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Dial a fix is what I was going to suggest based on the log file...
Most gooderly is that proggie :D you can download it here or majorgeeks etc.
You have ended up with driver minestrone, you need to either work it out by hand or use at utility such as the ATI uninstaller or drivercleaner pro, which despite it's name, is free.
I know I'm late chiming in, but here's my 2 cents. We get about 4 to 6 Emachine's a month whose PSU had died a noisy death. Takes out motherboard, but everything elsen is OK. (note: this is indicitave of Bestek PSU's). We back up the data, run the original Emachine recovery CD's on the PC, then after the install is complete, boot a generic XP cd of appropriate version and run a REPAIR install. You may have to add/remove some drivers through control panel, but this puts back the preinstalled progs, like Works. Seemed like more work than most folks want to go through, but we get NO phone calls from customers regarding stability. We've tried being the hero, and not forcing the customer to have to reinstall, but candor is the greatest kindness.
OK. Audio frustrations.
I am getting a code 10 on the CMedia duio driver. It will not start. I have tried the PC-CHips driver, and the driver from C-Media for the specific chipset (don't recall which one it was right now).
Any suggestions? I have more trouble with audio drivers than any other....
more information:
I am using regcleaner to view system DLL files. There are STILL numerous DLLs from hardware that is no longer on this system, like ATI, Sensaura, USR,etc.... (despite running all uninstalls, the ATI uninstaller, Driver-cleaner pro)
Are these safe to delete, or does Windows keep some on hand just in case?
Thank you again,
AW
Some dlls are Microsoft supplied you need to check the file properties to tell which is which.
Code 10 is lack of resources. Turn off unnecessary stuff in bios like serial ports that are not in use, remove the cmedia software and then uninstall the audio from device manager. Now reinstall using the cmedia setup.exe. If you get code 10 again, update the driver by having xp install from a specific location and browse to where the cmedia drivers are.
So if the author of these DLLs is not microsoft, and the DLL goes to hardware that is not in the machine, is it safe to delete?
rename it first in case windows is using it.
Resolved - I HATE PCCHIPS! OK, the web site plainly says Cmedia for the audio for this board. That is what the download is. Just for curiousity, I uninstalled all of it and loaded Realtek AC97. It took it and started making noises!
The only thing I can think of is maybe I had the wrong board revision driver....
Anyway, I'm leaving everything now that sound works.
Thanks for all the help everyone,
AW
Wouldn't be the first time I got caught out like that - MSI are particularly bad at revising motherboards with completely different onboard chips.