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No Sound in Windows 2000

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LucJoe

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I recently installed windows 2000 and i can't figure out why my sound card won't work. I still have ME installed on another partition, and when I go back, everything works fine. I went through all the windows help troubleshooters about fixing the sound and none of them worked, and when I went to the microsoft website I was surprised to find that no Creative (i think my soundcard is a Live! Value) cards were on the list of supported cards for win2k. What do i need to do to get the sound working? Is there a special driver I need or something?

Thanks for any help..
 
That's the exact same problem i'm having!!
Does your sound make a crackly noise when you plug it in?
It's very annoying, and my bro's got my ME disk so I can't install ME, bastard.
I have a Sb Live Value as well I think.
Maybe there's a conflict with them and Win2k.

If anyone can help plz do 🙂
 
Go to Creative for Creative Drivers, my soundblaster works great in win2k.

HeinekenJay: You either have the wrong driver installed or conflicts with another device.
 
Well I've got all my IRQs but I can't change them with Win2k, it won't let me. Like in the Resources Tab it won't let me click on Change Settings...
It's not highlighted or anything. Is there a way to turn this on so it can be changed?
Because my Sb Live is on IRQ 9, along with my network cards and my video card ect.
Which is probably why it isn't working.
 
Uninstall your soundcard first. Restart. Go into your bios setup (PCI config or some such description). Where it says PNP OS - set it to NO. Then where it says Resources controlled by Auto/Manual, set it to Manual. Make sure all IRQ's are set to PNP devices(if that's what you have).
Restart windows, it should find your soundcard and assign a different
IRQ to it.
I had sound and video both sharing IRQ11 - this way worked for me. My sound is now on IRQ7 - no problems any more!
Let me know if it works.
🙂
 
I'm having the same problem with the sound cutting out with
Win2k (pro) and my diamond mx300 sound card.
?not compatible?
 
If it's true that you have a creative Labs Soundblaster Live! soundcard, they now have drivers out for the Win2k family (Win2k, win ME), I had that problem last time I formatted, you just have to look for the drivers for a while... they do a good job of hiding them.

Here is a link to the site w/the drivers:

Go about 3/4 down and that's where your drivers are

hope that helps you out LucJoe
 
Well, most of my cards (graphics, network, sound) are on IRQ 9. I'm using a SB Live, too. Haven't had a problem with my sound, yet.
 
I'd try newer drivers first, and remember, if you're installing driver updates in Windows 2000, it's usually better to choose the "List all Drivers for this Device" option when upgrading, then choosing "Have Disk". Otherwise, Win2k might arbitrarily decide that your upgraded drivers are no better than your current ones and refuse to install them.

Otherwise, please know that it's apparent that your PC is setup in Windows 2000 to use ACPI Power Management.
ACPI uses IRQ9 to "steer" all PCI Plug n Play devices to various IRQ's. Note that even without ACPI installed, it's usually not possible to change IRQ resources AFTER a device has been installed. Microsoft says it's because Win2K has so much more to consider and manage than Win9X where hardware is concerned that it's not able to juggle changes in resources (IRQ's and I/O resources) after a device has been installed. So, chances are that even without ACPI, your hardware's resources cannot be altered.

There IS a way to disable ACPI on PC's in Win2K after Win2K installation. Note that MS does NOT support this, but I can tell you that I have a friend who used it successfully without problem. The funny thing is is that without ACPI installed, he now shows IRQ's in the 30's, like IRQ 36 for his sound card, etc. Win2K can create these virtual IRQ's...ya just never see them when ACPI is enabled as most show as IRQ9.

Here's the link. Do the normal backup of data and programs before doing it.

HOW TO DISABLE ACPI IN WINDOWS 2000 AFTER INSTALLATION...USE AT OWN RISK
 
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