Status: Driver is enabled but has not been started

[Guest]

I recently installed a new Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit to replace my onboard
sound card. Since install none of my sound options have worked. I have
installed drivers new and old, Tried multiple PCI slots, everything, I cannot
make it work.

The audio properties tab is completely grayed out, saying no Audio Devices
are installed. Device Manager has no errors or resource conflicts and shows
the hardware installed just fine. When I check Sounds and Audio Devices
Properties, Go to the Hardware Tab, Properties of Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit,
Properties again, Audio Devices, Properties, I see a "Status: Driver is
enabled but has not been started."

According to other forums, the problem may be the Plug and Play Software
Device Enumerator. According to that advice I reinstalled it and it had no
affect on the problem.

Another thing I saw indicated that I may have no space for new
Midi/Wave/etc. devices in the registry. By going to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32 and
deleting duplicate named keys of Midi, midi1, midi2, etc. That may free up
the driver registration space and help solve the problem, however, this
tactic didn't work either.

I am at the end of my ropes with this. I should not need to reinstall
windows again simply because I bought a new soundcard. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

Thank You,
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Malke]

I recently installed a new Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit to replace my
onboard
sound card. Since install none of my sound options have worked. I
have installed drivers new and old, Tried multiple PCI slots,
everything, I cannot make it work.

The audio properties tab is completely grayed out, saying no Audio
Devices
are installed. Device Manager has no errors or resource conflicts and
shows
the hardware installed just fine. When I check Sounds and Audio
Devices Properties, Go to the Hardware Tab, Properties of Sound
Blaster Live! 24-bit, Properties again, Audio Devices, Properties, I
see a "Status: Driver is enabled but has not been started."

According to other forums, the problem may be the Plug and Play
Software
Device Enumerator. According to that advice I reinstalled it and it
had no affect on the problem.

Another thing I saw indicated that I may have no space for new
Midi/Wave/etc. devices in the registry. By going to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32 and deleting duplicate named keys of Midi,
midi1, midi2, etc. That may free up the driver registration space and
help solve the problem, however, this tactic didn't work either.

I am at the end of my ropes with this. I should not need to reinstall
windows again simply because I bought a new soundcard. Any help would
be greatly appreciated.

Thank You,
(e-mail address removed)

Just to be sure - did you remember to disable the onboard sound from the
BIOS first?

Malke

 

[Yves Leclerc]

The Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live!, and first generation Audigy, sound
cards can suffer a PCI enumerator chip "crash." That is to say that the
card's PCI identification chip can be erased. Creative Labs has known about
this problem. Check with Creative Labs for more help.

 

[Guest]

Yes, I disabled the onboard sound from the BIOS first. Now however, even if
I remove the additional card, no sound device will work. I have tried
removing the Soundblaster Live! card and enabling the on board sound again,
and still, no audio devices and the Status: Driver is enabled but has not
been started.

Thank you for trying to help,
HeXFuRy

 

[Guest]

I don't think this would be the problem as if the PCI enumerator chip were to
crash the card would not be properly identified when attempting to install
drivers or anything of that nature. I can install drivers, they install
perfectly, but they never get started. If I knew how to manually start a
driver, it may provide more information.

Thank you very much,
HeXFuRy