First post, by MaxWar
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- Oldbie
Hey there guys, i have a strange issue with my win98 rig no longer producing any sound with its Sound blaster live. It used to work just fine and suddenly, nothing.
I tried reinstalling drivers, switching PCI slots, i even tried switching with another sound blaster live ( i have several ) and nothing works. I tried the sound card in another rig and it works fine.
Funny thing is how it happened, i was comparing sound quality of two different mixers, to decide which one i would use for my soon to be operational Retro computing post. I was using a 1/8 - RCA cable to connect sound card to mixers and was switching from one mixer to the other while sound was playing. At some point, i plug the RCA connectors in one of the mixer and ... no sound. I went from ( This stuff is awesome to ... WTF ?! ). First time i rebooted the computer after that, i could hear a murmur of the sound playing, but it was highly distortioned, with popping sounds and very low volume. Then after that nothing... After batteries of test i can confirm nothing is coming out of the line out of the card.
I first suspected i had shorted the lineout or somehow sent a static discharge in the card when manipulating the rca connectors, but new sound card wont fix problem, and suspected sound card works in other computer.
Windows 98 acts as though everything is fine, sees the card, peak meter in volume control is showing activity etc. As i said no amount of reinstalling drivers, sound card switching, pci slot switching is changing anything. I dont feel like reinstalling win98 because im finally just done setting it up and configuring it the way i want.
It is the first time i experience something quite like it... I think im gonna go and try deactivate ACPI and play some with Irqs but if you guys have ideas that would be very welcome.
