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| Thread ID: 24562 | 2002-09-13 22:08:00 | Soundcard is against me | DangerousDave (697) | Press F1 |
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| 79314 | 2002-09-13 22:08:00 | Hello all, Yes, another problem *sigh* well this time its to do with the soundcard, I recently got a 4channel Asonic-C-Media soundcard and put it in my 120mhz with 95B, now in windows, lots of problems have occured, e.g. blue screens of doom when ever a sound is played in MSN Messenger, sound not working in games, Age of Empires freezing up sometimes when a sound is played, it seems to be something to do with the drivers but i have the most updated ones and nothing seems to be working. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with Windows 95B since it is so old. Almost forgot, whenever I shut down, after the windows logo and before the 'It is now safe to turn off your computer' it says there is a windows protection error and your computer needs to be restarted, press any key to continue, pressing a key continues onto the 'It is now safe to.......' screen. This started happening after the new sound card was installed. Oh yeah one more question, I am wanting to get a pair of speakers for the back for surround sound etc, and have tried getting another pair of computer speakers and putting them in the back and get no sound. The 4 speaker option is selected. Sound comes out of the front ones and none out of the back ones, will I need like 4 channel speakers to get it working?? Thanks a heap - David |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 79315 | 2002-09-13 23:44:00 | Re your soundcard causing problems - this may be because your computer is not powerful enough to run that kind of sound card, or it's just not compatible with 95b (I think that latter is more likely). As for the second set of computer speakers not working, I don't really understand why not, as it works fine on my SB Live. Again it could be that Win95b doesn't know what to do with another channel of sound. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 79316 | 2002-09-14 01:36:00 | What model number is your card ? It'll be something like CMI-xxxx Go to the CMedia (http://www.cmedia.com.tw) site and download and install the latest driver that matches your card. Your card is compatible with Win95. If your card has both front and rear speaker outputs, then it will support surround sound (this is dependent on the driver, not the OS). Check the faqs at the above site, they also have a surround sound demo that you can use to test your speakers. |
antmannz (28) | ||
| 79317 | 2002-09-14 05:55:00 | Thanks, I'm going to retry downloading all the drivers and try again, otherwise i'll just ignore it and put up with it *sigh* oh well, i'm probably getting a new computer soon. Well i'll try sometime tonite Thanks - David |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 79318 | 2002-09-14 06:28:00 | David, I was just wondering, what did you use to test if sound was coming out of the rear speakers? I found that some sound did not come out of the rear speakers, but some did :) eg when my modem connects it only comes out the front speakers not the rear ones, but audio from Windows Media player always comes out the rear speakers. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 79319 | 2002-09-14 06:44:00 | Mike, you are probably spot on there...if they are "surround" speakers then its only the audio difference between the two (L and R channels) that goes to the rear speakers, which by the way are in series with each other and often dont work unless both are installed. Modem sound is mono, so no difference. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 79320 | 2002-09-14 12:39:00 | Sometimes an audio driver causes problems with a video driver - try setting your video acceleration to 'none' (in control panel / system / performance). If the audio then works, try looking for an updated video driver. | wuppo (41) | ||
| 79321 | 2002-09-14 22:25:00 | urgh, just tried another set of drivers, its seemed to have gotten rid of the windows protection error on shut down, i've tried MSN messenger which sometimes crashes when playing a sound, and it worked alright with sound for about 20 mins before a trusty BSOD, i've tried removing the game port drivers see if that has much affect (hey i'm trying to find a way for this to work and the computer gods have a strange habbit of making random unrelated things cause problems...) - David p.s I already have the most updated video card drivers, but i'll try setting down hardware accelleration just to see, thanks |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 79322 | 2002-09-15 01:30:00 | Any motherboard chipset drivers for your system? | BIFF (1) | ||
| 79323 | 2002-09-15 01:38:00 | Yes, that's what I think you should check next: Motherboard drivers. If you have an original CD that came with the system there should be a driver utility you need to run straight after installing Windows. Alternatively, find out what motherboard you have and visit the manufacturers site for updated motherboard drivers. If the motherboard chipset isn't setup correctly you will certainly get all sorts of weird behaviour. | Rod J (451) | ||
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