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Control Panel > Sounds and audio devices> hardware -- when I click on the sound card from the list, it won't give me the option to APPLY , if that matters.

I had my son disable the Realtek onboard (I won't touch the bios ) I followed the instructions for installing my Retail Plus Sound card (by C-Media) It installed and said the device is working properly but it still doesn't show in Control Panel> Sounds and Audio Devices -- It shows in Control Panel > System > Device Manager as working with no errors I tried updating the driver thru the "update driver" option, it updated and I rebooted. It's still not showing....when choosing properties in the device manager, it's showing as working. CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device

THanks Pete, I'll try that, I already have a cheap sound card so I will go that avenue. I owe you big time! I'll let you know what works

I downloaded the drivers that sethook posted and installed them... Still says no audio device, no problems and no conflicts This device is working properly. If you are having problems with this device, click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter. What's next? Sledge hammer? lol

SIW gives me the following: Property Value Manufacturer SPM Micro Model PC 2004 Version Serial Number frerspm North Bridge VIA P4M266 (VT8751) Revision 00 South Bridge VIA VT8235 Revision 00 CPU Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.50GHz Cpu Socket Socket 478 mPGA System Slots 3 PCI, 1 AGP Memory Summary Maximum Capacity 1024 MBytes Maximum Memory Module Size 32 MBytes Memory Slots 2 Error Correction None Warning! Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed -------------------------- Everest gives me the following: --------[ EVEREST Home Edition © 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]---------------------------------

Main Circuit Board Board: SPM Micro PC 2004 Serial Number: (I removed this info as I didn't know if it would be safe to post) Bus Clock: 100 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 03/25/2004 ---------------- Multimedia C-Media AC97 Audio Device I still don't know what to do now...

Belarc (cool program!) What can I post here that will help...it's mostly greek to me unfortunately...

Pete, I've done everything you've suggested. Still no audio device, but not showing any errors. So I updated the driver and rebooted in C-Media AC97 audio device properties it's showing "This device cannot start. (Code 10)" ? Thank you so much for your valuable time

Thanks Pete, Do I leave these other things on my computer, or do I remove them: Audio codecs Legacy audio drivers legacy video capture devices media control devices video codecs

sorry about the double post, the first one froze up on me, feel free to remove one

Add and remove programs : uninstalled the PCI card I bought and installed Device manager: (this is what was listed) Audio codecs Legacy audio drivers legacy video capture devices media control devices microsft kernel acoustic echo canceller video codecs there was only one issue, the kernel acoustic had ! -- I uninstalled that. The others didn't have an uninstall option, only the remove option but indicated it would affect the system and I wasn't sure where to remove any of those I took out my card rebooted It's not searching for anything now, but also indicates no audio device in control pane

Add and remove programs: uninstalled the new pci card I installed Device manager: (this is what was listed) Audio codecs Legacy audio drivers legacy video capture devices Media control devices MIcrosoft kernel acoustic echo canceller video codecs The only thing that had ! was the microsoft kernel so I uninstalled that. The others only gave me option to remove, but indicated they are needed for the system, are there any others I should be removing? I took out the plug and play card I installed, plugged my sound plug back into my onboard sound card spot rebooted Now it's not searching for anyth

Hi Pete, This is just so frustrating. I *did* try to roll back the driver as soon as it happened, and it said it couldn't find it, it was very strange, I've never had this problem before, that's why I'm so frustrated....I'll follow your step by step and I'll be back. Thank you

I give up, nothing seems to work. Thanks for everyones help

the on board one worked until it stopped working after an update, whether it's still good, I have no idea, how would I check that? The other I tried putting in, I purchased brand new at Staples. I'm not sure where on the motherboard I should be looking, but I do see a chip that has the little blue sound(something) crab thing on it...that's really technical huh? lol...looks like it has ALC665 and then under that 42318T1 4100

SPM Micro, Inc. Model 2004 Intel ® 4 CPU 2.50GHz 2.50GHz, 352MB of Ram Is that what you need? I'm using Windows XP Home edition Version 2002 Service Pack 3

Hi Pete, long time no talk to Guess my computer has been great till now So I'm still a little stuck. I'd like to definately use my on board if I can. The problem happened exactly as you said, when I did a windows update. Usually I can just revert back but this time it wouldn't let me. So if my sound AC97 is the one I want to use, where do I get the driver? I had been downloading the one from CMedia, but it didn't work. So my computer says Axess SPM Micro.... so from what I understand it's Realtek. I've downloaded the drivers etc and I'm off to try...man this is so frustrating!

Hi Shane, Before I purchased a new soundcard, yes I reinstalled the driver from the website. So this is now what I have done to get back to my original spot uninstalled the onboard sound card software uninstalled and removed the new plug in sound card uninstalled all the software for both cleaned registry of C-Media and cmuda strings etc (both sound cards happened to be C-media) ran all cleaning programs I have to remove temp files etc manually removed the yellow files in Program Files for both C-Media nd PCI (new soundcard software) rebooted THis is the error I got in the beginning and am now

the speakers work, but there is no sound or sound device detected. I still don't have sound!

My speakers work, had my hubby test them (he's an electronics technician) -- still won't find either my on board or plug in sound card. I'm at a loss. Properties on My computer> hardware>device manager still shows error with Microsoft Kernal Acoustic Echo Canceller but doesn't show any other errors... All my cords are plugged into the proper spots, I've updated the drivers from the manufacturers website for my sound card and I've done all windows updates... any other ideas? Thanks

Mewi, my speakers are built into my flat screen monitor and I'm not sure how I'd test them.

Hopefully I get all the terminology correct I use windows and XP, everything is up to date (virus protection, windows updates etc) I have scanned for viruses, cleaned my temp files etc etc etc My on board sound card stopped working soon after a Windows update (not the first time! grr) but this time it wouldn't allow me to roll it back to a working driver. I followed a few instructions online about deleting the C-Media and cmuda strings from the registry, unistalling the driver etc etc , did all that and it still wouldn't work. (I'm familiar with the registry) I decided to disable it and pur

Ryan Thank you. I ran that scan it came up with quite a few things, I followed your instructions and now my computer is working perfectly Much appreciated Velda

Having issues with my XP computer just closing it's browser (IE7 with all updates) and general slowness and weirdness...could someone take a look and see if anything needs to be removed/fixed here Thanks Velda ********************* Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:24:10 AM, on 25/04/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16640) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe

When running spybot I've been getting this error/problem lately..can someone tell me why and how this is getting on my computer? Nothing else comes up during spybot, adaware or system mechanic....I have the firewall that comes with XP, AVG free virus protection and I have Asquared anti-malware...they all run clean except for spybot with this problem..thanks for any help you can offer Oh, I fix the problem, it's gone for awhile and then it comes back again...basically I'm wondering if someone is putting this on my computer manually or if it's getting on my computer during surfing... Microsoft.