XP Pro Audio

[Randall_Clark63]

I've just "purchased" no really, I did buy it for 149.oo, XP pro. I've installed it, and ran into a few problems with a .crt command and a prompt to call Dell support. After taking the network card, the ieee card, and the modem card, restarting, and then installing each card with restarting between. It's so far so good.

Here's the new one. the computer is a DELL 8500 with no real big add ons. Pretty much off the shelf except for the ieee board and the network card which is sitting on the desk next to the computer.

OK I"LL GET TO IT!!! I have no audio. I've heard 1 ding at the beginning when it tells me symantec wont run and then during the multiple restarts, I've heard the XP music, once. I have done all the trouble shoots that it will lead you through. The CD player, the DVD player, Headphone Jack, mp3's and other audio files still will not play. The wmp skin shows movement to the music so I'm down to thinking that I have no idea if it is a new driver that is killing me. I'm sure that the soud is not making it to the audio jacks because I can get a ground loop noise from scraping the jacks against the housing of the computer while plugging in.

What would the logical step be. Install the old driver from the dell software? Find the driver online? I have the dell speakers that are the goofy upsidedown shape (2) and a goofy little subwoofer.

I'm done now....

Only thing I can think of that wouldn't be driver/hardware related is to check your audio mixer to make sure all the different system sound channels (ie CD, wave, line-in, mic) are turned on and up.

Otherwise, I'd definitely install the Dell driver, or find out what sound chip it uses (I'm guessing it's on-board) and download the newest drivers for that chip and install it.

[Randall_Clark63]

I have checked the software mixer and all of the channels are up and on. I have even gone through the "read this paragraph" to check the mocrophone and watched the meters move. When I clicked next, it lets you check the speakers and you are supposed to see the meters move there too and no dice.