Yet another "No Sound" problem 2

[Guest Gray Brown]

I’m sorry about taking so long to respond to Andrew E’s advice to me about my

problem(Yet another “No Sound” problem on 8/8/2008), but there’s too much

stuff at home & work distracting me.

 

Uninstalling & reinstalling everything under ‘Sound, Video, and Game

Controllers’ in the device manager gave the following results: Video & Audio

Codecs, Legacy Audio & Video Capture Device, and Media Control Devices -

these drivers disappeared and wouldn’t come back; Realtek AC’97 Audio driver

- the device manager says that the driver is enabled but not functioning

properly. Further probing into the AC’97 properties turned up the message

that a WMD driver couldn’t be loaded because it could be missing.

 

Fooling around some, I went into the control panel and looked in ‘Sound

Devices’. No sound, recording, mixing, or MIDI devices were listed. Going

into the ‘Add Hardware’, I was able to get back Video & Audio Codecs, Legacy

Audio & Video Capture Device, and Media Control Devices in the device

manager. I tried 4 different WMD drivers - Creative EMU 10K1, Crystal MPU401,

Microsoft MPU401 MIDI, VIA AC’97 - and the device manager indicates that:

‘This device cannot start.(code 10)’ & ‘Cannot load the (insert WMD driver of

choice) driver. The driver file may be missing. Try reinstalling the driver…’

 

Also of note: When installing the Realtek driver & the various WMD drivers,

I always get the RUNDLL error box message: ‘Error loading streamci. The

specific module could not be found.’ When clicking the OK button on the error

message, an identical message reappears except it is now streamci.dll. This

will occur about 6 - 8 times before the message stops popping up.

 

My system came with a ‘Dual Core Update Disc’ for a system recovery disc,

but this is what I used when I did the system restore that led to this no -

sound problem. And when I use it to specify where to look for audio drivers

(via ‘New Hardware Wizard’ or ‘Add Hardware’), I get the message that the

required data wasn’t found.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Yet another "No Sound" problem 2

 

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Gray Brown wrote:

> I’m sorry about taking so long to respond to Andrew E’s advice to me about

> my problem(Yet another “No Sound” problem on 8/8/2008), but there’s too

> much

> stuff at home & work distracting me.

>

> Uninstalling & reinstalling everything under ‘Sound, Video, and Game

> Controllers’ in the device manager gave the following results: Video &

> Audio

> Codecs, Legacy Audio & Video Capture Device, and Media Control Devices -

> these drivers disappeared and wouldn’t come back; Realtek AC’97 Audio

> driver

> - the device manager says that the driver is enabled but not functioning

> properly. Further probing into the AC’97 properties turned up the message

> that a WMD driver couldn’t be loaded because it could be missing.

>

> Fooling around some, I went into the control panel and looked in ‘Sound

> Devices’. No sound, recording, mixing, or MIDI devices were listed. Going

> into the ‘Add Hardware’, I was able to get back Video & Audio Codecs,

> Legacy

> Audio & Video Capture Device, and Media Control Devices in the device

> manager. I tried 4 different WMD drivers - Creative EMU 10K1, Crystal

> MPU401, Microsoft MPU401 MIDI, VIA AC’97 - and the device manager

> indicates

> that: ‘This device cannot start.(code 10)’ & ‘Cannot load the (insert WMD

> driver of choice) driver. The driver file may be missing. Try reinstalling

> the driver…’

>

> Also of note: When installing the Realtek driver & the various WMD

> drivers,

> I always get the RUNDLL error box message: ‘Error loading streamci. The

> specific module could not be found.’ When clicking the OK button on the

> error message, an identical message reappears except it is now

> streamci.dll. This will occur about 6 - 8 times before the message stops

> popping up.

>

> My system came with a ‘Dual Core Update Disc’ for a system recovery disc,

> but this is what I used when I did the system restore that led to this

> no -

> sound problem. And when I use it to specify where to look for audio

> drivers

> (via ‘New Hardware Wizard’ or ‘Add Hardware’), I get the message that the

> required data wasn’t found.

[Guest Gray Brown]

Re: Yet another "No Sound" problem 2

 

Sorry for the procedural faux pas. I stumbled upon the solution to my problem

which I'll post in my original thread just in case anyone else has that

problem.

 

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Always reply to your original thread (not a new thread w/same title),

> please:

> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/bf28152a1ba3791a

>

> Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for

> Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and

> e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.

>

> • US:

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-us&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>

> • CA:

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-ca&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>

> • UK:

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-gb&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>

> • AU:

> http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?ln=en-au&prid=11273&gprid=522131

>

> • Other: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select

> Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3

> --

> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

>

>

> Gray Brown wrote:

> > I’m sorry about taking so long to respond to Andrew E’s advice to me about

> > my problem(Yet another “No Sound” problem on 8/8/2008), but there’s too

> > much

> > stuff at home & work distracting me.

> >

> > Uninstalling & reinstalling everything under ‘Sound, Video, and Game

> > Controllers’ in the device manager gave the following results: Video &

> > Audio

> > Codecs, Legacy Audio & Video Capture Device, and Media Control Devices -

> > these drivers disappeared and wouldn’t come back; Realtek AC’97 Audio

> > driver

> > - the device manager says that the driver is enabled but not functioning

> > properly. Further probing into the AC’97 properties turned up the message

> > that a WMD driver couldn’t be loaded because it could be missing.

> >

> > Fooling around some, I went into the control panel and looked in ‘Sound

> > Devices’. No sound, recording, mixing, or MIDI devices were listed. Going

> > into the ‘Add Hardware’, I was able to get back Video & Audio Codecs,

> > Legacy

> > Audio & Video Capture Device, and Media Control Devices in the device

> > manager. I tried 4 different WMD drivers - Creative EMU 10K1, Crystal

> > MPU401, Microsoft MPU401 MIDI, VIA AC’97 - and the device manager

> > indicates

> > that: ‘This device cannot start.(code 10)’ & ‘Cannot load the (insert WMD

> > driver of choice) driver. The driver file may be missing. Try reinstalling

> > the driver…’

> >

> > Also of note: When installing the Realtek driver & the various WMD

> > drivers,

> > I always get the RUNDLL error box message: ‘Error loading streamci. The

> > specific module could not be found.’ When clicking the OK button on the

> > error message, an identical message reappears except it is now

> > streamci.dll. This will occur about 6 - 8 times before the message stops

> > popping up.

> >

> > My system came with a ‘Dual Core Update Disc’ for a system recovery disc,

> > but this is what I used when I did the system restore that led to this

> > no -

> > sound problem. And when I use it to specify where to look for audio

> > drivers

> > (via ‘New Hardware Wizard’ or ‘Add Hardware’), I get the message that the

> > required data wasn’t found.

>

>