Weird Problem!

JessAlba452 · 15-April-05, 04:11 PM

Just before I moved to TN I had Vash hooked up to my TV with a S-Video and audio cable. Two days before moving I was watching Cowboy Bebop and the audio was fine, that night I shut it down.

After moving and hooking everything up correctly there is no sound!!!!

So I check if my onboard sound was enabled. That was fine. Then checked the audio drivers in windows...it showed up as working also. I took out my Abit CD and re-installed the audio drivers anyway just to check. Still didn't work and I tried to install audio drivers again.

Thinking that maybe my front audio connection was loose from moving I took off the side panel to check, but they were secure.

I had an mp3 playing while I worked and had the volume at MAX. The back audio port emits a buzzing sound while the front audio gives me nothing.

As a last ditch effort I took out a Knoppix CD and booted into Linux. Played an MP3 and nearly had my ears blasted off! Both front and back ports worked.

So this is definately a windows issue. I'm wondering if anyone can help me without having to format and re-install windows again.

System Specs-

Windows XP Pro
Abit NF7-S Rev2.0
AMD 2600+ Mobile
ATI 9800 Pro
1Gb Corsair

lcpiper · 15-April-05, 04:19 PM

Vash, you have checked both sound file playback and Direct Play CD Audio from a non-MP3 audio cd ?

Please be sure

JessAlba452 · 15-April-05, 04:22 PM

Yep I stuck a regular CD into my CD drive. That didn't work either. I am stumped! lol

Im_gumby · 15-April-05, 04:23 PM

Why any of this would have changed since you shut it down is beyond me, but just some troubleshooting thoughts...

did you check the advanced audio properties to verify that the audio isn't muted on wave or aux in or wherever you were watching bebop through.

perhaps try installing the nforce drivers (you have Nvidia chip on your board yes?) and running the audio setup wizard there.

did the speaker output type change?

JessAlba452 · 15-April-05, 04:30 PM

Yep advance audio props were the first thing checked. Output was also same.

Did the nForce soundstorm audio setup also.

Oh and I used both Windows Media player & Winamp to see if maybe it was just the fault of the program. Even tried Core Media player which is the same thing I used to play those Cowboy Bebop episodes.

Sorry for the size...but this is to show everything is working like its supposed to...just no sound.

lcpiper · 15-April-05, 04:39 PM

And it isn't a Digital/Analog audio output thing ?

JessAlba452 · 15-April-05, 04:44 PM

Don't think it is.

JCoyote · 15-April-05, 05:26 PM

Yikes tough one...

I've had occasional issues like that, only to find that windows for reasons unknown to me occasionally mutes its mixer settings. Apparently not this time...

Do you have any spare soundcards around, any kind just as long as it works? Testing a separate soundcard could help isolate where the problem is. If the problem is in the Windows Sound System itself, another card wouldn't work either.

Also... you probably did this, but when reinstalling drivers sometimes it works best to remove them instead of reinstalling them over existing ones. Remove the drivers from Windows and even hunt the bastards down and delete them from your hard drive, then try again. Sometimes Windows has a "memory" of certain drivers even when you "remove" them, so you have to be pretty brutal erasing for a reinstall sometimes or it will just use them the same way again, even if its the wrong way.

Slaymate · 15-April-05, 06:07 PM

Remove the drivers, run drive cleaner, restart in safe mode and check device manager. If nothing is flagged then restart normally. Reinstall the newest drivers. If it's still screwed up it's in the settings.

Cpl Rampage · 15-April-05, 08:39 PM

this could be a nub answer, but did you go into the windows accesories, and make sure that the windows sound pannel is not turned down or muted?

Ozzy64 · 15-April-05, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cpl Rampage


	this could be a nub answer, but did you go into the windows accesories, and make sure that the windows sound pannel is not turned down or muted?

It wouldn't be a nub answer if she didn't have soundstorm, which took over that portion of
windows sound when it was installed. Anyway, it's probably hardware related. e.g. connections.

TYCOON · 15-April-05, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JessAlba452


	omfg my sound is t3h fuxr

i gave up on the onbaord sound with my NF7-S, had the wierdest problems, just like yours also...

But what really set me off, the rear channel needed to be pluged into the center and sub jack and vice versa...liek wtf!!

Got myself a Soundblaster Value 5.1 (upgrade from my 4.1

) Great card. Increases fps too. Cheap at $30 canadian.

Rob · 15-April-05, 10:11 PM

Your problem lies in the recent spat of solar flares wrecking havoc on the magnetic field that covers your new house.

Isolate the solar magnectic flux and problem solved.

Rob

P.S.
Sorry, I have no idea what it really could be other than maybe something reset itself during the move. What that could be....?

Fatsobob · 15-April-05, 10:19 PM

Im almost sure this is a driver problem with windows.
If the hardware is fine, its software and since it is not a soundcard i think it has to be drivers.

Worse come to worse, you reformat.
Im considering doing that soon, but i dont have any problems that bug me as serious as this one.
Other than that solution, im stumped.

It could be what rob said

JessAlba452 · 15-April-05, 10:19 PM

sigh guess I'm stuck ... time to re-install windows. Or maybe get an Audigy 2 Platinum! ... either way I'm going to be spending some cash. Need to upgrade my 120Gb to 300Gb

Fatsobob · 15-April-05, 10:32 PM

Lucky, i wish i had a bigger hard drive.
My 80 gig is simply too small for a hard core gamer of magnitude.
THE SQUIRREL MASTER DEMANDS A BIGGER HARD DRIVE!!!

JessAlba452 · 15-April-05, 11:27 PM

Aww fatsobob one day you'll be sportin 2TB of storage at the rate HD space is going. Patience is all you need

15-April-05, 04:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ. Posts: 3,339	Vash, you have checked both sound file playback and Direct Play CD Audio from a non-MP3 audio cd ? Please be sure __________________ Life is hard. It's harder if your stupid ! Give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves. Give'em a little more and they'll hang us all !

15-April-05, 04:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Im_gumby Slightly Silly Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Latitude: 42 57 51 Longitude: 85 36 46 W Posts: 3,100	Why any of this would have changed since you shut it down is beyond me, but just some troubleshooting thoughts... did you check the advanced audio properties to verify that the audio isn't muted on wave or aux in or wherever you were watching bebop through. perhaps try installing the nforce drivers (you have Nvidia chip on your board yes?) and running the audio setup wizard there. did the speaker output type change? __________________ C'mon... click me. You know you want to.

15-April-05, 04:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ. Posts: 3,339	And it isn't a Digital/Analog audio output thing ? __________________ Life is hard. It's harder if your stupid ! Give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves. Give'em a little more and they'll hang us all !

15-April-05, 08:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
Cpl Rampage Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: attlebor-hoe, MA Posts: 730	this could be a nub answer, but did you go into the windows accesories, and make sure that the windows sound pannel is not turned down or muted? __________________ There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitve idiots

15-April-05, 10:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
Rob Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Home of the world's greatest race... Posts: 6,663	Your problem lies in the recent spat of solar flares wrecking havoc on the magnetic field that covers your new house. Isolate the solar magnectic flux and problem solved. Rob P.S. Sorry, I have no idea what it really could be other than maybe something reset itself during the move. What that could be....? __________________

15-April-05, 05:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
JCoyote Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 191	Yikes tough one... I've had occasional issues like that, only to find that windows for reasons unknown to me occasionally mutes its mixer settings. Apparently not this time... Do you have any spare soundcards around, any kind just as long as it works? Testing a separate soundcard could help isolate where the problem is. If the problem is in the Windows Sound System itself, another card wouldn't work either. Also... you probably did this, but when reinstalling drivers sometimes it works best to remove them instead of reinstalling them over existing ones. Remove the drivers from Windows and even hunt the bastards down and delete them from your hard drive, then try again. Sometimes Windows has a "memory" of certain drivers even when you "remove" them, so you have to be pretty brutal erasing for a reinstall sometimes or it will just use them the same way again, even if its the wrong way.

15-April-05, 06:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
Slaymate PCApex Reviewer From Hell Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sunnydale Posts: 2,789	Remove the drivers, run drive cleaner, restart in safe mode and check device manager. If nothing is flagged then restart normally. Reinstall the newest drivers. If it's still screwed up it's in the settings.

15-April-05, 10:19 PM	#14 (permalink)
Fatsobob Apex's Squirrel Revolutionary Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,629	Im almost sure this is a driver problem with windows. If the hardware is fine, its software and since it is not a soundcard i think it has to be drivers. Worse come to worse, you reformat. Im considering doing that soon, but i dont have any problems that bug me as serious as this one. Other than that solution, im stumped. It could be what rob said __________________ I may not post too often, but I will always be here.

15-April-05, 10:32 PM	#16 (permalink)
Fatsobob Apex's Squirrel Revolutionary Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,629	Lucky, i wish i had a bigger hard drive. My 80 gig is simply too small for a hard core gamer of magnitude. THE SQUIRREL MASTER DEMANDS A BIGGER HARD DRIVE!!! __________________ I may not post too often, but I will always be here.