no active mixer device installed....please helppp

Hey Again....i published a thread here earlier but no response, i have this problem with my computer , i have no sound and everytime i try play something it says " no active mixer device installed ". also my speaker icon doesn't show at the bottom right hand side.
Here's my pc info taken from Everest, if someone please could help me, this is driving me nuts.

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack -
DirectX 4.08.01.0810 (DirectX 8.1)



Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium II, 400 MHz (4 x 100)
Motherboard Name Intel Seattle SE440BX (2 ISA, 4 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset Intel 82440BX
System Memory 224 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type Phoenix (09/21/99)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter ATI Technologies, Inc. 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X (8 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI 3D-Rage Pro
Monitor Axion CL-1766 [17" CRT] (7383738037327)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Avance Logic ALS4000 Audio Device
Audio Adapter Cirrus Logic CS4610/4611 CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator
Audio Adapter Cirrus Logic CS4610/4611 CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator
Audio Adapter Cirrus Logic CS4610/4611 CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator

Storage
IDE Controller Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD1200JB-00GVA0 (111 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive IOMEGA ZIP 100
Optical Drive NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:28D (40x CD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 114463 MB (112601 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network
Network Adapter 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI TX NIC (3C905B-TX) (192.168.0.2)
Modem Motorola SM56 Speakerphone Modem

Peripherals
USB1 Controller Intel 82371AB/EB PIIX4 - USB Host Controller

please someone heeeellllpppppppp

Hello! Do you actually have more than one sound card installed in your computer such as an onboard sound chip and an add-in sound card?

If you really do, I would open Device Manager, go to Sound, video and game controllers, click the + to open the list, right-click any listed devices, and then click Remove in the context menu. Afterwards, shut down, remove any add-in sound cards, then restart and tell us what happens.

If you don't have an add-in card, just remove the sound devices in device manager, restart, and repost.

tyvm for your reply....no, i only have one sound card, and i have tried doind that, by going to control panel / system / hardware and unistalling, but when i restart it doesnt do a thing + i dont have the cd's to it .

Don't have which cds? the operating system or the device driver?

The drivers for ALS are here at realtek

Is your computer branded... hp, compaq, packard hell?

Tyvm NooNoo for your replies. No my monitor is not branded, my tower is dell.

OK, a Dell, good... what's the model and the service tag?

NooNoo ty ever so much for your help, i got my sound working with what you gave....OMG i couldnt believe i finaly got it fixed.TYV
Now the only thing i need to get fixed in this computer is the color:


even tho i have it on highest 32bit the color is very dark and poor.
when i go to colour settings i only see this colours : blue yellow black and white no matter on which setting.

What can i do to fix this???

Take care and once again thank for your help

On the monitor there should be buttons- one of them should be a menu and you can adjust the brightness and contrast of the monitor. If it is still dark, then you can try to adjust the gamma on the advanced properties of the video card.... if it has them.

But from what you say, your monitor red gun may have gone, in which case you need a new monitor (not economical to fix). Test the monitor by trying it on another computer... if you get the same result, you have a dying monitor.

Tyvm NooNoo i will look into getting a new monitor i think will be best.

Well anything i can do for you or anyone, just email me.....i own you one.
Thank you very much

My pleasure Luis :)

NooNoo my monitor color used to work perfect before i installed windxp, do u think has something to do with it????

Possibly... there are some checks, the first one is the easy one, put the monitor on another computer.... if it works ok we have to go digging. It is possible that the monitor died coincidently.

The monitor plug to the computer may not be firmly... I get that problem with my monitor because I have a dvi to dsub adapter which is heavy and tends to work itself out of the socket.

XP possible problems AGP drivers (part of the motherboard drivers) need updating, Video card drivers need updating, monitor requires proper drivers, refresh rate and/or resolution (not colour depth) is too high for the monitor to handle properly.

ok NooNoo, the monitor works just fine in my other pc. Now, I am lost, how do i update all that stuff??

Thank you very much for taking your time with me.

On checking your motherboard/video card, xp knows how to run these... so no updating there.

What's the make and model of the monitor so I can check the specs?

The resolution is found when you right click on the desktop somewhere (not an icon) and click properties. Then the settings tab...What is that set to 800x600?
The refresh rate you get to from the resolution page... click the advanced button and click on the monitor tab - what is the number shown 60hz? What options are available from the drop down arrow?

yeah its 800x600 and its 85hz..... is that what u asked??

Monitor make/model?

oh, NooNoo its has a choice of 50hz up to 90 hz on a 800x600 screen resolution

i replied before but dont have a clue where to, lol
yes it has a option of 50hz up to 90hz and my screen resolution is 800x600

NooNoo thank you once again for your help, i changed my monitor for one that i had at work(lol)....problem solved.

Was very nice of your helping me out, and u got me the sound to work.

Best of luck

Luis Martins

uhh ok... another happy bunny

(but I still want the make and model of the monitor)

Dear, I have no sound and when I try to open volume control it says " no active mixer device installed ". also my speaker icon doesn't show at the bottom right hand side quick launch toolbar. I deparately need to recover this problem. Please help

Welcome to Windrivers Jatt

You have joined someone else's thread - did you try the suggestions that have been made so far?

Is your computer the same?
What Windows?
What computer make and model?

Thanks NooNoo. Here is my computer's summry

Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack -
DirectX 4.08.01.0810 (DirectX 8.1)


Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
Motherboard Name Jetway P4MDF(T)/P4MDMP/P4MDP533/P4MDPT/P4MDU533/P4MDUT/P4MFA/P4MFM/P4MFMU/P4MFP533(T)/P4MFU533(T)/P4XDMP/P4XFA/P4XFB(U)/P4XFCP/P4XFCZ/P4XFM
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8753/A/E Apollo P4X266/A/E
System Memory 256 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (21/10/02)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (COM2)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 (32 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 M64
Monitor Dell M770 [17" CRT] (8221DM0Y0B49)


Multimedia
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller


Storage
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive SAMSUNG SV4012H (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive ARTEC WRR-52X (52x/24x/52x CD-RW)
Optical Drive JLMS XJ-HD165H (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (FAT32) 9991 MB (7284 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 9993 MB (9403 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 18198 MB (7218 MB free)
Total Size 37.3 GB (23.3 GB free)


Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network
Network Adapter GlobeSpan USB ADSL LAN Modem (169.254.149.62)
Network Adapter WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface (172.212.17.167)

Peripherals
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB Device GlobeSpan USB ADSL LAN Modem

Jatt your summary shows that you have Via AC97.

Have you checked the speakers are powered?
The speakers are plugged into the green socket on the back of the pc?
In device manager, is there a ! beside the Via sound? If so Have you tried updating the sound drivers?

Hi, thanks, the speakers are powered and pluged into green socket. While I open Add hardware and try ti install Multimedia Audio Controller, it says the drivers for this device are not installed (code 28). Is this the main problem? How to fix it? Thaks again

It also say, there is a problem in installing the following hardware" C-Media AC97 Audio Device (code 10). Thanks

There is no !besides the Via sound in the device manager.

NooNoo, thats great, I just followed your word Via AC97, and at last fixed the problem. many many thanks for this help.

The another big problem with my PC is It hangs many times while using, so I have to restart every time. Some times it takes 5 to 10 attempts. I have latest antivirus and spyware etc. Could you please give any advice. Once again many thanks

Hi, sorry to ask again, the speaker icon appeared and device was also installed but still no sound is coming from speakers.

OK, one problem at a time...
Sound first... do you have both cmedia and via drivers installed? Do you have onboard sound and a sound card for instance?

The via drivers are the ones you are supposed to have according to the motherboard manufacturers, but it won't be the first time that the information on the website is wrong. If you have both the cmedia drivers and the via drivers installed, they might be butting heads, so uninstall the cmedia drivers from add/remove programs and/or from device manager.

From the looks of your report, you have not installed the via 4 in 1 drivers. go here and scroll down to the bottom of the page, you need the "retro" drivers. Download them to a directory called chipset (not to desktop). Unzip them to the directory you downloaded them in, then find the setup.exe and double click it. You want to install all of the options.

Locking up
OK, the locking up could be related to the sound, but it could be anything from
Overclocked CPU
Bad Ram
Flakey Power Supply
Heat
Failing onboard or pci card
Motherboard capacitors bulging and/or leaking
IRQ fighting instead of sharing.

hi , i read a reply about removing all sound devices in device manager , i have an on board soundcard plus a sound blaster live pci sound card , and it worked great when i first installed it , my question is should i remove everything from the sound,video and game controllers by that i mean audio , video codecs . and everything else thats in there .....please help ....

having , no mixer devices error need help

Welcome to Windrivers GuitarJoe61

Uninstall everything except the video and audio codecs... except any codec that identifies itself as AC97

I am having the same prob that you had- no sound... remember how you fixed yours?? Helppppppppppppp..lol
MIki

Welcome to Windrivers mikithecig

Please start a new thread and post the make and model of your PC and if you know it the sound card and what operating system you are using. If you PC isn't branded, then the motherboard and sound card details are needed along with the operating system. If you don't know download and run everest it will tell you.

Hey i havve a simlar problem , one day i logged on and their appeared to be no sound and ther was no sound icon at the botton left hand side of the screen .......My computer has been like this now for a few weeks i have tried everything.Im Not Very Good With Computer So Please Someone Help Me !!! Soon
tyvm

i hacve the same problem But my computer is medion and i have windows xp ....... please help me i dont no much about computers