sound card installed but no sound =/

-one-_-shot- · 03-05-2008, 10:26 PM

I installed a sound drive that I just bought thats called Sound Blaster Audigy SE whitch is made by Creative. It came with a CD and I installed the drivers and everything and theres no sound =( Ive also tryed reinstalling windows and reinstalling the driver but its not working. My speekers work fine (ive used 2 different ones) My speekers are on. My speekers are turned up. My sound thinie on my computer is turned up. Its not on muite. So do you know whats wrong?!?!?! I also tryed all the jackes. My OS is Windows XP SP2. do you know how to fix this?

INTELCRAZY · 03-06-2008, 01:10 AM

Did you disable onboard sound in BIOS? And restart after the driver install?

-one-_-shot- · 03-06-2008, 03:59 AM

yea I just tryed that and nothing happened =/ any other advice?

cohen · 03-06-2008, 05:43 AM

try a different PCI slot

-one-_-shot- · 03-06-2008, 08:34 PM

tryed that to =/

PunterCam · 03-06-2008, 09:25 PM

I must be something really simple, unless the card is bust.

Have you plugged the cable you're using from the computer into an mp3 player or something to check it?

In device manager are there any exclamation marks over the sound card/drivers?

In control panel/sounds, under the playback tab, is the card selected?

If none of that helps, uninstall the card and download the latest drivers from the Creative site, and install it using them.

If it's still doing nothing, get your hands on another card from a friend/neighbour and try that, and then return the card if they work.

-one-_-shot- · 03-06-2008, 09:57 PM

non of those worked =/ Im gona try and download the drivers from the website and see if it does anything when I install them..

PunterCam · 03-06-2008, 10:50 PM

I dunno if this is true, it's just jumped into my head, but I'm sure I have a vague memory...

Have you tried turning the onboard sound back on in the BIOS, but then select the other card as the one to use in windows? I used to experience wierd problems like this back in the days of the pentium 1&2, it's the sortof thing I'd try, even though it makes no sense!

-one-_-shot- · 03-06-2008, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PunterCam

I dunno if this is true, it's just jumped into my head, but I'm sure I have a vague memory...

Have you tried turning the onboard sound back on in the BIOS, but then select the other card as the one to use in windows? I used to experience wierd problems like this back in the days of the pentium 1&2, it's the sortof thing I'd try, even though it makes no sense!

how do I select witch card to use? is it in BISO?

PunterCam · 03-06-2008, 11:14 PM

I mean simply switch the onboard card back on (there's no need to switch it off really) in BIOS, then in Windows, choose to use the new card. Maybe it'll do something, I dunno! It shouldn't do anything, but I've never found computers to be predictable, maybe the new card will jump into life!

You can swap between them in windows this way as well, and perhaps narrow down the problem.

03-05-2008, 10:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
-one-_-shot- New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	sound card installed but no sound =/ I installed a sound drive that I just bought thats called Sound Blaster Audigy SE whitch is made by Creative. It came with a CD and I installed the drivers and everything and theres no sound =( Ive also tryed reinstalling windows and reinstalling the driver but its not working. My speekers work fine (ive used 2 different ones) My speekers are on. My speekers are turned up. My sound thinie on my computer is turned up. Its not on muite. So do you know whats wrong?!?!?! I also tryed all the jackes. My OS is Windows XP SP2. do you know how to fix this?

03-06-2008, 05:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
cohen Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 14 Posts: 2,092	try a different PCI slot __________________ formerly vk3fcll View My website It has all my computer stuff on it User Name - cf Password - computer NEW!!!! Live Streaming!! My Computer Specs My Computer Pics

03-06-2008, 09:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
PunterCam Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 367	I must be something really simple, unless the card is bust. Have you plugged the cable you're using from the computer into an mp3 player or something to check it? In device manager are there any exclamation marks over the sound card/drivers? In control panel/sounds, under the playback tab, is the card selected? If none of that helps, uninstall the card and download the latest drivers from the Creative site, and install it using them. If it's still doing nothing, get your hands on another card from a friend/neighbour and try that, and then return the card if they work. __________________ 2006 Mac Pro Dual, dual core xeons @ 2.0Ghz each 2Gb Ram (I'm too poor) NVidia Geforce 7300Gt 256mb Onboard Sound - optical out to Logitech Z5500 Digidesign MBox2 output to PMCs 250Gb Drive running both Mac OSX and Windows on seperate partitions, 400Gb Drive for Windows, 400Gb Drive for OSX 24¨ Acer AL2416W (not nearly as bad as you'd think) Various Lacie external drives

03-06-2008, 10:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
PunterCam Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 367	I dunno if this is true, it's just jumped into my head, but I'm sure I have a vague memory... Have you tried turning the onboard sound back on in the BIOS, but then select the other card as the one to use in windows? I used to experience wierd problems like this back in the days of the pentium 1&2, it's the sortof thing I'd try, even though it makes no sense! __________________ 2006 Mac Pro Dual, dual core xeons @ 2.0Ghz each 2Gb Ram (I'm too poor) NVidia Geforce 7300Gt 256mb Onboard Sound - optical out to Logitech Z5500 Digidesign MBox2 output to PMCs 250Gb Drive running both Mac OSX and Windows on seperate partitions, 400Gb Drive for Windows, 400Gb Drive for OSX 24¨ Acer AL2416W (not nearly as bad as you'd think) Various Lacie external drives

03-06-2008, 11:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
PunterCam Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 367	I mean simply switch the onboard card back on (there's no need to switch it off really) in BIOS, then in Windows, choose to use the new card. Maybe it'll do something, I dunno! It shouldn't do anything, but I've never found computers to be predictable, maybe the new card will jump into life! You can swap between them in windows this way as well, and perhaps narrow down the problem. __________________ 2006 Mac Pro Dual, dual core xeons @ 2.0Ghz each 2Gb Ram (I'm too poor) NVidia Geforce 7300Gt 256mb Onboard Sound - optical out to Logitech Z5500 Digidesign MBox2 output to PMCs 250Gb Drive running both Mac OSX and Windows on seperate partitions, 400Gb Drive for Windows, 400Gb Drive for OSX 24¨ Acer AL2416W (not nearly as bad as you'd think) Various Lacie external drives

03-06-2008, 01:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
INTELCRAZY banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,060	Did you disable onboard sound in BIOS? And restart after the driver install?

03-06-2008, 03:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
-one-_-shot- New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	yea I just tryed that and nothing happened =/ any other advice?

03-06-2008, 08:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
-one-_-shot- New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	tryed that to =/

03-06-2008, 09:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
-one-_-shot- New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	non of those worked =/ Im gona try and download the drivers from the website and see if it does anything when I install them..

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