soundcard

[Phil Thompson]

hello.
i posted about a week ago about a lack of sound, which i still have. it was
diagnosed as probably the soundcard problem and not my speaker's fault so i
am looking for further advice.
going into device manager in widnows 98> then 'sound, videos and games
controller'
i have these options
closed caption decoder
gameport joystick
nabts/fec vbi codec
via pci audio controller (wdm)
wave device for voice modem
wavetop (tm) nabts/cc vbi codec

is one of these my sound card? i'm not sure it is. If not is there a way i
can find out what make/model my soundcard is so as to get a driver for it
and reinstall it, without having to open up my PC?

thanks

 

[Pen]

Download Sandra and that will tell you; Then go to
the makers website and download the docs.
http://www.sisoftware.net/

 

[Phil Thompson]

okay so my motherboard is this:
MSi K7M Pro(MS-6340M)/K7TM Pro (MS-6340)

 

[Pen]

So go to MSI and download drivers and BIOS updates.
http://www.msi.com.tw/

 

[kony]

i don't mean to sound like a spaz but, how do i find out what make/model my
motherboard is? i don't have any of the documentation that came with this PC
anymore.

in multimedia the playback and recording devices are both set to VIA Audio
(WAVE).
however when i switched playback device to (use any device available) i can
now hear sound very quietly coming from my speakers with them turned up full
blast. I have since turned it back to VIA Audio (WAVE) and i can hear the
quiet sounds still. what is goign on?

Since you can hear faint sound it is likely one of four things:

1) Your Mixer is configured incorrectly... It might be in the taskbar
currently or can be accessed by [Start Menu]->[Run]->(type)sndvol32

2) Your speaker phono plug isn't fully inserted in the back of the PC
or into the speakers.

3) The speaker phono plug is inserted into the wrong audio jack

4) A large rodent has gnawed through the cord and is now trying to
hide it's mischief by connecting the two severed ends of wire together
with duct tape.


Which of these 4 is the problem (or something else) might depend on
whether you've moved the PC, changed one of these things since the
last instance it worked, and of course whether you have rodents and
duct tape.



Dave

 

[Phil Thompson]

i appear not to have the file sndvol32! bizarre. i did have it at one point
i no because it was in my task bar ages ago but it seems to have dropped off
the face of the earth.

i don't mean to sound like a spaz but, how do i find out what make/model my
motherboard is? i don't have any of the documentation that came with this PC
anymore.

in multimedia the playback and recording devices are both set to VIA Audio
(WAVE).
however when i switched playback device to (use any device available) i can
now hear sound very quietly coming from my speakers with them turned up full
blast. I have since turned it back to VIA Audio (WAVE) and i can hear the
quiet sounds still. what is goign on?

Since you can hear faint sound it is likely one of four things:

1) Your Mixer is configured incorrectly... It might be in the taskbar
currently or can be accessed by [Start Menu]->[Run]->(type)sndvol32

2) Your speaker phono plug isn't fully inserted in the back of the PC
or into the speakers.

3) The speaker phono plug is inserted into the wrong audio jack

4) A large rodent has gnawed through the cord and is now trying to
hide it's mischief by connecting the two severed ends of wire together
with duct tape.


Which of these 4 is the problem (or something else) might depend on
whether you've moved the PC, changed one of these things since the
last instance it worked, and of course whether you have rodents and
duct tape.



Dave

 

[Phil Thompson]

okay its all fixed. heres how.
i copied the file sndvol32 from my flatmates PC onto my C:\WINDOWS|
directory (where it should have been) and when i opened it, it was set to
mute!
maybe someone has tampered with my PC or something or could it have been a
virus?
i don't mknow but its working now. thankyou to everyone who offered
suggestions on how to help me, i'm very grateful. I'm always disappointed
when computer problems turn out to be so obvious, makes me feel a bit of a
fool, ah well.

Phil

i appear not to have the file sndvol32! bizarre. i did have it at one point
i no because it was in my task bar ages ago but it seems to have dropped off
the face of the earth.

make/model

my

this

PC

anymore.

in multimedia the playback and recording devices are both set to VIA Audio
(WAVE).
however when i switched playback device to (use any device available) i can
now hear sound very quietly coming from my speakers with them turned up full
blast. I have since turned it back to VIA Audio (WAVE) and i can hear the
quiet sounds still. what is goign on?

Since you can hear faint sound it is likely one of four things:

1) Your Mixer is configured incorrectly... It might be in the taskbar
currently or can be accessed by [Start Menu]->[Run]->(type)sndvol32

2) Your speaker phono plug isn't fully inserted in the back of the PC
or into the speakers.

3) The speaker phono plug is inserted into the wrong audio jack

4) A large rodent has gnawed through the cord and is now trying to
hide it's mischief by connecting the two severed ends of wire together
with duct tape.


Which of these 4 is the problem (or something else) might depend on
whether you've moved the PC, changed one of these things since the
last instance it worked, and of course whether you have rodents and
duct tape.



Dave