I see your point. My point though, is that although certain brands of USB sound cards - like SoundBlaster - does require their individual drivers, most cheap USB models I have seen, does not. Do a quick search on EBay, and you will find numerous cheap USB soundcards, not bigger than a USB Pen drive, and they all are "true plug-and-play". When I got mine, I simply plugged it in, and Windows recognized it immediately. I guess these models uses some kind of a generic driver in Windows. That is why, I was thinking that such cards might work, long as the generic drivers in Windows will load. Whether Safe mode loads generic drivers, I am not sure. And since I am on a Non-English WE, I am unable to test my sound card here in safe mode.
Well, all I am trying to point out is, if these cheap things are capable of working under safe mode, it would be a low-price way of accessing safe mode. They easily can be had for far less than $10 US, on places like EBay. And although they might not provide superb sound quality for your music, it would have been a workaround for those who cannot get their on-board, or whatever else sound card to work under safe mode. Big question is if that will be the case or not. At least, it was just as seamless to plug and play with the USB sound card I've got here, as when I plugged in my USB keyboard. No drivers needed be installed. Windows simply recognized it, and started using it. That is why, I concluded they must be using a generic driver. Anyway, if anyone has such a device hanging around, and could have tried it with Safe mode, it would have been intersting to know their results. ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas N. Chan To: GW Micro (List) Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 4:32 AM Subject: RE: window eyes in safe mode I think what Aaron is trying to say, if you need some sort of a driver or software to emulate the USB to bridge across to talk to the sound chip, there's a chance, it will not work. Mostly because of the software itself will not be loaded by windows. Buildin ones are a bit different as some of the motherboard use the chip as its own PC beeping internal speaker and it can work natively without additional drivers. -------------------- regards Thomas N. Chan From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 9 November 2012 6:57 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: window eyes in safe mode So, if I get you right Aaron, those who have trouble with their onboard sound card, might even be well off in buying a USB sound card with generic support? ----- Original Message ----- From: Aaron Smith Cc: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 2:09 PM Subject: Re: window eyes in safe mode That's a fair point, Curtis. And it seems as though basic/generic USB support is enabled (even USB keyboards allow access to the system bios). It's those devices that require additional USB drivers that are typically not loaded in safe mode. Aaron On 11/8/2012 6:56 AM, Curtis Delzer wrote: what about such devices as USB keyboards? Many new computers don't have PS2 keyboards. Curtis Delzer. HS. K 6 V F O San Bernardino, CA. skype: curtis1014 At 04:00 PM 11/06/12, Aaron Smith wrote: It's important to note that some audio devices simply don't support safe mode. Not only to the USB audio devices need the audio drivers loaded, but they also need USB drivers loaded, and that typically doesn't happen (hence the whole point of "safe" mode). Built-in audio devices, and dedicated internal audio devices attached directly to the system bus typically work fine. Aaron On 11/6/2012 4:38 PM, Sunshine wrote: correct that is what i did and it did not come up ----- Original Message ----- From: "net bat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 3:04 PM Subject: Re: window eyes in safe mode i have to manually load w e after windows boots in safe mode. it does not load automatically. -----Original Message----- From: Sunshine Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:57 PM To: GWMicro List Subject: window eyes in safe mode I have a question for gwmicro, and those of you who have tried the safe mode .... I have a soundblaster x-fi extream audio sound card. I just tried safe mode with window eyes, no go with it, I have the audio in safe mode checked in window eyes. When i try and bring window eyes up; it will stay up but no sound will issue from my speakers. then window eyes will go away, also the control back slash does not work. 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