no audio device - how do i make my sound card be the default ?

AFbusta17 · 10-02-2005, 09:39 PM

i went to the dxdiag in run or whatever and i brought up direct x diagnostic tool. i clicked on sound1 tab and it has like the default for my sound and i go to test it and it doesnt work.....so i go to sound 2 tab and it has my creative live! 24 bit or whatever sound card and i go to test that one under the music tab and it WORKS! like i hear a brief clip of music.......so whenever i test that it works. under the music tab it has two descriptions of sound sources or something. one is 'microsoft synthesizer' thats the one that isnt working. and then theres the 'sound blaster live!' that IS working. HOWEVER - under 'default port' it says the 'microsoft synthesizer' is the default because it says 'yes' and the sound blaster live says 'no'. so how do i make sound blaster default?!!!?! i think this will solve my problem after over 14 hours !

How do I make my creative sound card the DEFAULT DEVICE? thats all i need to know...........

diduknowthat · 10-03-2005, 12:35 AM

so you have an onboard sound and a seperate sound card? Try disabeling the onboard soundcard through device manager. And go to control panel, sound and audio devices and then audio and change the things to sound blaster live.

robina_80 · 10-05-2005, 07:04 PM

go into control panel go to sound and audio click the audio tab and select your sound card as default EASY

10-02-2005, 09:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
AFbusta17 New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	no audio device - how do i make my sound card be the default ? i went to the dxdiag in run or whatever and i brought up direct x diagnostic tool. i clicked on sound1 tab and it has like the default for my sound and i go to test it and it doesnt work.....so i go to sound 2 tab and it has my creative live! 24 bit or whatever sound card and i go to test that one under the music tab and it WORKS! like i hear a brief clip of music.......so whenever i test that it works. under the music tab it has two descriptions of sound sources or something. one is 'microsoft synthesizer' thats the one that isnt working. and then theres the 'sound blaster live!' that IS working. HOWEVER - under 'default port' it says the 'microsoft synthesizer' is the default because it says 'yes' and the sound blaster live says 'no'. so how do i make sound blaster default?!!!?! i think this will solve my problem after over 14 hours ! How do I make my creative sound card the DEFAULT DEVICE? thats all i need to know...........

10-03-2005, 12:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 17 Posts: 6,112	so you have an onboard sound and a seperate sound card? Try disabeling the onboard soundcard through device manager. And go to control panel, sound and audio devices and then audio and change the things to sound blaster live. __________________ Silent Tuned \| 3D Marks 06: 11566 Q6600 2.4ghz CPU \| Gigabyte GA-P35 LGA 775 MB EVGA 8800gt 512mb Video Card G.Skill 4GB Ram \| Western Digital 400GB HD X-Fi Xtrememusic Sound Card Antec P180B Case \| Scythe Ninja HSF CM Real Power Pro 650watt PSU

10-05-2005, 07:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
robina_80 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: LONDON Age: 24 Posts: 1,901	go into control panel go to sound and audio click the audio tab and select your sound card as default EASY __________________ Windows Vista Home Pre x32 AMD 4200X2 S939 512K (2.2) 512M ASUS EN7600GSTOP SILENT 1x80Gb 1x320gb SATA2 2Gb Dual Channel PC3200 Non-ECC DDR Memory Gbyte K8N PRO SLi s939 nF4 530W TAGAN 2FORCE T530-U22 Clabs Aud 2 ZS 7.1 OEM

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