STU: we have slipped into XP, but perhaps no one will notice...here are some ideas 
that might help;

1. check your sound card compatibility with XP at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/catalog/default.aspx?subid=22&xslt=categoryl3&pgn=8093f361-12ce-40ee-af08-9f199024d7ca

2. check your sound settings;
on the volume tab in the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box, make sure 
the Device Volume slider is mid-range.

in the Speaker Settings area of the Volume tab, click Speaker Volume, make sure the 
left and Right sliders are mid-range.

in the Speaker Settings area of the Volume tab, click Advanced,
on the Sp[eakers tab, click the Speaker Setup down arrow, select your speaker setup.

on the Audio tab of the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box, click the 
Default device down arrow and make sure your audio device is selected.

on the Hardware tab, click the Troubleshooter button.

3. ensure that Windows Audio service is set on Automatic and started;
click Start, Run, type: services.msc

4. run the DirectX diagnostic;
click Start, Run, type: dxdiag
and run the sound tests.

5. try moving the PCI card to another slot.

6. you have installed a new mobo, so all the sound you need may be built in to the 
mobo, making a separate sound card unecessary.
try pulling the sound card and check your settings in the BIOS to make sure that 
the mobo sound is not disabled.

7. to avoid the IRQ issue, replace your sound card with an external sound card such 
as the Creative Labs' Sound Blaster Extigy and just plug it into a USB port.

let us know what worked for you...





On Monday, February 2, 2004 at 6:54 am, STU wrote:
>
>please Help!!, i have read through the threads, and my problem is with a pci soundcard, 
>Im using XP and its installed acpi, So i cant change the irq port . Windows have 
>assigned the card to irq 17, which is virtual, Windows reports that there are no 
>errors with the drivers(which are up to date) All i have done is install a new MObo. 
>The card worked fine on the old board(2 years old) incidently using irq 10/11 cant 
>remember. The cars is 3 years old so might be 16 bit pci, not 32 . which is the 
standard 
>now. When windows detects the new hardware it puts the unknown device onto irq 10, 
>Which would be exellent if it would stay there, but once the drivers are installed 
>it moves it to the virtual IRQ 17. Where-upon the device fails to play audio. I 
have 
>tried everything to getwindows to keep the device on 10. What can i do? Why did 
they 
>do this ?, 

>

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