Audio mixer device

[Johnny]

I have the same soundcard mixer problem as the previous poster
with audio problem.

Something was wrong and I did the Repair procedure from install CD (SP2).

After that I sound card stopped working
(throught wave out dont work, direct sound works)
Beacouse "Mixer device is not there" type of request,
when I try to start sndvol32.

It is SB PCI 128 and it IS in Harware support database
and it worked before repair of XP (pro).

I downloaded newest drivers for sound card and installed them.
After I do Uninstall/Refresh on Card on Device manager,
sound card works and sndvol 32 starts fine and do its job.

But after Restart of themachine , "Mixer not there" problem again
and I need to do do uninstall/Refresh as Administrator,
every time when I star my machine.

Could anyone help me resolve this problem
without reinstalling machine
(I have a lot of software I don`t want/cant install all system again.)

Please help,
thank you.

 

[Ghostrider]

I have the same soundcard mixer problem as the previous poster
with audio problem.

Something was wrong and I did the Repair procedure from install CD (SP2).

After that I sound card stopped working
(throught wave out dont work, direct sound works)
Beacouse "Mixer device is not there" type of request,
when I try to start sndvol32.

It is SB PCI 128 and it IS in Harware support database
and it worked before repair of XP (pro).

I downloaded newest drivers for sound card and installed them.
After I do Uninstall/Refresh on Card on Device manager,
sound card works and sndvol 32 starts fine and do its job.

But after Restart of themachine , "Mixer not there" problem again
and I need to do do uninstall/Refresh as Administrator,
every time when I star my machine.

Could anyone help me resolve this problem
without reinstalling machine
(I have a lot of software I don`t want/cant install all system again.)

Please help,
thank you.

And from where were the sound card drivers obtained? The
best source is from Creative Labs, the makers of Soundblaster.
Download these files into a separate folder. Once done, the
solution may be a little tortuous, but try it.

(a) Remove the sound card from the computer and re-boot.
(b) Delete all of the SoundBlaster 128 drivers, files, etc.
(c) Turn on computer without sound card. Turn off.
(d) Re-insert the SB 128 sound card. When new hardware is
detected, load the drivers from the download sest from
Creative Labs.

Essentially, what has been done is to replicate the initial
process of installing a SB sound card. It should work. Good
luck.

 

[Johnny]

And from where were the sound card drivers obtained? The
best source is from Creative Labs, the makers of Soundblaster.
Download these files into a separate folder. Once done, the
solution may be a little tortuous, but try it.

(a) Remove the sound card from the computer and re-boot.
(b) Delete all of the SoundBlaster 128 drivers, files, etc.
(c) Turn on computer without sound card. Turn off.
(d) Re-insert the SB 128 sound card. When new hardware is
detected, load the drivers from the download sest from
Creative Labs.

Essentially, what has been done is to replicate the initial
process of installing a SB sound card. It should work. Good
luck.

Ah, well I will follow your instructions and see what will heppen.
I hoped that I will not need to remove the card from machine
with software problem but if it would do for Windows,
it got to be good enought form me.

Lets stay in touch. And Thank you.

 

[Ghostrider]

Ah, well I will follow your instructions and see what will heppen.
I hoped that I will not need to remove the card from machine
with software problem but if it would do for Windows,
it got to be good enought form me.

Lets stay in touch. And Thank you.

It's an old trick to bypass plug-n-play since the card can
self-identify itself and there are drivers, not necessarily
the right ones, on the Windows XP cdrom and in the drivers
folder on the hard drive. This method forces the identification
of new hardware and offers the user the choice of installing
known hardware drivers from discrete (i.e., non-Windows) folders,
as from the floppy diskette, cdrom drive, etc., as in a typical
hardware install. It should work but installing SB drivers into
Windows NT/2000/XP systems is not necessarily simple for "legacy"
devices.