I hear nothing!

avanti · May 29th, 2008, 07:34 PM

Since it seems quite difficult to reinstall windows on my pos pc, I'll just try to eliminate the problems one by one..

The biggest, which happened about a week ago while I was trying to figure out why this pesky bluescreen kept creeping up on me every night, is my loss of audio, it has gone mute. The little speaker on the task bar is gone, when I try to play a mp3 this message pops up:

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/4/5/29/f_Image2m_82664c0.jpg

I do not know if it is related but for some reason my device manager went blank at about the same time...

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/4/5/29/f_Image1m_8c5e837.jpg

please FG, help me... images/smilies/cry.gif

Lilleput · May 29th, 2008, 07:38 PM

Soundcard or onboard sound?

MadCow809 · May 29th, 2008, 07:41 PM

nope.

it's not your pc thats screwed, its windows/parition.. its corrupted (read my last reply to your other thread)

when windows/parition is corrupted, all sort of strange things can happen. As a matter of fact, my machine's C partition is also corrupted, I can't alt + tab or use any removable drives for longer than 5min.

Only solution is to do a clean format.

argatoga · May 29th, 2008, 07:47 PM

Am I the only one who thought of Schultz when reading the thread title?

http://www.nndb.com/people/181/000032085/schultz.jpg

avanti · May 29th, 2008, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadCow809

nope.

Only solution is to do a clean format.

MadCow809 · May 30th, 2008, 01:20 AM

Yeah well... we are on the same boat

Except for my problem isn't that serious, only one improper shutdown, but it did somehow mess up the partition. Now I'm some programs refuse to open, some lost all the settings.

Argh...

avanti · June 9th, 2008, 09:22 AM

Just a little update; Since I am still waiting for my new pc I decided to format this one a couple of days ago since that seemed to be the only solution.

The hd has 3 partitions, the OS is on C:, then D and E are full of personal stuff and movies etc, since all my external drives are full and I didn't have the willpower to burn the stuff on D and E I just formatted C and did a fresh install (I was able to find the dell recovery OS install cd, so it found the sata partitions).

Anyway...

With the fresh install all the problems seemed to be gone, the sound was back etc. Then yesterday, while I was listening to some mp3's it suddenly went quiet again, the problem was back, just like that out of nowhere...

Since my new pc should be here in a few days its not a biggie, but do you think the problem came back because I didn't delete all the partitions and made one fresh new partition?

When I get the new machine I want to wipe this HD clean and put it in the new one, 250GB is a shame to waste after all, but if it will mess up the new system it goes in the bin...

jensked · June 9th, 2008, 09:54 AM

You're sure you don't use some bad driver?

Since you're buying a new pc anyway, you might think about using this one for something else (Windows Home Server, some Linux distro, ...)

avanti · June 9th, 2008, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jensked

You're sure you don't use some bad driver?

Since you're buying a new pc anyway, you might think about using this one for something else (Windows Home Server, some Linux distro, ...)

Do you mean the sound driver? I use the original soundblaster cd that came with the pc when it was new.

I do get an "error" in the device manager though, but it is not the soundblaster card.

http://img28.picoodle.com/img/img28/4/6/9/f_soundm_fb6d386.jpg

argatoga · June 9th, 2008, 11:09 AM

As long as you wipe the Windows install you won't have an issue with installing your old hard drive in your new computer (Windows will use any swap file it finds and this can create issues).

As for the sound issue, check to see if you have two sound cards (an integrated one and an external one - easy way to check is to see if you have two sets of audio ports on the back of your computer, one attached to an add-on card the other to the motherboard) if so you will need to disable one - go into the bios and see if there is a setting to disable the integrated one.

jensked · June 9th, 2008, 11:14 AM

^ Yeah, disable those faulty devices, maybe that helps.

avanti · June 9th, 2008, 02:42 PM

Thanks guys, you are amazing!! images/smilies/bow.gif

I went into the bios and disabled the integrated soundcard, now it works perfectly, I hear again!! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Final Daihatsu · June 9th, 2008, 05:52 PM

LOL I hate going into the BIOS and changing stuff, I am always afraid that my bad luck will ruin everything. Usually though, it solves everything images/smilies/tongue.gif

argatoga · June 10th, 2008, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avanti

Thanks guys, you are amazing!! images/smilies/bow.gif

I went into the bios and disabled the integrated soundcard, now it works perfectly, I hear again!! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Glade to have been a help.

jensked · June 10th, 2008, 06:21 AM

GREAT SUCCES!

May 29th, 2008, 07:34 PM	#1
avanti Joined: Jul 21st, 2005 Last Online: 01:17 AM Location: Milano, Italia Posts: 2,052 Car: 2 cars + 3 bikes Rep Power: 36	I hear nothing! Since it seems quite difficult to reinstall windows on my pos pc, I'll just try to eliminate the problems one by one.. The biggest, which happened about a week ago while I was trying to figure out why this pesky bluescreen kept creeping up on me every night, is my loss of audio, it has gone mute. The little speaker on the task bar is gone, when I try to play a mp3 this message pops up: I do not know if it is related but for some reason my device manager went blank at about the same time... please FG, help me... __________________ \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| Ride, Eat, Sleep, Repeat.

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MadCow809 Joined: Feb 23rd, 2006 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Location: Durban, South Africa / Los Angeles, California Age: 23 Posts: 2,735 Car: 2007 E87 BMW 130i Rep Power: 25	nope. it's not your pc thats screwed, its windows/parition.. its corrupted (read my last reply to your other thread) when windows/parition is corrupted, all sort of strange things can happen. As a matter of fact, my machine's C partition is also corrupted, I can't alt + tab or use any removable drives for longer than 5min. Only solution is to do a clean format. __________________ Supporting : A.Priaulx, Kimi Räikkönen, J.Button, R.Kubica, P.Solberg, M.Hirvonen, J.Plato & M.Jackson FinalGear's Car/Bike Register 08 Currently looking for a car.... 08 Honda Civic Coupe 06 BMW 130i 05 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 05 Ford Bantam 1.3i 95 Mercedes Benz E320 Sportline Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3Ghz (333 X 9 @ 1.44v ~ 35°c with ZEROtherm BTF90/92mm Cooler) \| DFI INFINITY P965-S \| Corsair XMS DDR II 800 6 Gb \| GeCube ATi HD3850 512mb @ 800/1000Mhz \| Seagate 160Gb + 500Gb + 500Gb + 750Gb \| LITE-ON 20X DVDRW \| XION 600W PSU \| Logitech Z-2300 \| Logitech MX1000 \| Logitech G25 \| Dual 22" LCD Display @ 3360 x 1050 \| CoolerMaster Centurion 590 \| Vista 64 Ultimate \|

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MadCow809 Joined: Feb 23rd, 2006 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Location: Durban, South Africa / Los Angeles, California Age: 23 Posts: 2,735 Car: 2007 E87 BMW 130i Rep Power: 25	Yeah well... we are on the same boat Except for my problem isn't that serious, only one improper shutdown, but it did somehow mess up the partition. Now I'm some programs refuse to open, some lost all the settings. Argh... __________________ Supporting : A.Priaulx, Kimi Räikkönen, J.Button, R.Kubica, P.Solberg, M.Hirvonen, J.Plato & M.Jackson FinalGear's Car/Bike Register 08 Currently looking for a car.... 08 Honda Civic Coupe 06 BMW 130i 05 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 05 Ford Bantam 1.3i 95 Mercedes Benz E320 Sportline Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3Ghz (333 X 9 @ 1.44v ~ 35°c with ZEROtherm BTF90/92mm Cooler) \| DFI INFINITY P965-S \| Corsair XMS DDR II 800 6 Gb \| GeCube ATi HD3850 512mb @ 800/1000Mhz \| Seagate 160Gb + 500Gb + 500Gb + 750Gb \| LITE-ON 20X DVDRW \| XION 600W PSU \| Logitech Z-2300 \| Logitech MX1000 \| Logitech G25 \| Dual 22" LCD Display @ 3360 x 1050 \| CoolerMaster Centurion 590 \| Vista 64 Ultimate \|

June 9th, 2008, 09:22 AM	#7
avanti Joined: Jul 21st, 2005 Last Online: 01:17 AM Location: Milano, Italia Posts: 2,052 Car: 2 cars + 3 bikes Rep Power: 36	Just a little update; Since I am still waiting for my new pc I decided to format this one a couple of days ago since that seemed to be the only solution. The hd has 3 partitions, the OS is on C:, then D and E are full of personal stuff and movies etc, since all my external drives are full and I didn't have the willpower to burn the stuff on D and E I just formatted C and did a fresh install (I was able to find the dell recovery OS install cd, so it found the sata partitions). Anyway... With the fresh install all the problems seemed to be gone, the sound was back etc. Then yesterday, while I was listening to some mp3's it suddenly went quiet again, the problem was back, just like that out of nowhere... Since my new pc should be here in a few days its not a biggie, but do you think the problem came back because I didn't delete all the partitions and made one fresh new partition? When I get the new machine I want to wipe this HD clean and put it in the new one, 250GB is a shame to waste after all, but if it will mess up the new system it goes in the bin... __________________ \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| Ride, Eat, Sleep, Repeat.

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jensked Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Location: Flanders, Belgium Age: 24 Posts: 3,881 Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 32	You're sure you don't use some bad driver? Since you're buying a new pc anyway, you might think about using this one for something else (Windows Home Server, some Linux distro, ...) __________________

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argatoga Joined: Oct 4th, 2005 Last Online: 07:02 AM Location: Washington State, USA Age: 25 Posts: 1,762 Car: '97 Mustang GT Rep Power: 40	As long as you wipe the Windows install you won't have an issue with installing your old hard drive in your new computer (Windows will use any swap file it finds and this can create issues). As for the sound issue, check to see if you have two sound cards (an integrated one and an external one - easy way to check is to see if you have two sets of audio ports on the back of your computer, one attached to an add-on card the other to the motherboard) if so you will need to disable one - go into the bios and see if there is a setting to disable the integrated one. __________________ "Until a President is killed in a 300c, it can NEVER be as awesome as the Lincoln Continental." - thedguy "But to take alobohol rectally... Couldn't that kill a man?!?" - Austere "If you think about it breast implants aren't much different than braces. Their main purpose is to improve one's appearance, at least that's how it was in my case." - KaJun

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jensked Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Location: Flanders, Belgium Age: 24 Posts: 3,881 Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 32	^ Yeah, disable those faulty devices, maybe that helps. __________________

June 9th, 2008, 02:42 PM	#12
avanti Joined: Jul 21st, 2005 Last Online: 01:17 AM Location: Milano, Italia Posts: 2,052 Car: 2 cars + 3 bikes Rep Power: 36	Thanks guys, you are amazing!! I went into the bios and disabled the integrated soundcard, now it works perfectly, I hear again!! __________________ \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| Ride, Eat, Sleep, Repeat.

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jensked Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: September 5th, 2008 Location: Flanders, Belgium Age: 24 Posts: 3,881 Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 32	GREAT SUCCES! __________________

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