Mart
Sat Jul 02 02:52:20 CDT 2005
Menno wrote :-
> it. I spent more time trying to "fix" it than it took me to
> format and reinstall.
The 'T'-shirt's on its way!!
The important thing is that you got there, well done and thanks for the
feedback.
Mart
"Menno Hershberger" <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9686E776EB68Dbutter@daisymae.com...
> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in
> news:#M41YSmfFHA.3460@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
>
>> Mmm... unfortunately I don't have a WinMe box to try, I'm using XP,
>> however, two things that I notice from your screen shots :-
>> 1) The volume control is set as Minimum
>> 2) The "Greyed out" box is 'normal' when 'Windows' is highlighted.
>> What happens if you step onto 'Asterisk'? You *should* be able to play
>> it if you click on the Start arrow.
>>
>> But - Are you SURE that your "Audio for Crystal Sound Fusion (tm) CS
>> 4281 WDM Audio" is the correct WinMe driver?.
>
> Yes.
>
>> Whatever happened to the Creative SoundBlaster Audio PCI (WDM) card,
>> or have I lost the plot? <g>
>
> I wasn't having any luck with it, so I decided to try a different one.
>
>> And did the soundcard work OK before this changeover?
>
> Both soundcards were OK. The Creative card was in the machine to start
> with and worked fine with Windows 98. The Crystal came out of a spare
> computer I have for sale here... it was working fine about three days
> ago.
>
>> My *guess* is that maybe you haven't got the 'correct' driver for your
>> card. Try Crystal's (or Creative's) web pages to confirm that your
>> drivers are the latest WinMe version for your specific card. The fact
>> that drivers have loaded does not mean that they are the 'correct'
>> ones.
>>
>> Or perhaps ... a new, replacement sound card is needed :>((
>
> A replacement installation of ME is what fixed it. Format and clean
> install. ME didn't recognize the Crystal card but I had the drivers for
> it. I spent more time trying to "fix" it than it took me to format and
> reinstall. I cloned the drive before I formatted it and am getting all
> the documents, mail, etc. back off of it.
> Thanks for staying with me through the struggle!
>
> Menno
>
>
>> "Menno Hershberger" <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in message
>> news:Xns968672C4B9EA8butter@daisymae.com...
>>> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in
>>> news:uNBrIrkfFHA.352@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
>>>
>>>> Ah! - So you were trying to 'replace' a faulty(?) HDD with a 'new'
>>>> one with WinMe already pre-installed on it - which probably had a
>>>> different Sound Card and its drivers are still on the disk - along
>>>> with the original registry.
>>>
>>> Close. Actually, it's the old hard drive with ME already installed on
>>> it (from the burnt up computer). I'm putting it in a non burnt up
>>> computer. But it's the same as you describe.
>>>
>>>> Did you do this 'properly'?
>>>
>>> Not quite.
>>>
>>>> Did you "Remove" the drivers in Safe Mode BEFORE you re-installed
>>>> them, or just 'overinstall' them?
>>>
>>> I removed them in normal mode, then installed the new ones.
>>>
>>>> Try the old standby first <g>
>>>>
>>>> Boot into Safe Mode, look for ALL occurrences of Sound Cards
>>>> (including games controllers) and any items with yellow
>>>> exclamation/question marks and "Remove" them ALL in Device Manager.
>>>>
>>>> Shut down and re-boot (cold boot) and WinMe should re-detect your
>>>> sound card and attempt to install the correct drivers.
>>>
>>> I'll try that right now... before I send this... :-)
>>> OK.. there was one listed. Not the one that was in there last. So I
>>> removed
>>> it (in Safe Mode) and shut down. I put the Crystal card back in and
>>> rebooted. It installed the drivers; it's in device manager and
>>> "working properly". But it is still not in Multimedia Audio
>>> properties. In the drivers tab in Sound Properties it is also listed
>>> as "Audio for Crystal Sound Fusion (tm) CS 4281 WDM Audio"
>>> Here's a screen shot of what I'm seeing.
>>>
http://www.mewnlite.com/3screens.gif
>>>
>>>
>>>> All being well you should have your sound back again.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck
>>>>
>>>> Mart
>>>
>>> Thanks, it's beginning to look like I'll need it!
>>>>
>>>> "Menno Hershberger" <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:Xns96865659DE221butter@daisymae.com...
>>>>> Menno Hershberger <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
>>>>> news:Xns96861873E8EA5butter@daisymae.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Menno Hershberger <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
>>>>>> news:Xns9685EEFBE7F61butter@daisymae.com:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just put a hard drive with ME already installed on it in a
>>>>>>> Gateway
>>>>>>> GP7-500. After several reboots to let the drivers all get
>>>>>>> installed, I wound up with a clean device manager. The sound card
>>>>>>> is Creative SoundBlaster Audio PCI (WDM). But no sound. If I go
>>>>>>> into Sound Properties under Audio there is no device present and
>>>>>>> everything is greyed out. I went under the Devices tab and
>>>>>>> confirmed that "Use Audio Features on this Device" was chosen.
>>>>>>> But still no joy. Of course in Device Manager it says "this
>>>>>>> device is working properly".
>>>>>>> I might point out that I put the original drive with Windows
>>>>>>> 98 on back
>>>>>>> in and the sound worked fine.
>>>>>>> I also went to the Gateway site and downloaded the specified
>>>>>>> drivers,
>>>>>>> uninstalled the card (drivers AND physically), put it back in a
>>>>>>> different slot and reinstalled it with the drivers from Gateway.
>>>>>>> Same exact results. Anyone got any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I uninstalled the card, and put in a Crystal 4281 card. I had the
>>>>>> correct drivers for it and it too installed just fine. But it
>>>>>> isn't there in Sound Properties, everything is still greyed out,
>>>>>> and I still don't have any sound!
>>>>>
>>>>> And now my customer is telling me that she was having the same
>>>>> problem on the old computer... the one the hard drive came out of.
>>>>> So that rules out anything to do with the Gateway. It HAS to be
>>>>> something in the ME setup. I hate to think about reinstalling ME.
>>>>> I've had really bad luck with repair installs with this operating
>>>>> systems. I hate to keep adding replies to my own thread, but the
>>>>> added info might be helpful to anyone who may try to help me.
>
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