re: Question about 'How do I get my sound card to work?
Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at 7:42 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by smithma
(1 messages posted)
I was having the same problem with WinME. This worked for me....
The first step is to reboot into Safe Mode:
Click on Start
Choose Shutdown
From the Shutdown Menu select Restart and click OK
As your computer reboots repeatedly tap the F8 key on your keyboard (once per second)
until a Startup menu is displayed
Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to choose item #3 Safe Mode
Press Enter on your keyboard.
The next step is to remove Multimedia from Windows Setup:
Click on Start-Settings-Control Panel
Double-click on Add/Remove Programs
Choose the Windows Setup Tab across the top of the window
In the list of installed components uncheck Multimedia
Click Apply and once the files are uninstalled click OK
Close the Control Panel
The next step is to remove and reinstall the sound drivers:
Right-click on My Computer and choose properties
Click on the Device Manger tab across the top of the System Properties window
Click on the plus sign beside Sound, Video, and Game Controllers
Remove all items under this category by selecting the desired item and clicking remove
Note: You will have to click the plus sign beside Sound, Video, and Game Controllers
again to re-open the category
Once all items have been removes and Sound, Video, and Game Controllers no longer
appears in the list click Close
Click Start-Shutdown
Choose Restart and Click OK
As windows reboots it should redetect the sound card and reinstall the drivers and
multimedia components (you may need your driver disks and/or Windows disks).
Good luck!!
On Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 1:19 pm, Chris wrote:
>I am running Win 98 SE. I have the same problem and have tried all solutions here
>that i am able to, still no solution. I am pretty sure its not my drivers for the
>sound card but the OSes problem, because not only my SoundBlaster 16PCI sound card
>doesn't work, my onboard sound doesnt either.
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>I tried the WinME registry fix that someone posted but that didn't appear to change
>anything. I really need help with this, I am actually normally quite competent with
>computers, is anyone able to help me? Thanks everyone!
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