Sound card problems

[Thenimrod]

Right now i'm on a compaq presario 800 mhz computer with some crappy soundmax audio card, and the problem that i'm having is about 3-4 hours after resetting my compy, my computer stops playing .wav/.midi files all together. I'm also unable to voice chat in aim or yahoo because of this. Anything that might be causing it? I have the most up to date drivers currently.

[Bill in SD, CA]

How much RAM do you have?

Also programs and apps running the background?

Bill

[Thenimrod]

256 megs of ram, and i usually have mIRC, aim, my firewall, and my virus program running.

[smapdi]

What OS are you running? Check if Compaq released new drivers for your soundcard.

[Thenimrod]

Windows 2000 and I already mentioned that I had the newest drivers.

[Darthgary]

Sounds like glitchy drivers to me.

[smapdi]

Originally posted by Thenimrod
Windows 2000 and I already mentioned that I had the newest drivers.

Ok, something more helpful than "crappy soundmax audio card" would help too. Like the model number of the Compaq.

[Thenimrod]

Well, when i checked out what kind of sound card I had, all it said was soundmax, and it's a compaq presario 5002us, the soundcard is built into the mobo.

[smapdi]

I believe the board that you have is this one from FIC . Check out the FIC site for updated drivers http://www.fica.com/