sound card

[redvette]

Hi Gang

This may sound like a stupid question, but how can you tell if your sound card has gone dead, short of putting in another one that you know is good. I keep getting conflicts, and I have tried all kinds of drivers. I have installed Windows several times. I have put in drivers and let Windows install some but still no sound. I have the Creative Sound Blaster 16. I had to install Windows 98 several times a while back to get my sounds back, but this time it makes me think it is not Windows but my sound card.

Take care.......Dick

[glc]

Turn plug and play OS off in the bios and reserve IRQ 5 for Legacy ISA. This is an ISA soundbaster, right?

[redvette]

Hi GLC

Thanks for the reply, yes it is a ISA board. I will give that a shot.

Thanks again and take care.......Dick

[redvette]

Hi GLC

Maybe I should add some history to the problem I am having, maybe make a little more sense. It started out not being able to shut the computer down it would just go to a black screen and do nothing else. I tried several different things through Windows fixes, and nothing seemed to help. So I was just sitting there one day and the computer just did not sound right, so I took the case off and sure enough the case fan and the CPU fan was not running. So I found the problem and fixed it and the fans took off running. I started it up and every thing seemed to be working, even the shutting down. But then I noticed the sounds were not working, so I thought every thing got hot and some thing goofed up the sounds, I tried a few things and it seemed to point to a windows problem, so I tried reinstalling 98/SE a couple of times and nothing seemed to bring back the sounds. So that is where I am now, no sound icon in the toolbar, and it keeps saying there is a conflict with some thing. I have tried every driver there is, and even went to Soundblaster for some new ones, that did not work either. I tried what you said, still have the problem. I went thorugh the Bios and set every thing the way it is supposed to be set, according to the book. I have the Sound Blaster 16 by Creative. It was working up until I had the fan problem, that is what made me think the sound board went bad. Sorry about the long explanation, but somethings just cant be explained in a few words.

Take care........Dick: confused: :confused: :confused:

[glc]

Yes, you may have fried the card or even the slot - try reseating the card or moving it to another slot, if available.