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Hello kagiso01, welcome to WinDrivers.
The Boston speakers are a special case when it comes to configuration:
Check out Boston's FAQ:
http://www.bostonacoustics.com/tec_m...dia_faq.aspx#1
Also some other discussions here:
http://forums.windrivers.com/search....archid=1011051
Hi Platypus,
Thank you for the pointers towards the links. I checked out the FAQ on the Boston Acoustics website and I feel like I made some progress....but I still need some help.
At the BA website, it says the following:
"The Boston digital speakers do not directly require drivers to work but rather rely on the soundcard for processing.....You need to make sure that the soundcard is configured for digital output. If the soundcard is configured for digital or if your computer manufacturer has informed you that you need to upgrade drivers in the system, you will need to contact the manufacturer of your soundcard for these drivers."
So I interpret that paragraph to mean that I should either look on the Gateway site, or the Creative website to find the appropriate driver.
At the Creative site, after a bit of searching and plugging in "Creative Sound Blaster PCI", I got the following message: "Please note that the product you have selected has been classified as "End of Service Life". It gives you the option to search the archives where I found Knowledge Base Solution ID #3051 and this page says: "There are no driver updates for PCI 128 (CT4700) and PCI 64 cards based on the ES1370, ES1371 and ES1373 Chipsets for Windows Me/2000/XP - you must use the drivers built into these operating systems." I have the ES1371, ES1371 Chipsets.
When I try on the Gateway site to search for the relevant drivers and I input my computer serial number, I get told that my computer is too old and Gateway doesn't support it anymore.
How do I "use the drivers built into WinXP" as suggested? I still have my original Gateway system CDs.
Any hints or direct suggestions would be much appreciated! Thank you!
The ES137x drivers in Windows only provide basic functionality.
Is the sound card a physical card plugged into a PCI slot, or integrated into the motherboard? If it's an integrated chip, then Gateway was probably your only hope. If it's a separate card, look for a model number silk screened onto it, of the format CTxxxx (like the CT4700 example given).
It may be possible to track down a suitable driver somewhere, but I think other people have given up on this combination before...
Are the Gateway CDs system restore CDs, or a regular Windows Install CD and something like Utilities & Software disk(s)?
wao
Thanks for the suggestions.
I feel a bit sheepish...in the end I figured out the solution....I re-discovered the Gateway-provided XP upgrade disks that had the appropriate driver on them. After uninstalling and the re-installing the driver from the Gateway disks and then making sure that I had "Digital" output selected, the speakers now work.
Thanks again!
thank for this driver
Hi guys,
Need your help! Have the same problem with PCI 128 ES1371.
Computer is (not a manufactured model),
Mainboard: Intel Springdale i865PE
Soundcard: Creative PCI Vibra 128
OS: XP SP2
I just added the creative PCI soundcard replacing the onboard model (Realtek 97). I have disabled onboard audio from BIOS to prevent conflict. Windows audio has been set to automatic and started. But there's still no sounds, with the message "driver is enabled but has not been started" in audio device properties.
Have tried re-installed the driver, but still didn't work. Even now the onboard soundcard didn't work too.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance guys!
oqa
Welcome to Windrivers oqa
First things first... why did you turn off the realtek and use this card?
Are the speakers working and plugged in to the green socket on the card and to power?
What is the actual model of the card you installed - the number is on the top right hand side of the card - it might start SB or CT
Thanks NooNoo!
The model card is CT 4810. I turned off the onboard realtek because my speakers (Diamond 2.1 Pro Media) couldn't play sounds with it. Because the diamond speakers was with my older computer -and with the Creative PCI sound card plugged in to that older computer- so I thought I needed to install the PCI card into the one I'm using right now.
The realtek is now working again (with standard speakers) after I performed system restore and un-plugged the PCI card.
What went wrong?
If you take the time to actually read and use the Sticky about XP sound issues you would probably find the resolution (as oqa would have).
:)
Anything from you not plugging in the speakers correctly to the sound driver corrupting!Quote:
Originally Posted by oqa
Hello windrivers.com!
I'm having a trouble with my soundcard. It worked just fine some days ago, then i formated my computer, and after i installed my drives, the sound just didn't work. I've been looking in this thread, reading every post and tried to do everything, still doesn't work!
I got Microsoft windows XP professional SP 1 as OS.
My computer is a AMD Athlond 64 processor, 3200+, 2.01 GHz, 1GB ram. I'm not sure you could use those facts, but anyway :P.
Im not sure how to look up what my soundcard is, but i think it's a Creative Sound Blaster PCI. My speakers are correctly plugged, and none of the volume controllers are muted. Please help :) If you need more "facts", please ask, though i'm not sure what motherboard i got, i think it's a "NFORCEE4-A939" ? I'm a newb when it comes to installing drives lol.
Thanks for any help!! Losing my mind on this.:mad:
Edit by Moderator:
Continued with more information here: http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=83380
Greetings WinDrivers.
I am hoping someone here might be able to help - I can see I am not alone in my angst with the Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM) aka Creative Vibra 128 PCI Sound Card.
One of our computers just went... crazy. Here's the situation.
Our Setup:
MoBo: BioStar K8VGA-M
CPU: AMD Athlon (64 3200 I believe, I'll have to ask my other half if you need me to double check)
Chipset: Intel 845G/GV
Onboard Sound: Realtek AC'97 (is dead, we keep it disabled in BIOS)
PCI Card Sound: "White Box" Creative Vibra 128 with ES1373/ES1373 WDM Chipset (has original driver CD)
AGP Video: ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256MB
OS: WinXP Pro SP3
All of this was working perfectly fine - perfectly - until we went to install a webcam. As soon as the cam driver install rebooted WinXP, it brought up a detect new hardware, new sound card detected ... and we haven't been able to get sound since. The device is even recognized as being installed and working properly in the Device Manager, and no conflict warnings.
We have tried the following:
1) Checked all cables and speakers
2) Tested PCI card in other computer - works fine.
3) Tested in all three PCI slots on K8VGA-M, card detects, driver installs, still no sound
4) Checked all BIOS settings, even went so far as to checking if disabling as many devices as possible helped in case of IRQ/DMA conflict. No luck.
5) Tried format and reinstall of XP and all devices, drivers - followed recommended MoBo install order. Also tried switching install order of LAN and Audio in case of assignment conflict.
6) Reset CMOS to defaults by jumper and tried reinstalling everything ground up.
7) Tried to coax the onboard into working on a lark because we were getting frustrated.
8) Checked the digital settings and the volume mute settings in all locations, just in case we were being blind idiots.
9) Checked services.msc ... yup, started and automatic.
10) Ran out of ideas after reading through here, and decided to see if anyone could think of something we've missed.
The webcam in question is a Sakar Internationa Inc (no, not a typo, that's exactly as printed on disc) Gear To Go Digital Web Camera. Their site as listed on the driver disc is www.sakar.com ... I couldn't find anything that helped there. To be honest I couldn't even figure out how to track down my exact model, considering the lack of markings on the actual camera itself, and no original packaging.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Welcome to Windrivers Luta
Did you uninstall the webcam in any of this?
Webcams have microphones and might be seen as a soundcard.
Exactly which webcam is this (model number please) - they have quite a selection
Yup, we uninstalled it at the very first, and haven't tried reinstalling it since reseting and reinstalling everything.
Unfortunately the camera itself has no identifying numbers on it that I can find, other than a "DF040297672" inside where the 2AAA batteries go.
The quick and cheap fix would be to go and get a cmedia based card for a few bux... the long fix would be to format and start again.
You could try ininstalling the sound side of things altogether (windows components multimedia)
I realised this part here was a little confusing (sorry it was really late when I posted) "The device" should read "Our Creative Sound Card"Quote:
Originally Posted by Luta
Sorry 'bout that.
Oh yes, and the machine has 1GB DDR400 PC3200 RAM in it, fully tested and working.
Yes, it's ok, I got that. My post above gives 3 possible ways forward.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luta
Thanks for all the help.
After trying everything from factory default 3 times now... looks like we'll just have to buy a new PCI card and hope we get sound.
Those cards are the devil's spawn - thousands of them sold and very few of them actually work all the time.
Wait, did you use the drivers from the CD (without the bloatware) or the drivers from Windows update?
We tried 3 different drivers - the one on the CD that came with the Creative (that evil tiny blue CD, I'm sure you've seen it lol), the Win2K Driver, and the default WinXP SP3 default PnP driver.
And yeah, definitely devil's spawn. We'll try a C-Media when we pick a new cheapie card up.
Never seen the CD, I am always asked to get those things to work because they lost the driver cd... quite satisfying to know that actually having the cd is a complete waste of time!
Ok that exactly what it looks in my device manager. However I still have no audio. Yes I've made sure my plugs in the back of the tower are all correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hash
But i have no sound schemes. just "No Sound" and "Windows Default"....err..help. I miss my sound. ; .;
Ok Guys I have a small yet serious problem. Let's see. There are no conflicts with my devices.(I.E. No yellow !) I run windows xp and my sound card is Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373)(WDM) Version 5.2.3633.0
but i am missing sound schemes. made sure it's not muted. All that but all I have is "No Sound" and "Windows Default" sound schemes. Do i go to find more? Am I missing a driver? help a guy out. ; .;
Also my Audio Codecs location is unknown,. I'm really confused. please help. hate to beg but