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Discussion in 'Earlier Versions of Windows' started by sasmit1, Nov 17, 2001.

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  1. sasmit1

    sasmit1 Thread Starter

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    Help!
    I recently purchased a computer without an operating system. I installed windows 98. The sound is integrated with the motherboard. When windows starts the sound works for about 2 seconds and then quits. I looked in my device manager and there are no apparent conflicts. The driver for the sound is there, but it says it's working properly. I'm wondering if it's a problem in the ini file, but I wouldn't know what to change. Any ideas?
    Also if I can't get it working I was going to install my sound card from my other computer. Do I need to delete the other sound drivers or will the new board just override the integrated sound?
     
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    eddie5659 Moderator Malware Specialist

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    Hiya and Welcome

    Are you saying that the sound is onboard or a card? Do you know the name of your Motherboard?

    We can try the simple stuff first. Have you got a little speaker icon near your clock? If you do, is it muted? Also, if its there, rightclick on it and choose Open Volume Controls. Options | Properties. Click all the boxes, and then see if any are muted.

    If its not there, have a look in Control Panel | Sounds. Under the Sound tab, is Show Volume Control On the Taskbar ticked. If not, tick it.

    I know this one sounds a bit...er...but it may be. Is your speakers fully pushed in at the back of your PC?

    Regards

    eddie
     
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    Yeah, I already checked the duh things. Like I said it works fine for about 2 seconds of the windows start sound and then quits. the sound is onboard. My motherboard is Socket A M810 series.
     
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    eddie5659 Moderator Malware Specialist

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    Hiya

    Is this yours? http://www.pcchips.com.tw/M810LMR.html

    If you go to Control Panel | System. Device manager. under Sound, look for your sound.

    I think this is it:

    Provides an AMR slot; DirectSound AC97 Codec on board, for Audio and Modem applications

    but you may have to confirm. Mine, which is onboard, says:

    AC'97 Driver for Intel(r) 82801AA Controller

    This may need the driver upgrading. Also, whilst you're there, is there any yellow !

    Regards

    eddie
     
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    Hi Eddie,
    Thanks for taking the time to help. There are no yellow !. Here is a list of everything under the sound, game controller section in their order of appearance.
    gameport joystick
    logitech wingman force 3d usb
    logitech wingman force 3d usb (hid)
    mpu-401 compatible
    nabts/fecvbi codec
    sis audio legacy emulator
    sis pci audio audio accelerator
    wave device for voice modem
    wave top (tm) nabts/ccvbi codec

    There is no mention of what you mentioned. The sis audio legacy emulator is supposedly the sound driver I think. Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Scott
     
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    Hey Eddie,
    I just looked at the web sight you mentioned. That is my motherboard. Under the drivers section was a list of different sound drivers. Would I be able to try any of those, if so how would I do that.
    Scott
     
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    Hiya

    Which driver were you looking at? The only one for the 810LR seems to be a modem. Thats just a general search and find.

    Now, looking back at your replies, you said

    sis pci audio audio accelerator

    There seems to be SIS drivers that you can download. Just need the right one.
    Are you certain you cannot find anything that says AC97 Codec? Open up the ol' PC. Just had a thought.
    Look on the diagram in the site that I found. Its gonna be fun doing this from here :p

    There are 2 white slots, on the left. On the right of these is another slot, smaller and dark. Is there anything in this slot?

    eddie
     
    eddie5659, Nov 24, 2001
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    hi Eddie,
    I figured out what I did. I just reformatted c, then reinstalled everything. When I loaded the driver software there was a prompt asking for correct os path, I didn't understand what they were asking for and I just clicked cancel and it seemed to proceed with loading all the drivers. It showed them loading and everything. But this time I noticed it had a drop down arrow, I clicked that and it had D:\windows 98 setup, or something like that. I clicked that and proceeded with the install and now the sound works fine.
    Thanks for all your efforts,
    Scott
     
    sasmit1, Nov 25, 2001
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    Thats okay, glad its working anyway.

    See ya

    eddie
     
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