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Modem/Sound card in windows XP, need some help

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Superman9534

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i just built a 700mhz XP machine out of spare parts. For the sound card I used a generic 56k modem/sound card (im using my soundblaster in my good machine, i just need basic sound). Problem is, XP sees it as an audio device, but will not play sound with it. In the "sounds and audio devices" control panel, it shows up under audio, but under volume, it says "no devices" or somthin like that. So it sees it, and says its using it, but wont use it. Any ideas? I have no idea what brand it is, i bought it from a friend for $5.
 
Well, most motherboards have onboard, ... but since you didnt mention it, this one probably doesnt. Even if it does, and it is broken or something, you may still need to disable it in BIOS to make sure the sound isnt trying to play through that.

Did you try the modem part of it? does that work?

Under the devices, is it all installed properly?
 
this motherboard does not have onboard sound, its an old gigabyte athlon motherboard. I have a good sound card I'm using in my good computer (which does have onboard sound, but it sucks). The modem works, and is recognized by windows, but the sound won't work.
 
Most modem/sound combo cards I've seen come out of name-brand machines (notably older Packard Bell, IBM, HP, etc.). A lot of the time, the manufacturer who makes the card only writes its drivers for ONE operating system (the one that was originally installed on that PC) and doesn't support the product any further.

Back when I was a repair tech, I refused to upgrade the OS on those old IBM Aptiva systems with that cursed "M-Wave" modem/sound combo card unless they were willing to invest in a new sound card as well. The same thing happened with my mother's HP Pavilion P3/500 machine (that I begged her not to buy). It has a weird Rockwell (Conexant) modem/sound combo controller that only supports Windows 98. So I can't upgrade her system to Win2k or XP until she buys a new sound card.

Moral of the story: sound/modem combo cards are bad news. They might save an expansion slot, but they're generally not worth the headaches.
 
well the only reason I am using it is because I have it. It came out of a 300 mhz Cyrix running windows 98 (an Aopen). I would install windows 98, but I cant find drivers for my NIC card, since I don't know what it is. XP seems to work automatically w/ everything except the modem/sound.
 
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