is it possible the onboard audio is proprietary to compaq speakers ? compaq'a and hp's usually make me regret working on them :'( fp
At 05:56 AM 4/11/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: >I have formatted Drive C and done a clean install of Windows XP on a Compaq >Presario S4100CL Athlon 2600+ computer. I have done all of the Windows updates >etc. > >The onboard Realtek AC '97 Audio allows Windows Media Player 10 to play audio >in different formats, but the final output (the green one) sends on audio to >speakers or headphones that I know work. I have check the standard settings >for volume levels and nothing is muted. > >I disabled the onboard audio in the BIOS and re-enabled it, still to no avail. >I disabled it again and tried to install a SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 sound >card, but the install of the software hangs up windows, even in Safe Mode. I >tried each of the available 3 PCI slots with only the sound card, leaving the >other two PCI slots open, to no avail. > >I am sound card poor here in my shop since most computers have been using >onboard audio for years. Only recently did I finally sell of my last >SoundBlaster Live! and Soundblaster PCI 128 cards and have just bought these >two new PCI 128 cards to install in computers with inoperative onboard audio. >I have no other models to try. > >I did install one of these SB PCI 128's into my shop computer and it works >fine. This mess is just another piece of convince evidence I have gathered in >over 8 years to prove to me that custom built computers are far more easier to >work with than name brand computers. > >Not only does the onboard audio fail to send audio to speakers or headphones >and the sound card will not install, Auto Play will not work either. I tried >two new CD/DVD devices, to no avail. I checked the Auto Play settings and they >are all ok. > >This is a rebuild into a new case of a Compaq computer. If I can not resolve >the audio issue, I will end up having to trash this motherboard and CPU. >Surely I am missing some simple something. Perhaps it is as simple as trying >different brand sound cards until I find one that is acceptable to the Compaq >motherboard. > >Have any of you went through a stack of different brand sound cards trying to >get one to work in a computer? I have in the past. I do not have a stack of >them to go through this time. > >Is Auto Play tied into this problem somehow? Any ideas in solving the audio >and Auto Play problems will be deeply appreciated. > >Thanks in advance, > >Chuck -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Transistors blow before a protecting fast acting fuse.
