Help! Volume Control Does Not Work. No Normal Sounds for Windows or Online.

[Harvey]

I've moved this drive from one VIA chipset machine to another a couple of times, but I've never tried to use the onboard sound, until now.

Current System:

DFI AD77 Infinity board
T'bred 1800+ @ 2 GHz
512 MB Kinston PC2700 DDR
GeForce DDR vid card
Win 98 SE with all updates

The onboard AC97 sound is enabled, and I installed the software that came with the board. I was also careful to uninstall the previous Sound Blaster software from the previous motherboard's onboard sound.

I can hear the speakers pop when I boot up, and I can play music CD's, but the normal Windows sounds and all online sounds don't work. When I try to use the volume control in that software, it does not come up. The same thing happens when I try to bring up the Windows volume control (SNDVOL32.EXE) -- it doesn't come up, either.

Any ideas?

 

[johnjkr1]

What shows up in device manager? Any yellow exclamation points? Also, under sound and audio devices, check the audio tab and make sure your default device is set correctly.

 

[Harvey]

Thanks. No yellow excalmation points, and the Avance AC'97 Audio Controller is there. I'm fully Ghosted so I may try uninstalling it and re-installing it, but I don't think that's the problem. The actual volume control program, SNDVOL32.EXE, is there, but when I click it from the Start menu (Start / Accessories / Entertainment / Volume Control) nothing happens.

I'm beginning to think it may be time for a full re-install of Windows from the ground up. Yuck!

 

[kduncan5]

Yuck??? But formatting & re-installing Windows is FUN, Harvey... -kd5-