Sound Problem

PLayer1 · Apr 15, 2003, 12:16 AM

Hi, i'm in need of some help.

I recently switched from my audigy 1 back to my C Media onboard sound, mainly to see if there was a performance gain in games, but to no avail. The sound quality was poor. So tonight i decided to go back to my Audigy, but i forgot to uninstall the software from the C media onboard. I switched the jumper back, put my audigy back in, reinstalled it's driver, tried to remove the software from control panel for the onboard, and it said 'couldn't find device', and then exits. I tried listening to music with the audigy, but the C media has left some strange settings from the mixer, which on the onboard sounded ok, but on the audigy terrible, the main problem is, the vocal part of a song seems to be very quiet compared to the background music. I think it's to do with these settings left by the C media mixer program, so i switched back to onboard, reinstalled it, to try and uninstall the software, but the mixer wouldn't load as before, so i couldn't remove it's settings. I uninstalled the software, uninstalled onboard device, switched back to the audigy once more, and tried with the latest audigy 1 drivers, still the same effect, so i decided to try the kX drivers, but they give the same results.
Is there anyway of resetting all the settings for my audio? I can't edit them through the mixer as it won't install, is there anyway i can remove them manually? Or could it be a different problem?

My sound is really screwed up atm, please help.

Thanks in advance.

RIV@NVX · Apr 15, 2003, 10:38 AM

Full computer configuration (motherboard)?
Does your onboard soundcard have some settings in BIOS?

PLayer1 · Apr 15, 2003, 11:29 AM

Asus A7V333
C Media Cm1878 was the onboard chip
Creative Audigy 1
Amd Xp 2100+
512mb PC2100 Ram
80Gb HDD
Windows XP SP 1
GF4 Ti 4600

Anything else? I don't think it does.

edit: I have just formatted by pc, and i still have the same problems.

Necrosis · Apr 15, 2003, 04:41 PM

Your bios has to have some kind of setting for your onboard sound. Look for anything about midi and/or AC97..make sure you turn that off. I imagine your board requires the jumper AND the bios settings to be changed. I think too think it's something in the bios especially since you reloaded, and it's still there.

Mac Daddy · Apr 19, 2003, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Necrosis
Your bios has to have some kind of setting for your onboard sound. Look for anything about midi and/or AC97..make sure you turn that off. I imagine your board requires the jumper AND the bios settings to be changed. I think too think it's something in the bios especially since you reloaded, and it's still there.

I agree.
I ran into a similar problem with an imbedded SB 16 years ago.
There was either a DMA or IRQ conflict apparent.

I would suggest looking for a jumper, if you have no support for this in your bios.
Make sure your BIOS is flashed and up to date.
Should be pretty apparent, usually in "peripherals" or " Chipset Setup".

Vially · May 1, 2003, 10:59 AM

try resetting the hardware configuration in the BIOS then reinstall the OS, if the above solutions still don't work

Apr 15, 2003, 12:16 AM	#1
PLayer1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Sound Problem Hi, i'm in need of some help. I recently switched from my audigy 1 back to my C Media onboard sound, mainly to see if there was a performance gain in games, but to no avail. The sound quality was poor. So tonight i decided to go back to my Audigy, but i forgot to uninstall the software from the C media onboard. I switched the jumper back, put my audigy back in, reinstalled it's driver, tried to remove the software from control panel for the onboard, and it said 'couldn't find device', and then exits. I tried listening to music with the audigy, but the C media has left some strange settings from the mixer, which on the onboard sounded ok, but on the audigy terrible, the main problem is, the vocal part of a song seems to be very quiet compared to the background music. I think it's to do with these settings left by the C media mixer program, so i switched back to onboard, reinstalled it, to try and uninstall the software, but the mixer wouldn't load as before, so i couldn't remove it's settings. I uninstalled the software, uninstalled onboard device, switched back to the audigy once more, and tried with the latest audigy 1 drivers, still the same effect, so i decided to try the kX drivers, but they give the same results. Is there anyway of resetting all the settings for my audio? I can't edit them through the mixer as it won't install, is there anyway i can remove them manually? Or could it be a different problem? My sound is really screwed up atm, please help. Thanks in advance.

Apr 15, 2003, 10:38 AM	#2
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Full computer configuration (motherboard)? Does your onboard soundcard have some settings in BIOS? __________________ -- Vedran

Apr 15, 2003, 11:29 AM	Thread Starter #3
PLayer1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Asus A7V333 C Media Cm1878 was the onboard chip Creative Audigy 1 Amd Xp 2100+ 512mb PC2100 Ram 80Gb HDD Windows XP SP 1 GF4 Ti 4600 Anything else? I don't think it does. edit: I have just formatted by pc, and i still have the same problems.

Apr 15, 2003, 04:41 PM	#4
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Your bios has to have some kind of setting for your onboard sound. Look for anything about midi and/or AC97..make sure you turn that off. I imagine your board requires the jumper AND the bios settings to be changed. I think too think it's something in the bios especially since you reloaded, and it's still there.

May 1, 2003, 10:59 AM	#6
Vially DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	try resetting the hardware configuration in the BIOS then reinstall the OS, if the above solutions still don't work