WinXP Blues
December 9th 03, 01:27 PM
Hi,
Check in BIOS to make sure that you have onboard sound
enabled.
Sleepless
>-----Original Message-----
>I just installed XP recently, and now my sound doesn't
>work. The Sound Controller, picked up as "ac'97
>controller" shows it is working fine, but when trying to
>play sound it says that either my sound device is in use,
>isn't working properly, or isn't installed.
>
>I'm using the MS-6330 Microstar K7T motherboard, which has
>built in sound using the VIA chipset. Not sure of model
>offhand, but when trying to use 4-in-1 drivers off the VIA
>website, WinXP device Manager will either lock up when
>updating drivers, or will tell me that the drivers are not
>intended for this platform.
>
>I can remove all drivers, reboot, it picks up and installs
>the sound card, but still can't get any sound to work. Any
>help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Ryan
>.
>
Check in BIOS to make sure that you have onboard sound
enabled.
Sleepless
>-----Original Message-----
>I just installed XP recently, and now my sound doesn't
>work. The Sound Controller, picked up as "ac'97
>controller" shows it is working fine, but when trying to
>play sound it says that either my sound device is in use,
>isn't working properly, or isn't installed.
>
>I'm using the MS-6330 Microstar K7T motherboard, which has
>built in sound using the VIA chipset. Not sure of model
>offhand, but when trying to use 4-in-1 drivers off the VIA
>website, WinXP device Manager will either lock up when
>updating drivers, or will tell me that the drivers are not
>intended for this platform.
>
>I can remove all drivers, reboot, it picks up and installs
>the sound card, but still can't get any sound to work. Any
>help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Ryan
>.
>