Hi - I am another one who has a problem with my soundcard.
My card is an old Crystal Soundfusion. The sound failed ages ago and I fixed it by sourcing a new driver.
The question is: how can I could get my soundcard picked up automatically when I reboot and it uses my new driver, please.
Many thanks.
Fiona
Background
Details: Z8620R02.exe
It installed fine and prompted for a restart of my system to complete. On reboot it finds the card(s) fine and sound is back. Devices are fine in Device Manager.
When my system fails or I shutdown without deinstalling the driver - on reboot it fails to pick up the soundcard or gaming devices. I then have to go through the rigmarole of deinstalling, rebooting and then let it reinstall.
So, I suppose basically my reboot isn't picking up the sound devices.
I've had a fiddle with Scott Adviser and inserted the Crystal driver into the startup but, of course, it invokes the driver install and wants another reboot!!!
BELARC system rundown (don't laugh at my old system - it's my home one!!)
Operating System System Model
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) Fujitsu Siemens Scenic xD H1X016800131
System Serial Number: YBRH011149
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
550 megahertz Intel Pentium III
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: FUJITSU M65
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix/FUJITSU Version 1.21 11/30/1999
Drives Memory Modules c,d
8.43 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
2.11 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
LITEON CD-ROM LTN403
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")
Slot 'DIMM1' has 256 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 256 MB
Local Drive Volumes
c: (FAT32 on drive 0) 8.43 GB 2.11 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
Fiona
hp psc 1200 series on USB001
Controllers Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) XPERT 98 AGP (English) [Display adapter]
DELL E171FP [Monitor] (17.1"vis, s/n 7R41536GA08G, June 2003)
Bus Adapters Multimedia NONE DETECTED Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller None detected
Communications Other Devices
Is your sound device an actual add-in card in a motherboard slot? (PCI -white slot, or, ISA - longer black slot) If so, please provide any make/model numbers which you can find on the card itself.
If the sound device is "onboard" (chip(s) on the motherboard) then the motherboard driver set will contain the drivers (usually).
One of the best (FREE) programs for hardware identification is Everest.
Download, install, and run Everest Home Edition on this machine. (Clean FreeWare) Once it's finished loading and running, look under Multimedia, or, under Multimedia, PCI / PnP Audio. This will tell you what sound devices you have available on your system.
Also verify your Motherboard/Chipset, just to be sure.
Post the above information.
Once we have that, we should be able to get your sound drivers to "stick". (Presumming the sound device is operational.)
--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------
Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Quick Report
Computer PRIVE (PRIVE)
Generator MissClaudyLou
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222A (Win98 SE)
Date 2007-02-28
Time 21:03
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-------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------
Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Quick Report
Computer PRIVE (PRIVE)
Generator MissClaudyLou
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222A (Win98 SE)
Date 2007-02-28
Time 21:03
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I'm afraid the new driver pack is giving the same results as the one I had downloaded. It loads fine and the sound comes back on the reboot after the install. When I close my system I get an MMTask and then on reboot the driver isn't picked up. and I have to remove the device (Control Panel, System, Device Manager etc), reboot and go through the Device Detected process and again to bring the sound back - so basically, the driver(s) aren't 'sticking' to bring the sound in at every reboot. Maybe I should give up and save up for a new system!!
