i'm attempting to troubleshoot my recently installed sound card (creative 16 waveffects sound blaster) & my new speakers
(altec lansing acs33, 3 piece powercube)on my me system w/64 mb of ram but no sound, at least, regularly. yesterday, a music cd suddenly started to
play after i booted but quit again when i rebooted even tho i changed nothing else. i get the correct indications in win
media player so i know music is making it there. i plugged in headphones to the cdrom drive, no sound in them. the light
indicates the cd is activated. wav sounds won't play at all but i get the error msg, "MMSYSTEM004 The specified device is
already in use. Wait until it is free and then try again.", this is the only device using sound that is enabled. still no sound.

plus, i've upated my drivers & been thru microsoft's sound troubleshooter at www.microsoft.com/windowsme/support/default.asp ,still no sound.

anyone know how to fix this?

[This message has been edited by tigerjeaux (edited December 10, 2000).]