Reformat W2K and get no sound? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

wraithhibn · 04-29-2003, 05:55 AM

So I was home from school a few weeks ago and I gave my bro a new harddrive and installed my copy of Win2K on it. I updated everything to SP3 and installed all of the drivers and programs and stuff. Everything works fine except for it wont play sound. The computer recognizes the Live 5.1 but will not install the driver. Creative's diagnostic shows the card, but fails to install the drivers. The onboard will not work either, because it says something about thedata for the drivers being corrupted. I cant take being on a computer without my music. Anyone got any ideas?

AMD Athlon 900 on a Jetway 830CF
128 MB of PC133
Creative Live Value 5.1
using onboard video
Realtek 8139 10/100 NIC

Edit: I dont know if its my copy of W2K or what, but I just reformatted my dads K6-2 and it doesnt have sound either. Its pissing me off.

Ganguro · 04-29-2003, 06:36 AM

no.. it's not thew2k disc.. Creative may be at fault here..
I recently (read: last 6 months) purchased a philips "value" soundcard and after a reformat the same thing happened to me.
Here is what i did to get it working again

Try to install soundcard and drivers on another known working computer.

If that woks then go back to your PC and make sure every other driver is updated and working.

Uninstall any instances of the sound drivers you have on your computer now

Go to the manufacturer's website and download their latest drivers

put on a floppy, or burn to a mini cd if the file is small , but too big to fit on a floppy.

Take this and install it to a directory (if it's an exe or zip)

Take the needed driver (not any of the bass boost or Qsound stuff.. just the base ini files) and try installing only that on your comp.

Hope that helps.. after bout 4 months of no sound it came to me in a vision one day and it worked fine.. but then again I had a different setup than you.

Good luck!

wraithhibn · 04-29-2003, 09:02 AM

Well reformatting and not installing Service Pack 3 has worked for this one. Now on to the other computer, and its funky Yamaha soundcard.

Thanks for the input Ganguro

04-29-2003, 05:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
wraithhibn Dopefish Location: the 'Ville	Reformat W2K and get no sound? So I was home from school a few weeks ago and I gave my bro a new harddrive and installed my copy of Win2K on it. I updated everything to SP3 and installed all of the drivers and programs and stuff. Everything works fine except for it wont play sound. The computer recognizes the Live 5.1 but will not install the driver. Creative's diagnostic shows the card, but fails to install the drivers. The onboard will not work either, because it says something about thedata for the drivers being corrupted. I cant take being on a computer without my music. Anyone got any ideas? AMD Athlon 900 on a Jetway 830CF 128 MB of PC133 Creative Live Value 5.1 using onboard video Realtek 8139 10/100 NIC Edit: I dont know if its my copy of W2K or what, but I just reformatted my dads K6-2 and it doesnt have sound either. Its pissing me off. __________________ If you won't dress like the Victoria Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys. Last edited by wraithhibn; 04-29-2003 at 05:58 AM..

04-29-2003, 09:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
wraithhibn Dopefish Location: the 'Ville	Well reformatting and not installing Service Pack 3 has worked for this one. Now on to the other computer, and its funky Yamaha soundcard. Thanks for the input Ganguro __________________ If you won't dress like the Victoria Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

04-29-2003, 06:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ganguro Army of Me	no.. it's not thew2k disc.. Creative may be at fault here.. I recently (read: last 6 months) purchased a philips "value" soundcard and after a reformat the same thing happened to me. Here is what i did to get it working again Try to install soundcard and drivers on another known working computer. If that woks then go back to your PC and make sure every other driver is updated and working. Uninstall any instances of the sound drivers you have on your computer now Go to the manufacturer's website and download their latest drivers put on a floppy, or burn to a mini cd if the file is small , but too big to fit on a floppy. Take this and install it to a directory (if it's an exe or zip) Take the needed driver (not any of the bass boost or Qsound stuff.. just the base ini files) and try installing only that on your comp. Hope that helps.. after bout 4 months of no sound it came to me in a vision one day and it worked fine.. but then again I had a different setup than you. Good luck!