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Subject: Re: Problems with sound

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pnpsoundchip

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Date Posted: 23:02:44 01/28/01 Sun
In reply to: Mario 's message, "Re: Problems with sound" on 10:29:35 08/10/00 Thu

>> Hi Mario!
>>
>> It's hard to judge what exactly causes the problem.
>> But if you suspect that sound card is the culprit,
>> than try to reinstall the driver. I'm not sure how
>> you 'disable' sound card since it's plug-n-play so
>> Windows would recognize it anyway, unles you turn it
>> off in BIOS. Anyways, in
>> ControlPanel_System_DeviceManager delete (Del) all of
>> the device under Sound, video, and game controllers.
>> And then reboot your machine. Windows would reinstall
>> the _existing_ sound drivers -- see if the problem
>> clears then.
>Hi AB,
>
>Thanks much for the reply.
>I think the problem is in the sound card bacause, by
>disabling it, the problem goes away. Also the computer
>crashes when it tries to use the card and only then.
>In
>some occasions, the sound will start and stop before
>it should end w/o crashing the machine, but this is
>rare.
>I disable ESS device manager under Sound, video and
>game controlers by clicking on disable in this
>hardware profile.
>I tried reinstalling the drivers and the problem
>persists.
>
>>
>> If not --- then check out IRQ sharing (
>> ...DeviceManager double click on Computer: ESS
>Device
>> manager takes IRQ 5 which is also shared with PCI
>> Steering this sould match the IRQ set in BIOS.
>>
>I checked and they match. I also tried to change both
>the BIOS IRQ set and the device IRQ set to different
>values with the help of a friend, but it didn't fix
>the
>problem.
>> You may also try to update the sound driver --
>there's
>> 'new' version v293 on ESS site, or you can check also
>> it on rel=nofollow target=_blank >>
>href="http://computriots.tripod.com/download.htm">http:
>> //computriots.tripod.com/download.htm . Make sure
>> you run setup of your old sound driver (from
>Setup-CD)
>> and then choose Remove DriverFiles in the dialog it
>> pops up. After that install new driver ( you can
>> actually try to re-install the old one, who knows it
>> might work too), and reboot.
>The new drivers won't even install, when I try the
>computer
>crashes and its back to square one.
>>
>> Hope it helps, at least if you say that there's no
>> prob;ems with sound under Linux, then sound card is
>> OK, but the Win-Drivers, or setting are screwed
>> somehow.
>>
>> AB
>I am now reading message boards for the ess 1968 ( I
>think this is the one I have) to see if I can find
>help
>there. Are there any diagnostic tools for the
>Maestro-2?
>Thanks again,
>
>-Mario

Please send me the driver file of pnpsound chip (if possible) or send any suggessions

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