Re: disappearing sound card driver

From: RR (run12224_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/11/05


Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:18:46 GMT

I recently formatted my hard drive and am experiencing same problem
with no sound on audigy 2 ZS value and also not detected in device
mgr. When I downloaded latest drivers from audigy site and tried to
install it stated could not find board. I'll try these solutions of
safe mode and remove card but somewhere I read you also have to
reinstall the software that came with board, is that incorrect as I
can't find install disk anywhere.
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:36:27 -0500, "Mhzjunkie"
<report.usenet.abuse@gmail.com> wrote:

>John Trunek spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself :
>
>>> Turn off the power. Open the case, remove the card and reinsert it.
>>> You also might try another slot. I had my SB Audigy card to do the
>>> same thing, on a FIC mainboard with VIA chipset. I'm not saying that
>>> the VIA chipset was the problem, damned if I know what it was. But
>>> anyway, i'm running a Gigabyte board now and it hasn't happen since.
>>>
>>
>> I reinserted it, but didn't try a different slot. I know you said
>> your FIC motherboard had a VIA chipset. Was it by chance the KT400
>> chipset, as thats what I've got in here.
>
>Yes it was the KT400. But like I really believe it had something to do with
>the design of the board. As you may know, FIC isn't the best thing on the
>pile. When my card would do this, it was like it had forgotten what it was.
>I could try to reinstall the driver's, and they would insist that I had no
>creative products installed.
>
>Every time, I had to remove the card and reinsert it. I changed slot also,
>this seem to help, but never cured the problem. I kinda got used to the
>thing carrying on in this manner. One day I decided I would get a better
>motherboard, and never thought about it solving the sound card problem. But
>the problem disappeared. By the way, the board im running now uses the VIA
>KT600 chipset.



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