Re: MULTIMEDIA AUDIO CONTROLLER ??

From: Mr. Slow (millenniumgold_at_crouchvale.freeserve.invalid)
Date: 10/26/04


Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:16:40 +0100

If the sound is working, your SB Live Value may well be correctly installed
with the Creative drivers which you have downloaded. The Multimedia Audio
Device which XP Pro keeps finding may well be an onboard sound chip which
has been inadvertantly enabled in the BIOS. Check and disable if
appropriate,

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Jay wrote:
> Yes, the Creative game port controller shows up in Sound, Video and
> Game controllers un the device manager...
>
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in message
> news:O6U8$DguEHA.2172@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Is the Creative Gameport Controller showing up under Sound, Video
>> and Game Controllers in Device Manager?  If it isn't point it to the
>> files you downloaded from the Creative website.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing/Imaging and Hardware
>> www.coribright.com
>>
>> "Jay" <fingerlickingood@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:G5ydndxIeJNKY-bcRVn-gg@comcast.com...
>>> For some reason the sound on my Windows XP Professional System
>>> stopped working and when I rebooted the machine I keep getting a
>>> "Found New Hardware" dialog box looking for the driver for a
>>> Multimedia Audio Controller.  I immediatley went to my sound card
>>> web page ( Creative's SB Live Value card) and downloaded the latest
>>> driver for XP, thinking that this
>>> would solve my problem.  By the way, this sound card worked great
>>> with XP before this problem.
>>>
>>> My sound came back but I continued getting the "Found New Hardware"
>>> dialog box looking for the driver for a Multimedia Audio Controller
>>> when I re-booted.  In the Device Manager there is a yellow question
>>> mark next to a
>>> catagory called "Other" and right next to the Other catagory is
>>> Multimedia Audio Controller...???
>>>
>>> I am totally stumped about this ....how can I find the driver
>>> needed to shut
>>> the mouth of this dialog box constantly asking for the location of
>>> the driver for Multimedia Audio Controller??
>>> What is a Multimedia Audio Controller anyway?
>>>
>>> I would appreciate any help anyone can give me on this problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanx
>>>
>>> Jay


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