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No Sound after upgrading to XP SP2
I too have an issue with my SoundBlaster Live Driver after upgrading to XP
from ME. Driver shows installed and I have installed the latest SoundBlaster updates. Tried unistalling, reinstalling, removing Driver, adding Driver, everything, but absolutely NO Sound. I have seen lots of threads on other sites about this same issue. Only known fix found is to go into MSDOS and modify the SWENUM.SYS and SWENUM.INF files. There has got to be a better way! "wabe7" wrote: Just what you want to hear after spending many hours and money trying to fix an annoying problem :-( "Doug Kanter" wrote: Although rare, it's entirely possible that you may not be worthy of having sound come out of your computer. :-) Sorry....I couldn't help it. |
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No Sound after upgrading to XP SP2
I have a SoundBlaster Audigy and it works in XP Pro. SP2. The sound issue
is problematic and yes I too have had my share of sound problems from time to time with Creative cards. Hopefully, Creative can help you solve the problem. Have you tried calling them? I have on another issue and was pleased with their support over the telephone. Mind you this was for a 98SE hotfix that one Microsoft tech. insisted I call Creative and have a conference call with them. It turns out that I just needed to call back Microsoft and have another tech. give me the hotfix. "doncat01" wrote in message ... I too have an issue with my SoundBlaster Live Driver after upgrading to XP from ME. Driver shows installed and I have installed the latest SoundBlaster updates. Tried unistalling, reinstalling, removing Driver, adding Driver, everything, but absolutely NO Sound. I have seen lots of threads on other sites about this same issue. Only known fix found is to go into MSDOS and modify the SWENUM.SYS and SWENUM.INF files. There has got to be a better way! "wabe7" wrote: Just what you want to hear after spending many hours and money trying to fix an annoying problem :-( "Doug Kanter" wrote: Although rare, it's entirely possible that you may not be worthy of having sound come out of your computer. :-) Sorry....I couldn't help it. |
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No Sound after upgrading to XP SP2
Unfortunately the card is not under warranty. I have checked their Web
Support and downloaded the latest updates, but no change. "Dan" wrote: I have a SoundBlaster Audigy and it works in XP Pro. SP2. The sound issue is problematic and yes I too have had my share of sound problems from time to time with Creative cards. Hopefully, Creative can help you solve the problem. Have you tried calling them? I have on another issue and was pleased with their support over the telephone. Mind you this was for a 98SE hotfix that one Microsoft tech. insisted I call Creative and have a conference call with them. It turns out that I just needed to call back Microsoft and have another tech. give me the hotfix. "doncat01" wrote in message ... I too have an issue with my SoundBlaster Live Driver after upgrading to XP from ME. Driver shows installed and I have installed the latest SoundBlaster updates. Tried unistalling, reinstalling, removing Driver, adding Driver, everything, but absolutely NO Sound. I have seen lots of threads on other sites about this same issue. Only known fix found is to go into MSDOS and modify the SWENUM.SYS and SWENUM.INF files. There has got to be a better way! "wabe7" wrote: Just what you want to hear after spending many hours and money trying to fix an annoying problem :-( "Doug Kanter" wrote: Although rare, it's entirely possible that you may not be worthy of having sound come out of your computer. :-) Sorry....I couldn't help it. |
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No Sound after upgrading to XP SP2
doncat01 wrote:
Unfortunately the card is not under warranty. I have checked their Web Support and downloaded the latest updates, but no change. "doncat01" wrote in message ... I too have an issue with my SoundBlaster Live Driver after upgrading to XP from ME. Driver shows installed and I have installed the latest SoundBlaster updates. Tried unistalling, reinstalling, removing Driver, adding Driver, everything, but absolutely NO Sound. I have seen lots of threads on other sites about this same issue. Only known fix found is to go into MSDOS and modify the SWENUM.SYS and SWENUM.INF files. There has got to be a better way! You may need to do a clean install. |
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No Sound after upgrading to XP SP2
BTW, don't expect to get compatibility with old games with XP. In my
opinion, XP is quite limited in this respect and that is why I dual-boot with 98SE and XP Pro. Also, the interface in XP seems almost toyish unlike the interface that 98SE has where I can actually manipulate my computer more easily. However, I am beginning to like XP more as I use it more but I still will miss 98SE when support ends on 30 June 2006. "doncat01" wrote in message ... I too have an issue with my SoundBlaster Live Driver after upgrading to XP from ME. Driver shows installed and I have installed the latest SoundBlaster updates. Tried unistalling, reinstalling, removing Driver, adding Driver, everything, but absolutely NO Sound. I have seen lots of threads on other sites about this same issue. Only known fix found is to go into MSDOS and modify the SWENUM.SYS and SWENUM.INF files. There has got to be a better way! "wabe7" wrote: Just what you want to hear after spending many hours and money trying to fix an annoying problem :-( "Doug Kanter" wrote: Although rare, it's entirely possible that you may not be worthy of having sound come out of your computer. :-) Sorry....I couldn't help it. |
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No Sound after upgrading to XP SP2
Not sure exactly which Uninstall/Reinstall corrected the problem, but my
sound is now working again. One note, ensure you have the correct settings for your sound for Digital/Analog. Mine was set to Digital and at some point during all the uninstalls, installs and updates, I set it to Analog. When I set it back to Digital, the sound began working. "Dan" wrote: BTW, don't expect to get compatibility with old games with XP. In my opinion, XP is quite limited in this respect and that is why I dual-boot with 98SE and XP Pro. Also, the interface in XP seems almost toyish unlike the interface that 98SE has where I can actually manipulate my computer more easily. However, I am beginning to like XP more as I use it more but I still will miss 98SE when support ends on 30 June 2006. "doncat01" wrote in message ... I too have an issue with my SoundBlaster Live Driver after upgrading to XP from ME. Driver shows installed and I have installed the latest SoundBlaster updates. Tried unistalling, reinstalling, removing Driver, adding Driver, everything, but absolutely NO Sound. I have seen lots of threads on other sites about this same issue. Only known fix found is to go into MSDOS and modify the SWENUM.SYS and SWENUM.INF files. There has got to be a better way! "wabe7" wrote: Just what you want to hear after spending many hours and money trying to fix an annoying problem :-( "Doug Kanter" wrote: Although rare, it's entirely possible that you may not be worthy of having sound come out of your computer. :-) Sorry....I couldn't help it. |
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No Sound after upgrading to XP SP2
Yeah, digital mode is my setting.
"doncat01" wrote in message ... Not sure exactly which Uninstall/Reinstall corrected the problem, but my sound is now working again. One note, ensure you have the correct settings for your sound for Digital/Analog. Mine was set to Digital and at some point during all the uninstalls, installs and updates, I set it to Analog. When I set it back to Digital, the sound began working. "Dan" wrote: BTW, don't expect to get compatibility with old games with XP. In my opinion, XP is quite limited in this respect and that is why I dual-boot with 98SE and XP Pro. Also, the interface in XP seems almost toyish unlike the interface that 98SE has where I can actually manipulate my computer more easily. However, I am beginning to like XP more as I use it more but I still will miss 98SE when support ends on 30 June 2006. "doncat01" wrote in message ... I too have an issue with my SoundBlaster Live Driver after upgrading to XP from ME. Driver shows installed and I have installed the latest SoundBlaster updates. Tried unistalling, reinstalling, removing Driver, adding Driver, everything, but absolutely NO Sound. I have seen lots of threads on other sites about this same issue. Only known fix found is to go into MSDOS and modify the SWENUM.SYS and SWENUM.INF files. There has got to be a better way! "wabe7" wrote: Just what you want to hear after spending many hours and money trying to fix an annoying problem :-( "Doug Kanter" wrote: Although rare, it's entirely possible that you may not be worthy of having sound come out of your computer. :-) Sorry....I couldn't help it. |
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