Lost Sound

[Serenity]

ATI's download page has the drivers all broken out separately, as well as the whole bundle.  You can get just the driver, without the WDM, sound, or CCC garbage.

Thank you!

[Serenity]

I've removed the old drivers, and it hasn't made any difference. Still no sound devices detected with the card in. Any ideas?

[Serenity]

Alright, this one little detail still bothers me. If I uninstall the drivers but leave the card in, I still get no sound. If I install the drivers but remove the card I do. Is it really the drivers if the only thing that makes a difference is whether the new card is physically connected to the computer or not?

If I cannot get a solution tonight, Im taking this to Geek Squad tomorrow. This is driving me insane!

[Ack-Ack]

Make sure your video card isn't sharing IRQ resources with another device.  Usually, your problem sounds like it's your video card that is using the same IRQ as your sound card.  This would explain why the sound stops working when the video card is installed (it's taking up the sound card's IRQ resource) and your sound works when the video card isn't installed. 

If they are sharing the same resource, the easiest and best fix is to move the video card to another IRQ value. 


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[Serenity]

Well, the problem was fixed. It WAS the BIOS settings. I forced it to enable the onboard sound and all is fine.

[Serenity]

Where can I get this Ray Adams ATI tool? I've googled it, but the download on 3D guru gets to about 95% and then just stops.

[Ack-Ack]

Where can I get this Ray Adams ATI tool? I've googled it, but the download on 3D guru gets to about 95% and then just stops.

ATI Tray Tools official download site (3DGuru)

ATI Tray Tools mirror site

It's best to download it from the 3DGuru site as that's the official English site for the program.  Use some care when downloading it from a mirror site as they don't always have the most current version.


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