Re: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues
- Original Message - From: Rick Quilhot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:07 AM Subject: RE: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues I had something similar to this happen to me, I ended up rolling back a bois update and the on board sound worked great After all attempts to install a SB PCI 128 failed, I bought a SB Audigy SE Model SB0570 and it worked. My 8+ years of experience tells me that name brand motherboards are not always impossible, but seldom easy. This is not like the first time I have dealt with the name brand dog and pony show. Y'all may slam me for damning them, perhaps even take up for them, but 8+ years causes me to react according to my experiences. I know I would not have had to go out and buy a different sound card if it had been one of my custom builds. That SB PCI 128 would have took to the motherboard like a duck taking to water. To repeat, I had tried the PCI 128 in each of the 3 PCI slots, as the only card in a PCI slot, so it being in the wrong slot could not have been an issue. With a name brand all the slots are the wrong slot because they are on the wrong motherboard. But as many of y'all say, That is just me when disagreeing with my opinion of name brand computers. If I follow my conscience and stick with real computer, real parts work. My stance saves me money. Although you may not speak up here, I strongly feel many of y'all have had the same problems getting things to work with the motherboards in name brand computers. Chuck
Re: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues
Proprietary systems are usually a plaque here also. HP's and Compaq's make my head hurt usually. :-! I stopped referring to them as computers, they are appliances and disposable. my $.03 Fp At 04:44 AM 4/17/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: - Original Message - From: Rick Quilhot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:07 AM Subject: RE: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues I had something similar to this happen to me, I ended up rolling back a bois update and the on board sound worked great After all attempts to install a SB PCI 128 failed, I bought a SB Audigy SE Model SB0570 and it worked. My 8+ years of experience tells me that name brand motherboards are not always impossible, but seldom easy. This is not like the first time I have dealt with the name brand dog and pony show. Y'all may slam me for damning them, perhaps even take up for them, but 8+ years causes me to react according to my experiences. I know I would not have had to go out and buy a different sound card if it had been one of my custom builds. That SB PCI 128 would have took to the motherboard like a duck taking to water. To repeat, I had tried the PCI 128 in each of the 3 PCI slots, as the only card in a PCI slot, so it being in the wrong slot could not have been an issue. With a name brand all the slots are the wrong slot because they are on the wrong motherboard. But as many of y'all say, That is just me when disagreeing with my opinion of name brand computers. If I follow my conscience! and stick with real computer, real parts work. My stance saves me money. Although you may not speak up here, I strongly feel many of y'all have had the same problems getting things to work with the motherboards in name brand computers. Chuck -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Windows XP! From the folks who brought you EDLIN!
Re: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues
- Original Message - From: Rick Quilhot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:07 AM Subject: RE: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues I had something similar to this happen to me, I ended up rolling back a bois update and the on board sound worked great How was it now working? Did the drivers not install properly, thus not letting sound devices such as Windows Media Player play audio OR did the audio play but no line audio signal sent to the amplified speakers? In my situation everything appears to be working but there is no audio being sent to the speakers or to headphones if I plug those in. Being a Compaq (one owner etc.) I have no reason to think the BIOS has been flashed, but perhaps I could flash the BIOS if you feel this may help. Belarc Advisor did tell me it is an AsusTeK A7N8X-LA motherboard. With help from the Microsoft site I found that my auto play problem was a bad setting in the Registry. I wonder why out of hundreds of clean installs of XP just this one set the auto play to 0 instead of 1 (0 for no auto play and 1 for auto play). Now auto play works along with the other sound features, and yes, the proper sound device is showing as default and nothing is muted. Thanks, Chuck
Re: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues
- Original Message - From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues is it possible the onboard audio is proprietary to compaq speakers ? compaq'a and hp's usually make me regret working on them :'( As you can see, I have not given up, yet. If there was some onboard proprietary audio issue, they why would the SoundBlaster PCI 128 card not install in any of the 3 PCI slots, and I did disable the onboard audio in the BIOS before trying to install the sound card. This computer is a prime example of why I do not use any CPU but Intel. I can not afford to stock different motherboards etc. for two brands of CPU's. Technology moves far too fast and they would get outdated even worse than my minimum Intel stock now gets outdated. If it had been a Compaq using an Intel CPU I would have changed the motherboard and not had all of these issues. I realize that some of you may have had smooth sailing with name brand computers, but they have been nothing but horror for me in my 8 years. And to think the only hardware components that make a name brand computer a name brand are its inferior motherboard and case. Once I replace these, it is downhill from there. Thanks, Chuck
Re: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues
- Original Message - From: Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'The Hardware List' hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:21 AM Subject: RE: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues Is digital audio output enabled? If it is, you'll get no analog output really common on HPs/Compaq/Gateway that shipped originally with Boston Accoustic digital speakers. Thanks, but it is set for analog. Chuck
RE: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues
I had something similar to this happen to me, I ended up rolling back a bois update and the on board sound worked great Rick Quilhot Gallant Transport, Inc 877-Gallant mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:57 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues 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
Re: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues
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.
RE: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues
Is digital audio output enabled? If it is, you'll get no analog output really common on HPs/Compaq/Gateway that shipped originally with Boston Accoustic digital speakers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:57 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues 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
RE: [H] SoundBlaster PCI 128 CT4730 Auto Play Issues
At 09:21 AM 4/11/2006, Chris Reeves typed: Is digital audio output enabled? If it is, you'll get no analog output really common on HPs/Compaq/Gateway that shipped originally with Boston Accoustic digital speakers. I had a small mom/pop shop install a SB128 in a ladies IBM machine saying that her Realtek didn't work. I pulled the SB changed the Control Panel/Sounds and Sudio Devices/Audio tab so that the Realtek was the Default then I held the SB in my left hand some 3 feet away while playing Tada with my right hand to show her there was no magic trick that the mom/pop place had screwed her. The speakers that came with the IBM weren't amplified the volume had to be turned up quite a bit but they played just fine. CW could you back channel me please? Thanks --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
