RE: Audio Device not Started
- From: lei <lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:16:04 -0700
"Pat Walters [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> "rlweaver2",
>
> I am sorry that you are hitting this issue. The installation of the
> manufacturer's latest and greatest driver appears not to have worked
> completely. Try this:
> 1. Download the latest and greatest driver for XP on your M-Audio Firewire
> 410. If this is in a self-extracting zip file or some other compression
> tool, please extract it.
> 2. Remember the directory where your installation files exist.
> 3. If your file is an executable, but does NOT have an OEMSETUP.INF file,
> then skip to step 18.
> 4. Assuming there may be executables, but there is ALSO an OEMSETUP.INF
> file, then Click Start.
> 5. Click Run
> 6. Type: devmgmt.msc and press the <Enter> key or click OK.
> 7. After the device manager opens, find the M-Audio Firewire 410, and select
> it.
> 8. Right-click on the device and when prompted, click Update Driver...
> 9. Click the radio button regarding checking Windows Update as "No, not this
> time" and click Next
> 10. Check the radio button, "Install from a list or specific location
> (Advanced)" and click Next
> 11. Check the radio button, "Don't search. I will choose the driver to
> install." and click Next
> 12. Click the "Have Disk" button
> 13. Click the "Browse" button, and browse for the folder from step 2.
> 14. Click OK on the "Install from Disk" window.
> 15. You should see a valid driver for the equipment.
> 16. Choose a valid driver, or if none exists, or if you receive a popup
> telling you that the selected location does not have a driver for your
> hardware, reply back to this newsgroup and let us know.
> 17. Assuming there is a valid driver, and you've selected it, click OK and
> let it update.
> 18. If it asks for a reboot to complete installation, then reboot.
> 19. Check to see if other updates are installed along the way, as Audio
> drivers typically do have multiple devices.
>
> Let us know how this goes, and indeed if anything will play normal audio
> files, such as software other than Windows Media Player.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Pat Walters [MSFT]
>
> > Symptoms:
> > Windows Media Player will not play any audio files.
> > Midi is not recognized in my midi sequencing software.
> >
> > Before the latest Windows XP update, my device was working fine. It is an
> > M-Audio Firewire 410.
> >
> > I have reinstalled the drivers from my audio device's manufacturer.
> >
> > Under Control Panel -> Sound Devices... -> Audio My device does not show
> > up. In fact , the text box is "grayed out" so the nothing is selectable.
> >
> > When I look at the device in control panel, It says that the audio, midi and
> > audio mixer drivers are enabled but not started. [the device has midi and
> > audio]
.
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