Soundcard Help

[Saturn0660]

Keep losing sound card..

So i've done a fresh install of XP on my computer.. It had XP on it before and everything worked fine..

However, now XP keep losing the sound card. I'll install it and it works.. I restart and it says it's there but won't work. If I uninstall then reinstall it works fine till I reset again

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Default windows drivers? Go to the manufacturers site and get latest and greatest.

 

[Australis]

Yeah, I've had to do that too, whether it's onboard sound or a separate card. Usually solves the problem.

 

[Saturn0660]

Default windows drivers? Go to the manufacturers site and get latest and greatest.

It's a sound card.. and it's a sound blaster... I did try to get from SB.. However, the software tells me it can't find said card..

I tried default windows drivers first...

 

[Alpha_Geek]

With the new drivers installed, try shutting down, remove the card, boot, shut down, reinstall card, and boot.

This will allow the plug and play to detect the card anew and probably use the SB drivers. If it asks for a path to drivers, make sure you tell it the loacation of the unzipped SB drivers.

 

[USS Triumphant]

With the new drivers installed, try shutting down, remove the card, boot, shut down, reinstall card, and boot.

This will allow the plug and play to detect the card anew and probably use the SB drivers. If it asks for a path to drivers, make sure you tell it the loacation of the unzipped SB drivers.

Also, make sure that if your motherboard BIOS has the option for 'Plug and Play OS' that it set to Yes. It probably is, or I would think you'd have had problems before the reload - but I'd check it anyway.

 

[Australis]

I had a similar problem with a card. Turns out I didn't have it seated correctly, evne though it seemed to be right in the slot. Just needed to be pushed in a bit firmer and making sure it was screwed in.

 

[Saturn0660]

Well, i put a new sound card in and what do ya know... It works fine now.. I mean come on... How does a sound go bad
Anyway, thanks for everyones help.

 

[Johnny Rico]

Well, i put a new sound card in and what do ya know... It works fine now.. I mean come on... How does a sound go bad
Anyway, thanks for everyones help.

Just like any other microchip circuit board could go bad. I think the soundcard on my old machine was starting to go bad.

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Heat/cool cycles can be mean to SMT component solder joints.

I hate SMT. Sure you can get denser placement on the board, but through-hole is freakin' reliable.