Cobra Posted April 7, 2005 CID Share Posted April 7, 2005 okay, i have the SB Live! Value sound card from Creative, but i have no sound. i think its the drivers, but they seem up-to-date. i cant reinstall the sound card because i cant access the device manager, because windows has been really screwy (wont let windows update work, neither will some stuff like the device manager...). microsoft is no help, since i cant even find out how to contact them, (closest ive ever gotten was when xp crashed and i took the survey...). gateways no help either, because i violated their warranty contract- (i installed windows xp and added more RAM... sigh...), so they wont help me. the only thing i can think of doing is manually taking out the sound card, then putting it back in and see if the computer tries to install it. i also havent tried contacting Creative, but i dont have high hopes for their support system... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggr3 Posted April 7, 2005 CID Share Posted April 7, 2005 Cobra...I'm no expert here...but if your missing that many functions....reload XP.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted April 7, 2005 CID Share Posted April 7, 2005 you could reformat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted April 7, 2005 CID Share Posted April 7, 2005 I have delt with Creative Labs before when installing my first CD-R several years ago.They stayed on the phone from start to finish even waited till I buttoned up the case.In my opinion they really stand behind their products Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Posted April 7, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 7, 2005 i might try reinstalling xp, but im gonna try creative labs first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cak46 Posted April 8, 2005 CID Share Posted April 8, 2005 Cobra, What happens when you try to get to the device mgr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number1killer Posted April 8, 2005 CID Share Posted April 8, 2005 cobra pull the card then boot into xp let it sit for about 5min then shut down put the card back in but this time inanother pci slot. then boot into windows let in reinstall the card, with the windows xp drivers, then download the newest drivers from creative, install them and reboot and it will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted April 8, 2005 CID Share Posted April 8, 2005 If Windows isn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Posted April 9, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 9, 2005 ill try a couple of those suggestions before i try what the creative labs ppl said- reinstall windows xp. these seem a little less risky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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