no mention of it anywhere on
> MS' site.
>
> Frank
>
> "John Sommer" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Your prob is very unusual, i have a SB Live! 5.1 Digital and it works
fine
> > under XP.
> >
> > You don't have any onboard sound or other hardware that might be
> conflicting
> > under Device Manager?
> >
> > It might even be a motherboard BIOS issue, in which case you would want
to
> > try a update from the web.
> >
> > John.
> >
> > "John" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > This a repeat of a cry for help a couple of yerars ago which was not
> > > solved and have exactly the same problem, can anyone hepl please
> > >
> > > I have a strange error and don't know how to solve it.
> > > I have a SoundBlaster Live 5.1! which is detected correctly by XP.
> > > In theDevice Manager, no error is reported. However I have no sound
> > > at all.When I go in the "Sounds and Audio Devices" Control Panel, it
> > > says "No Audio Device" and all tabs are greyed out.
> > >
> > > Any idea how to change this without reinstalling Windows?
> > >
> >
> >
>
>