Quote Originally Posted by halogore
I'm kind of glad I'm not the only one, Yellow. Here is some input though, the "cheap" motherboard isn't the culprit because I'm using a Gigabyte GA-7VA board. My sound card was made by Asound but it is the cmi8738/pci-sx chipset - 4 channel. Also the card worked perfectly in Windows 2000. I only get this problem with XP. I'll keep checking back to see if anyone can figure this problem out. Until then, I guess it's onboard or nothing.

John
Welcome to you too halogore: John, to Windrivers that is.
You got the wrong impression and I brought it on myself considering Yellows "need" for sound.
I have used plenty of cheapie sound cards for people who don't want to spend $50-$100, and they work fine, especially for office setting where good sound is not needed.
So, have you tried confus-ed's recommendations yet?
There are plenty of possibliities there.
Do you get BSOD?
What error messages do you get, if any, or do you just get no sound?