Spectre
09-19-2001, 08:35 PM
I installed a sound card in open ISA slot in an HP Pavilion 4540.
I followed the procedure of installing the drivers first, then
shutdown, rebooted, installed the card, then powered up and Win98
detected and added the drivers without a hitch, then I rebooted
and when Windows came up, after login, it said unable to use the
wavemixer. I tried to test the unit by playing a wav or midi file,
but the unit bickers and complains like it's not really there.
I went to http://www.soundblaster.com and downloaded the updated
driver file for the card - but after installation it still carps out!
Previous to the sound card installation - I de-installed a modem/sound
card that quit working. I upgraded the modem to a Hayes Accura V.90.
The Hayes modem is just that - no sound or gaming interface connectors.
It works great. After I installed the drivers for the Hayes modem, I
did remove the sound card from the system properties.
Now the problem is getting the card to play sounds, when it is being
recognized as working - it is enabled in all configs as well. Nowhere
is it checked off to disable in this configuration or anything such.
Help - I am ready to upgrade the motherboard and get rid of the
whole HP stamp - bios settings, recovery disks and all. I will go to
a new OS - but something tells me that this board should work (if it
isn't broken to begin with of course!). Should I just take the card
back out - and clean the contacts with an eraser? I don't think that
plugging it into an empty ISA slot, with dust and residue, would do
it - but I sure am wondering what will get this working!
The only sounds from the system are thru the little piezo speaker,
and that sounds like a tin cup from the neighbors when I was a kid.
Spectre
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"I have lots of questions, they just take time to realize!"
I followed the procedure of installing the drivers first, then
shutdown, rebooted, installed the card, then powered up and Win98
detected and added the drivers without a hitch, then I rebooted
and when Windows came up, after login, it said unable to use the
wavemixer. I tried to test the unit by playing a wav or midi file,
but the unit bickers and complains like it's not really there.
I went to http://www.soundblaster.com and downloaded the updated
driver file for the card - but after installation it still carps out!
Previous to the sound card installation - I de-installed a modem/sound
card that quit working. I upgraded the modem to a Hayes Accura V.90.
The Hayes modem is just that - no sound or gaming interface connectors.
It works great. After I installed the drivers for the Hayes modem, I
did remove the sound card from the system properties.
Now the problem is getting the card to play sounds, when it is being
recognized as working - it is enabled in all configs as well. Nowhere
is it checked off to disable in this configuration or anything such.
Help - I am ready to upgrade the motherboard and get rid of the
whole HP stamp - bios settings, recovery disks and all. I will go to
a new OS - but something tells me that this board should work (if it
isn't broken to begin with of course!). Should I just take the card
back out - and clean the contacts with an eraser? I don't think that
plugging it into an empty ISA slot, with dust and residue, would do
it - but I sure am wondering what will get this working!
The only sounds from the system are thru the little piezo speaker,
and that sounds like a tin cup from the neighbors when I was a kid.
Spectre
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"I have lots of questions, they just take time to realize!"