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Sound Not Working - Need Driver or What?
I have Windows XP Home (SP1)
Because I ruined my old mo'bo by spilling a cup of tea on it, I now have a new old 533 MHz board installed using the old HD. (This is temporary so don't criticize me for having such a slow machine. :-) ) But I can't get the sound to work right. It's very faint.[1] All the regular stuff tests out okay, nothing is muted, and the devices test as working. So I'm thinking since Windows XP wasn't around when this board was made, maybe I need the new audio driver. A friend gave me a CD with some drivers on it, one of which is SoundMax2. But when I try to install, the setup stops and produces an error window: An error occurred during the move data process: -113 Component: System files File Group: System files File : E\sound\2ndGenDrv\S11th32dll How do I determine if I need a new driver? And how do I find it? Or if this file is all I need, how do I find that? Using AIDA32 Personal http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php , I got this info about the mo'bo, which contains the sound components: Motherboard Properties Motherboard Name Biostar M6TWG Chipset Properties Motherboard Chipset Intel Whitney i810 In-Order Queue Depth 4 CAS Latency 3T RAS To CAS Delay 3T RAS Precharge 3T RAS Active Time 6T Integrated Graphics Controller Graphics Controller Type Intel i752 Graphics Controller Status Enabled Shared Memory Size 1 MB AC'97 Audio Controller Audio Controller Type Intel 82801AA ICH Codec Name Cirrus Logic CS4299 Codec ID 43525934h Chipset Manufacturer Company Name Intel Corporation Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/chipsets.htm Driver Download http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/index.htm AC'97 Audio Controller Audio Controller Type Intel 82801AA ICH [1] Actually, there might be a problem with the connection jack. I have to wiggle it to get both right and left channels to play. But in any case, the sound is _very_ faint. To hear, you have to hold the speaker right up to your ear at full volume. Naturally, my goal is to get the sound to work. Does anybody have any suggestions? ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* |
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"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message ... I have Windows XP Home (SP1) Because I ruined my old mo'bo by spilling a cup of tea on it, I now have a new old 533 MHz board installed using the old HD. (This is temporary so don't criticize me for having such a slow machine. :-) ) But I can't get the sound to work right. It's very faint.[1] are you using amplified speakers? |
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philo wrote:
"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message ... I have Windows XP Home (SP1) Because I ruined my old mo'bo by spilling a cup of tea on it, I now have a new old 533 MHz board installed using the old HD. (This is temporary so don't criticize me for having such a slow machine. :-) ) But I can't get the sound to work right. It's very faint.[1] are you using amplified speakers? He might have the speakers plugged into the wrong jack. -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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- Nehmo -
I have Windows XP Home (SP1) Because I ruined my old mo'bo by spilling a cup of tea on it, I now have a new old 533 MHz board installed using the old HD. (This is temporary so don't criticize me for having such a slow machine. :-) ) But I can't get the sound to work right. It's very faint.[1] - philo - are you using amplified speakers? - Sooky Grumper - He might have the speakers plugged into the wrong jack. - Nehmo - I'm using the green top jack. I don't get anything at all out of the jack below that, and the remaining jack is clearly for the mic. I'm not using amplifide speakers, and the speakers previously with the old board worked fine. Also, I get the same result with earphones - very faint sound.. What's my next step? -- ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* |
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I'm not using amplifide speakers, and the speakers previously with the old board worked fine. Also, I get the same result with earphones - very faint sound.. What's my next step? You need to get speakers with a built in amplifier...(they can be had for very little money) Your old sound card evidently had built-in amplification which is not terribly common any more. |
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Nehmo Sergheyev wrote:
- Nehmo - I have Windows XP Home (SP1) Because I ruined my old mo'bo by spilling a cup of tea on it, I now have a new old 533 MHz board installed using the old HD. (This is temporary so don't criticize me for having such a slow machine. :-) ) But I can't get the sound to work right. It's very faint.[1] - philo - are you using amplified speakers? - Sooky Grumper - He might have the speakers plugged into the wrong jack. - Nehmo - I'm using the green top jack. I don't get anything at all out of the jack below that, and the remaining jack is clearly for the mic. I'm not using amplifide speakers, and the speakers previously with the old board worked fine. Also, I get the same result with earphones - very faint sound.. What's my next step? Go to the windows xp volume control applet and make sure the "volume control" slider (the first one on the left) is turned up all the way. -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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- Nehmo -
What's my next step? - philo - You need to get speakers with a built in amplifier...(they can be had for very little money) Your old sound card evidently had built-in amplification which is not terribly common any more. - Nehmo - Interesting. I didn't know that. So modern computers have the sound amplification off the mo'bo. Why'd they do that? This mo'bo isn't very modern, BTW. -- ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* |
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- Sooky Grumper -
Go to the windows xp volume control applet and make sure the "volume control" slider (the first one on the left) is turned up all the way. - Nehmo - That's the first thing I tried. Double click on the speaker icon in the system tray window titled Master Volume everything all the way up and no mute box checked. -- ********************* * Nehmo Sergheyev * ********************* |
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"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message ... - Sooky Grumper - Go to the windows xp volume control applet and make sure the "volume control" slider (the first one on the left) is turned up all the way. - Nehmo - That's the first thing I tried. Double click on the speaker icon in the system tray window titled Master Volume everything all the way up and no mute box checked. you evidently need to use amplified speakers alan |
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philo wrote:
I'm not using amplifide speakers, and the speakers previously with the old board worked fine. Also, I get the same result with earphones - very faint sound.. What's my next step? You need to get speakers with a built in amplifier...(they can be had for very little money) Your old sound card evidently had built-in amplification which is not terribly common any more. Shouldn't he at least get adequate sound with headphones though? |
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