Help: I'm going to go crazy over this sound problem

[Danman]

Ok so one day I remember that I had my settings on headphones instead of 2.1 which is my usual setup when im not gameing, so I click on my icon in the taskbar which should bring up Mixer.exe, instead, the windows volume control comes up.

Heres where my headache started. I cant seem to run mixer.exe. I mean I find it, and run it, and it runs windows volume control, a whole other program(sndvol32.exe). This just started happening for no apparent reason. Now I cant do squat with this windows volume control.

I have built in C-MEDIA CMI8738 chipset. I have the 6036 drivers. I've tried upgrading, downgrading, nothing works. I actually ended up running system restore when each time i tried new drivers the SPDIF would be disabled by default thus causing my speakers not to work because their using the SPDIF out.

I've almost resorted to looking for a santa cruz deal!

what to do!! HELP ME!

 

[Siddhartha]

Try reinstalling Windows, sometimes this will fix this type of problem. If that does not work, you might have to reformate and then install Windows.

 

[ElDonAntonio]

do you have any conflicts in your device manager? I guess you're using WinXP?

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: Dr Smooth
Try reinstalling Windows, sometimes this will fix this type of problem. If that does not work, you might have to reformate and then install Windows.

Say it aint so!

I checked device mananger, its has its own IRQ of 11.

Yes im using XP.

What i dont understand is why it opens another program when I click on it! WHY!

 

[Adul]

delete the mixer.exe get the XP cd and extract that file out again.

 

[Danman]

Ok im going to delete sndvol32.exe and mixer.exe, then put mixer back in...pray for me

EDIT: sndvol32.exe cannot be deleted, its part of windows .

 

[Trevelyan]

Try renaming it...

 

[ronein]

dont know if this would be of help, but have you tried the feature SYSTEM RESTORE?...that is assuming youre running winxp or ME.Doesnt hurt to try it out i guess

 

[Danman]

I actually ended up running system restore when each time i tried new drivers

yeah i stated that already LOL. Anyways got it working, just have to disable mixer.exe from loading with windows, then enable it after another restart, and its back....ahhhh!

thanks all

 

[ronein]

oh, forgive me oh revered, obi cash-man.I havent been paying attention to detail

Glad it worked out ok in the end!