First post, by JayCeeBee64
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I have a problem that has defied all my attempts to fix it and I'm at my wit's end. I'm hoping the experts here will be able to help me.
In short, when I install WDM audio drivers in Windows 98SE, the process appears to go well until the computer reboots; but afterwards, there is no sound or sound devices present, even though the sound card appears in Device Manager without any apparent problems or conflicts.
Here is a list of the hardware I'm using right now:
Soyo P4I-845pe socket 478 mobo
Pentium 4 2.4Gh Northwood CPU
512MB Infineon DDR RAM PC2700
Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 256MB AGP video card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz PCI sound card w/NEC XR385 WT board
Davicom 9102/A Ethernet Adapter (integrated in mobo)
Lite-On 16x DVD ROM & 52x-16x-8x CD/DVD recorder
Iomega ZIP100 ATAPI drive
Promise Ultra100 TX2 IDE controller
Seagate 80Gb and WD 80, 160 and 500Gb hard drives
Windows 98SE and Windows 2000 SP4 OS in dual-boot configuration
I have done everything I can think of to correct this: uninstalled/reinstalled drivers (both in normal and safe mode), try newer/older/OEM WDM drivers (from both Turtle Beach and Cirrus Logic/Crystal SC), moved the card to different PCI slots, changed IRQ assignments; I even tried the solution outlined here http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/wdm-no-sound … e-t2015031.html. Nothing works, however. VxD drivers work, but they have very bad performance overall and are very buggy (erratic volume control, severe slowdowns when running games and/or applications, unexpected reboots and/or crashes).
If the only way out is to do a fresh install of everything, then I will have to do so; but I'm hoping someone has another suggestion or solution for me to try before I commit myself to such a lengthy procedure.
NOTE: Sorry, I forgot to add this. The sound card works fine and without any problems in Windows 2000. I have also tried a Phillips Seismic Edge Audio card and is the same result with WDM drivers: no sound in Windows 98SE, sound in Windows 2000. I even activated the Soyo mobo's built-in sound chip (C-Media AC97), with the same results.
Ooohh, the pain......