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re: no playback device recognized Monday, December 9, 2002 at 9:44 pm Posted by Armen Bodour (1 messages posted) Don't know if you every found a fix for this but I could use it. I have the same problem with an ASUS AVN266-VM, Had to replace a simular board, and now same issue, everything looks good except no playback device!! On Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 4:31 pm, ckeener wrote: >i just upgraded this weekend from a slot 1 p3 to a socket 478 p4. naturally, i switched >out my motherboard, the processor and the ram, but that was all. everything else >is the same. everything works fine, except the soundblaster pci 128. it appears in >device manager with the windows me driver installed.(no conflicts). it appears in >the device list under multimedia properties, but under playback devices for audio >and voice, it says "no playback device." i have tried removing and reinstalling the >multimedia feature of the operating system. i have tried installing the newer driver >from creative (which crashed the system). i tried removing the pci 128 and using >the integrated onboard sound device, same problem. if it helps, the new board is >the gigabyte titan ga-8sr533. any ideas? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: no playback device recognized Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 3:12 am Posted by dave (1 messages posted) i have the same problem with the same motherboard .have you managed to fix it yet..if so pls help.this is driving me wild On Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 4:31 pm, ckeener wrote: >i just upgraded this weekend from a slot 1 p3 to a socket 478 p4. naturally, i switched >out my motherboard, the processor and the ram, but that was all. everything else >is the same. everything works fine, except the soundblaster pci 128. it appears in >device manager with the windows me driver installed.(no conflicts). it appears in >the device list under multimedia properties, but under playback devices for audio >and voice, it says "no playback device." i have tried removing and reinstalling the >multimedia feature of the operating system. i have tried installing the newer driver >from creative (which crashed the system). i tried removing the pci 128 and using >the integrated onboard sound device, same problem. if it helps, the new board is >the gigabyte titan ga-8sr533. any ideas? i have the same problem with the same motherboard .have you managed to fix it yet..if so pls help.this is driving me wild [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: no playback device recognized Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 6:13 pm Posted by ckeener (2 messages posted) I never did find a solution to this problem. i ran out of time, and decided to format and reinstall... On Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 3:12 am, dave wrote: > >i have the same problem with the same motherboard .have you managed to fix it yet..if >so pls help.this is driving me wild > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: no playback device recognized Registry Fix Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 11:35 am Posted by Extra (1 messages posted) I had the same problem on my WinME machine. I tried everything with no luck. I finally figured out it was missing sound kernels and developed a fix. If anyone else is having these same symptoms of a properly installed sound card but "No Playback Devices" is displayed, then try my fix. it can be found at www.driverguide.com by looking up "MS Kernel for Sound" or try this link http://www2.driverguide.com/uploads/uploads18/19370.html be sure to let me know how it works by posting a comment. On Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 4:31 pm, ckeener wrote: >i just upgraded this weekend from a slot 1 p3 to a socket 478 p4. naturally, i switched >out my motherboard, the processor and the ram, but that was all. everything else >is the same. everything works fine, except the soundblaster pci 128. it appears in >device manager with the windows me driver installed.(no conflicts). it appears in >the device list under multimedia properties, but under playback devices for audio >and voice, it says "no playback device." i have tried removing and reinstalling the >multimedia feature of the operating system. i have tried installing the newer driver >from creative (which crashed the system). i tried removing the pci 128 and using >the integrated onboard sound device, same problem. if it helps, the new board is >the gigabyte titan ga-8sr533. any ideas? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: no playback device recognized Registry Fix Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 5:00 am Posted by Haydn (1 messages posted) Sorry, didn't fix exactly the same problem in win98. On Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 11:35 am, Extra wrote: >I had the same problem on my WinME machine. I tried everything with no luck. I finally >figured out it was missing sound kernels and developed a fix. If anyone else is having >these same symptoms of a properly installed sound card but "No Playback Devices" >is displayed, then try my fix. it can be found at www.driverguide.com by looking >up "MS Kernel for Sound" or try this link http://www2.driverguide.com/uploads/uploads18/19370.html >be sure to let me know how it works by posting a comment. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: no playback device recognized Registry Fix Saturday, November 29, 2003 at 5:02 am Posted by RJS (3 messages posted) I downloaded Haydn's fix from driverguides.com and followed instructions in the .txt file. I found kernel devices in Device Manager when I booted in Safe Mode, so I figured the Registry fix was not the answer. Therefore, I deleted EVERYTHING from Sound, Video, and Game Controllers in Device Manager (rash, you say) and rebooted in "unsafe" normal mode. Voila! My ALS4000 sound card is now recognized by Windows ME. ***I do not guarantee this solution. Not for the faint of heart. Do it at your own risk. Took a good 5 minutes after GUI loaded up to reinstall kernel and sound card on AMD 500 MHz K6-2.*** On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 5:00 am, Haydn wrote: >Sorry, didn't fix exactly the same problem in win98. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: no playback device recognized Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 2:43 am Posted by Jeff Newman (1 messages posted) i found this single solution elsewhere, and thought i'd at least try to spread the concept. first, most of the work revolves around the device manager. most likely, "the old WDM trick" is the fix, but actually getting the fix to work properly seems to be the issue. the WDM trick is really that a System Device is not installed that is necessary for the AC'97 drivers to work properly (although DM says the device IS working properly). What you need to do is: boot to safe mode. open the device manager, and remove all Multimedia/Sound and even Video devices, and any other devices that didn't load correctly during the last normal boot. also, specifically look for a system device called "Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator". This is the actual system device that is usually missing, but having more than one can cause problems as well. Remove it/them if they are there. Reboot the system, and be sure to Cancel when you are prompted to locate the drivers for the "PCI Multimedia Audio Device". this is your actual AC'97 device, but you need the "Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator" located and installed prior to this being installed, so just cancel it. you'll catch it later. load all the other devices that are found as necessary, and reboot if prompted. reboot until the only device(s) found are the "PCI Multimedia Audio Device". go the the Control Panels, and open Add/Remove hardware, and manually add the System Device called "Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator" under the Microsoft group (it should be the only one listed in Win98). Install it, and even though not prompted, reboot. let's let the driver load correctly and fresh. this time try to locate and install the drivers for the "PC Multimedia Audio Device" when prompted. your original CD would be helpful here. In my case, i'd always been loading the WDM version of the drivers that were supplied, but i found that the non-WDM version were the ones that worked, so find that driver if possible and load it (it shouldn't have "(WDM)" listed after the "pretty name" of the found driver). as soon as the AC'97 driver loads, you should hear sound. reboot just to be sure once it's done loading. after days of struggling with this issue, this was a 3 minute fix that worked the first time. i now have another machine across town to try it on - i'm hoping !!!!!!!! if this does work for you, go find one other thread you searched somewhere and pass it along (enhance if necessary). thanks! On Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 4:31 pm, ckeener wrote: >i just upgraded this weekend from a slot 1 p3 to a socket 478 p4. naturally, i switched >out my motherboard, the processor and the ram, but that was all. everything else >is the same. everything works fine, except the soundblaster pci 128. it appears in >device manager with the windows me driver installed.(no conflicts). it appears in >the device list under multimedia properties, but under playback devices for audio >and voice, it says "no playback device." i have tried removing and reinstalling the >multimedia feature of the operating system. i have tried installing the newer driver >from creative (which crashed the system). i tried removing the pci 128 and using >the integrated onboard sound device, same problem. if it helps, the new board is >the gigabyte titan ga-8sr533. any ideas? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: no playback device recognized Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 11:20 pm Posted by Brett Smith (1 messages posted) Jeff Newman's response worked! The ME Kernal import does not work for Win98. I followed Jeff's instructions and had to uninstall all the audio devices and make sure the plug and play enumerator was loaded. then I simply reinstalled the drivers and I got sound. Thank you Jeff. On Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 4:31 pm, ckeener wrote: >i just upgraded this weekend from a slot 1 p3 to a socket 478 p4. naturally, i switched >out my motherboard, the processor and the ram, but that was all. everything else >is the same. everything works fine, except the soundblaster pci 128. it appears in >device manager with the windows me driver installed.(no conflicts). it appears in >the device list under multimedia properties, but under playback devices for audio >and voice, it says "no playback device." i have tried removing and reinstalling the >multimedia feature of the operating system. i have tried installing the newer driver >from creative (which crashed the system). i tried removing the pci 128 and using >the integrated onboard sound device, same problem. if it helps, the new board is >the gigabyte titan ga-8sr533. any ideas? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: no playback device recognized Friday, September 26, 2008 at 8:30 am Posted by angel g (1 messages posted) do you think that same stratergie would work for xp? On Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 2:43 am, Jeff Newman wrote: > >i found this single solution elsewhere, and thought i'd at least try to spread the >concept. > >first, most of the work revolves around the device manager. most likely, "the old >WDM trick" is the fix, but actually getting the fix to work properly seems to be >the issue. > >the WDM trick is really that a System Device is not installed that is necessary for >the AC'97 drivers to work properly (although DM says the device IS working properly). > >What you need to do is: > >boot to safe mode. open the device manager, and remove all Multimedia/Sound and even >Video devices, and any other devices that didn't load correctly during the last normal >boot. also, specifically look for a system device called "Plug and Play Software >Device Enumerator". This is the actual system device that is usually missing, but >having more than one can cause problems as well. Remove it/them if they are there. > >Reboot the system, and be sure to Cancel when you are prompted to locate the drivers >for the "PCI Multimedia Audio Device". this is your actual AC'97 device, but you >need the "Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator" located and installed prior to >this being installed, so just cancel it. you'll catch it later. load all the other >devices that are found as necessary, and reboot if prompted. reboot until the only >device(s) found are the "PCI Multimedia Audio Device". > >go the the Control Panels, and open Add/Remove hardware, and manually add the System >Device called "Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator" under the Microsoft group >(it should be the only one listed in Win98). Install it, and even though not prompted, >reboot. let's let the driver load correctly and fresh. > >this time try to locate and install the drivers for the "PC Multimedia Audio Device" >when prompted. your original CD would be helpful here. In my case, i'd always been >loading the WDM version of the drivers that were supplied, but i found that the non-WDM >version were the ones that worked, so find that driver if possible and load it (it >shouldn't have "(WDM)" listed after the "pretty name" of the found driver). > >as soon as the AC'97 driver loads, you should hear sound. reboot just to be sure >once it's done loading. > >after days of struggling with this issue, this was a 3 minute fix that worked the >first time. i now have another machine across town to try it on - i'm hoping !!!!!!!! > >if this does work for you, go find one other thread you searched somewhere and pass >it along (enhance if necessary). > >thanks! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum