Liberty
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Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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Location: Stuck In The Middle
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Anybody can advise me on this problem of mine? My computer has lost all sound, and the "playback" areas in the multimedia properties is grayed out. Apparently my driver is "enabled but inactive due to an unknown problem". Strangely, I can still play mp3s on Winamp! What's the deal? I tried uninstalling the driver, but no deal. 
This is wrecking havoc on my music enjoyment on the computer...particularly watching streaming music videos like Liberty X's.  ~ Whãt Plánèt Ârë Yõù Fröm? Âccúse Mè Ôf Thïngs Thãt Í Névèr Döne ~
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child_destinys
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Joined: 29 Jun 2002
Posts: 10730
Location: UK
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:02 pm |
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Check your volume's not right down. That happens to me so many times....
You said turn around so I cannot see your tears falling...
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Liberty
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Joined: 11 Jan 2003
Posts: 6435
Location: Stuck In The Middle
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:25 pm |
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Nah, it's deffo not a basic problem like dat, I checked everything a gazillion times...  ~ Whãt Plánèt Ârë Yõù Fröm? Âccúse Mè Ôf Thïngs Thãt Í Névèr Döne ~
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ManicFan2k
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Joined: 19 Jan 2003
Posts: 5236
Location: Telford, Uk
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:44 pm |
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re-install your sound card drivers
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jlo17
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Joined: 30 Dec 2001
Posts: 20882
Location: Malta
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 5:33 pm |
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Yeah, maybe it's time to change your sound card... my friend changed his recently.
Don't let go
Never give up, it's such a wonderful life
Unban Misha
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martinp
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Joined: 22 Jun 2002
Posts: 15468
Location: London
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:50 pm |
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I have a problem like this! But there is totally no sound on my computer. How do you re-install the Sound Card Drivers?
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San
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Joined: 19 Dec 2002
Posts: 4850
Location: Puerto Rico
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 7:42 pm |
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When u bought ur computer they gave you the drivers of the sound in a cd or disquette, use them to install it all over again!
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Liberty
Superstar
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
Posts: 6435
Location: Stuck In The Middle
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:04 pm |
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I can't find them  .
Darn, and winamp3 is on the blink too! Shucks! ~ Whãt Plánèt Ârë Yõù Fröm? Âccúse Mè Ôf Thïngs Thãt Í Névèr Döne ~
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Grand Dizzy
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Joined: 10 Sep 2002
Posts: 1632
Location: Devon, UK
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:43 pm |
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When you say Winamp works, do you mean you can hear music playing on it? If that's the case then your computer hasn't lost its sound, it's just certain functions not working.
Which sounds can't you hear, exactly?
If you want to reinstall your sound card drivers then you need to find out the manufacturer of your sound card (e.g. Creative) and the type of card you have (e.g. Audigy 2).
Then go to the manufacturer's official website (which you can usually find by typing its name into www.google.com) and find the drivers section (usually under support or downloads). Download the driver and install it.
Either that or you could just remove your soundcard from the device manager and reboot Windows and let Windows automatically find the best driver. Windows XP is really good at finding drivers automatically.
I know this is obvious, but go to your volume control (look in start menu > accessories > entertainment) and make sure that MIDI isn't muted.
By the way, I recoomend you install Winamp 2.91 (you can download it from the official Winamp site). It's much better than Winamp3. |
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John
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Joined: 01 Dec 2002
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Location: Innit-ville
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:51 pm |
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| Grand Dizzy wrote: | | By the way, I recoomend you install Winamp 2.91 (you can download it from the official Winamp site). It's much better than Winamp3. |
Yeah, Winamp3 caused me no end of problems, it basically did nothing good. I went back to Winamp 2.81, it may be over a year old, but I'd never change again.
This post is highly unlikely to be serious. Please treat it accordingly. Unless it's music-related, in which case I'm damn well right.
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jlo17
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Joined: 30 Dec 2001
Posts: 20882
Location: Malta
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:37 pm |
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| thelazyboy wrote: | | Yeah, Winamp3 caused me no end of problems, it basically did nothing good. |
Yeah me too, I deleted Winamp3.
And I only downloaded it so that I can hear Shane's show!  Don't let go
Never give up, it's such a wonderful life
Unban Misha
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Grand Dizzy
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Joined: 10 Sep 2002
Posts: 1632
Location: Devon, UK
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 12:20 am |
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I think the deal is that Nullsoft merged with AOL (or someone) so AOL own Winamp and they made it all slow and bulky and buggy. But Nullsoft wanted to keep releasing their own version, so they're continually updating version 2, which everyone knows is a better version.
The only minor drawback of version 2 is that it's not as easy to turn crossfading on and off (you have to do it from the options). But it's way more stable.
Admittedly, Winamp3 does have a much prettier skin, but you can get the skin for verison 2.
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