I have no idea what happened

[jonrud00]

I don't know whats wrong with my sound. The speakers power supply is on because the light is on. I tried the sound recorder but I can't tell if the microphone is really working because whenever I hit the microphone it doesn't make a distinguishable mark on the sound wave.But I can tell there is some activity in the sound recorder. I really think it might be the speakers because before when the volume is up loud enough I could tap the speakers and I could hear static but now nothing. Can anyone help?

I dont think it is the sound card because I installed new drivers. By the way I use ESS.

[NooNoo]

Welcome to Windrivers jonrud00

Am I right in thinking that apart from the microphone problem you sound works fine?

If so you need to select the microphone as the source device. To do this double click the volume control to get the full set of sliders.... these are the playback controls, is the mic slider shown? Is it muted?

Next click on the options menu at the top - here you can check the boxes for which sliders are shown, if the mic isn't shown check the box and ok it.... now look at the playback control for mic.

Record control is also reached from the options - click the record radio button and ok, the mic slider must have a tick to make it the source device.

Beware of having the mic too close to the speakers when you have the playback for the mic enabled - you will get howlround if too close.

[jonrud00]

No, there is no sound at all. The reason I think it's the speakers is because when I open winamp, you see the timer running but there is no sound. I dont get an error message or anything.

[NooNoo]

ok a couple of things to try

Remove the speakers from the green or speaker jack, plug in a pair of headphones.... get anything?

In control panel, multimedia what is shown as the default playback and record device? Are they "greyed out"?

What windows btw?

[jonrud00]

ok a couple of things to try

Remove the speakers from the green or speaker jack, plug in a pair of headphones.... get anything?

In control panel, multimedia what is shown as the default playback and record device? Are they "greyed out"?

What windows btw?

it is windows 98. they aren't greyed out

[NooNoo]

did you try the headphones?

[jonrud00]

did you try the headphones?

I haven't tried headphones yet but if headphones don't work does that single out anything?

[NooNoo]

yes, it proves the speakers are not to blame.

[jonrud00]

yes, it proves the speakers are not to blame.

I don't believe its the speakers because when I go to add new hardware it says my audio driver is installed but it has problems. When I try to fix the problems I can't. I do what they tell me but everytime I go back its the same thing. I went to the ESS website to download a new driver but it still won't work. Also whenever I go to the sound page in control panel the different soundshave speaker icons by them. Thats normal but the categories like Windows,Sound recorder, Media player all have that missing program icon by it.(the little white box with the blue top) I think this has a lot to do with my problem but I don't know how to fix it.

[jonrud00]

I don't know if this has anything to do with it I recently hooked my computer back up after about two years and I didn't notice my sound wasn't playing. When my sound was working I could hear the mouse click.

[NooNoo]

Have you checked the full volume controls? Wav needs to be unmuted to hear the mouse click.

If you don't try the headphones, you cannot rule out a speaker problem.

[jonrud00]

I'm going to get some headphones tomorrow I don't know where I put my old ones but in the meantime my multimedia options are grayed out. I didnt think they were before.

[jonrud00]

I have been having sound problems. Actually I have no sounds but anyway I was messing around and I think accidentally deleted my sound recorder because I can't find it. I think I deleted my ESS audio driver but I thought I installed it again. I guess I got the wrong one. I know I said in an earlier thread I haven't tried headphones but I think headphones won't help this. I think my soundcard ESS Allegro pretty sure it is. Is there anyway I can get my sound back?

[eboyjones]

If you think you have already deleted the sound card double check anyway.Go into device manager and see if your sound card if it is still there. Make sure it's not listed in other devices and if it is uninstall it.

If it is still listed under sound note down the model number. Since it is not working it's probably best to start from scratch. Delete it under sound devices.

If the card is not listed in device manager then reboot windows and windows will find new harware and tell you what card you have, that is if it is plug and play. If you have Winxp chances are Xp already has the drives so no problem. If not then note down what windows tells you your card is and go onto the internet and download latest drives from ESS for your version of windows.

Scroll down about 2/3 of the page and you will see Allegro. ( I have the Allegro 1930 on a machine I am typing this from and it works great.)

http://www.esstech.com/techsupp/drivers.shtm#pci



Then make sure you have the latest unzipped Ess driver on a floppy or in a file on your pc.

Go back to Device manager and run the Add new hardware wizard and point windows to the place you have your drivers stored.

Sounds complicated but it's not.http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

[NooNoo]

Look for the file soundrec.exe in c:\windows
You probably just deleted the shortcut to it.

[NooNoo]

Then you need to load the vxd or 95 drivers to make this work... first uninstall the previous drivers though.

[jonrud00]

First off, thanks for your continuous help. How do I uninstall the driver. Do I go to device hardware and remove it? Also where do I go to get what I need for the driver?

[NooNoo]

I need to know the soundcard make and model or if it is onboard sound, the motherboard make and model

If you have a branded machine eg compaq, dell, then the full model of the computer instead.

In 98 you check add/remove programs for any software related to your sound card... then go to device manager and delete the items under sounds and multimedia. This is best done in safe mode.

[jonrud00]

here it is
Operating System System Model
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) Compaq Compaq PC
System Serial Number: 1X07DTY8J12T
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
667 megahertz Intel Celeron
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Compaq 06C0h
Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: Compaq 686C3 06/20/2000
Drives Memory Modules c,d
15.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
4.05 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

COMPAQ SC-140S [CD-ROM drive]
IDE-CD R/RW 4x4x32 [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

Generic IDE hard disk drive (15.00 GB) -- drive 0, No SMART Driver 64 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM1' has 64 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 12.07 GB 2.24 GB free
d: (on drive 0) 2.93 GB 1.81 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users Printers
No details available Compaq IJ600 on LPT1:

Controllers Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Intel(r) 82801AA Ultra ATA Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) Intel(R) 810e Chipset Graphics Driver (DC133 FSB133) 4.11.01.1321 [Display adapter]
COMPAQ MV730i [Monitor] (16.3"vis, s/n 948CE48RE233, November 1999)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(r) 82801AA USB Universal Host Controller ESS Allegro PCI Audio (WDM)
Gameport Joystick (no joystick connected)
MPU-401 Compatible

[jonrud00]

What do I need to download now?

[jonrud00]

My bad for all the confusion but I figure my sound card is the problem. Noo Noo told me to uninstall everything to do with my sound. I think I did that but I am not sure. I have installed some of the drivers from ess but they don't seem to work. I am going to list the details

Operating System System Model
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) Compaq Compaq PC
System Serial Number: 1X07DTY8J12T
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
667 megahertz Intel Celeron
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Compaq 06C0h
Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: Compaq 686C3 06/20/2000
Drives Memory Modules c,d
15.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
4.05 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

COMPAQ SC-140S [CD-ROM drive]
IDE-CD R/RW 4x4x32 [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

Generic IDE hard disk drive (15.00 GB) -- drive 0, No SMART Driver 64 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM1' has 64 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 12.07 GB 2.24 GB free
d: (on drive 0) 2.93 GB 1.81 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users Printers
No details available Compaq IJ600 on LPT1:

Controllers Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Intel(r) 82801AA Ultra ATA Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) Intel(R) 810e Chipset Graphics Driver (DC133 FSB133) 4.11.01.1321 [Display adapter]
COMPAQ MV730i [Monitor] (16.3"vis, s/n 948CE48RE233, November 1999)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(r) 82801AA USB Universal Host Controller ESS Allegro PCI Audio (WDM)
Gameport Joystick (no joystick connected)
MPU-401 Compatible

[jonrud00]

I got back my sound recorder and volume control and my multmedia area is not greyed out. But still no sound. Here is what my computer settings look now.Also I d/l ESS Allegro-1 Device Manager,ESS Allegro-1 DOS Emulation, ESS Allegro-1 PCI AudioDrive it was under 95/98. This download was the reason I got my sound recorder and volume control back.


Operating System System Model
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) Compaq Compaq PC
System Serial Number: 1X07DTY8J12T
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
667 megahertz Intel Celeron
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Compaq 06C0h
Bus Clock: 66 megahertz
BIOS: Compaq 686C3 06/20/2000
Drives Memory Modules c,d
15.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
4.02 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

COMPAQ SC-140S [CD-ROM drive]
IDE-CD R/RW 4x4x32 [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

Generic IDE hard disk drive (15.00 GB) -- drive 0, No SMART Driver 64 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM1' has 64 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 12.07 GB 2.21 GB free
d: (on drive 0) 2.93 GB 1.81 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users Printers
No details available Compaq IJ600 on LPT1:

Controllers Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Intel(r) 82801AA Ultra ATA Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) Intel(R) 810e Chipset Graphics Driver (DC133 FSB133) 4.11.01.1321 [Display adapter]
COMPAQ MV730i [Monitor] (16.3"vis, s/n 948CE48RE233, November 1999)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(r) 82801AA USB Universal Host Controller ESS Allegro-1 Device Manager
ESS Allegro-1 DOS Emulation
ESS Allegro-1 PCI AudioDrive
Gameport Joystick (no joystick connected)
MPU-401 Compatible

[NooNoo]

Aah you have a compaq!

What model compaq? Compaq make their own drivers... often they tweak their versions for their machines and the reference drivers do not work.

[NooNoo]

John please stick to one thread

I have merged your other two into this one.

[jonrud00]

Compaq Presario 5BW130 (5000) series

[NooNoo]

here are all the drivers and updates for your compaq (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?product=93666&lc=en&lang=en&cc=us&dlc=en&os=20)

Have you done the headphone test yet?

[jonrud00]

Have you done the headphone test yet?[/QUOTE]

Just tried it and headphones work.

[NooNoo]

Well then, headphones work, speakers don't....