| Subject: Re: Problems with sound |
Author:
Ashot Bord
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Date Posted: 19:06:05 08/11/00 Fri
In reply to:
Mario
's message, "Re: Problems with sound" on 10:29:35 08/10/00 Thu
Mario,
If I undersood it correctly you implied that SOUND IS OK UNDER LINUX. If this is the case then I doubt that the chip or sound board is malfunctioning. I think the difference b/w sound under different operating systems is in drivers they use to control the sound card. So if you have no problems with sound under Linux -- then make sure you checked all Windows' driver-related ends and settings.
Also you didn't mention whether this has been a problem since the very moment you bought your machine. If not then for how long you experience it and what could you do which possibly might change _windows_ or audio settings (install some games or software, tweaking with registry for example). If you computer crashes when using sound there might be a corrupted one of system dll's. So try to run SystemFileChecker from msinfo32.exe. There also might be wrong DMA or memory range allocated for sound driver, as a result of some game installation, you may have corrupted registry, disk error, finally you might have a Windows virus (not likely, but who knows..).
Again check the version of your present sound driver ( use msinfo32.exe) I believe originally they're shipping it with v263, then try to REMOVE OLD DRIVER first, and reboot, to make sure it's indeed removed, if not then try to locate driver files and RENAME them just in case. And reboot again -- if it's clear then only install NEW drivers ( the most recent is v293, but I know no experience of using this one, but v285 apparently works, so should and the original version too (most of us are still using the one).
You could also try to load WINDOWS in SAFE MODE. Another place to check is well-known C:\\AUTOEXEC.BAT and c:\\CONFIG.SYS maestro uses C:\\MAESTRO.COM and C:\\AECU.SYS for DOS sound support etc.
Anyway, don't cut system-driver-software issues before swithching your attention to hardware. Because the latter would brign no real solution (if hardware is bad -- you cannot use it (like you do now), if hardware is ok -- why you cannot use it (like you are now too?).
Don't fall into despair, if you have any additional details let us know!
Hope it helps.
AB
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