Author Topic: Help! (Read 376 times)

NHattila · « **on:** October 11, 2004, 06:03:22 PM »

well, here is my first ever tech problem in 3.5 years of AH. i click start->programs-> ah2 and i get an error. looks something like this:

Initialization Failed with -5
mainSN_FAILED -2

only have an OK option to click. it was working fine earlier today and i haven't done anything with my computer. help!!
thanks

DAVENRINO · « **Reply #1 on:** October 11, 2004, 06:26:09 PM »

I believe that error is Sound Card related. Might try updating sound drivers.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #2 on:** October 11, 2004, 06:43:03 PM »

Yes, that is DirectX telling us that it could not initialize the sound card.

Run DXDIAG (Start->Run->DXDIAG_), click on the "Sound" tab and run the various test to see if you can get more information.

NHattila · « **Reply #3 on:** October 11, 2004, 08:03:50 PM »

hmm, it's saying no sound card was found. i went into control panel and system devices and it's showing up there. i will keep messing with it and see what else i can figure out. should i try to reinstall the drivers?

NHattila · « **Reply #4 on:** October 11, 2004, 08:15:59 PM »

well i went looking to the sound blaster website and there isn't a driver for my card (SB Audio PCI). all it says is there are no updates available. where could i find the original? i believe the disk that came with my sound card went missing quite a while ago...

zmeg · « **Reply #5 on:** October 11, 2004, 08:29:37 PM »

Try here

The login name is drivers, the password is all.

NHattila · « **Reply #6 on:** October 11, 2004, 09:44:26 PM »

thanks. i will look there nad give it a try.

NHattila · « **Reply #7 on:** October 11, 2004, 10:05:39 PM »

woohoo! got it working. thanks for the help everyone

what i still wonder, is why this driver went bad? i'm assuming that's what happened anyway. all i did was quit play AH, left the computer for a few hours for class, came back, went to start it up again and wammo! i have done this process many many times, so why should this one time cause a corruption? and noone else touched my comp in the meantime. i'm not the most computer savvy person so i guess i will always be left in the dark of such mysteries...

Estes · « **Reply #8 on:** October 11, 2004, 10:14:31 PM »

Sounds like your soundcard might be on the fritz.

If it was working, and then a few hours later wasn't.

Might want to invest in a new soundcard. Aren't that expensive. I think the original Audigy 2 runs for around 50?