ERROR Message help, Please

[Wail]

I just got this new System up & Running and when I try to run AH it gives me this:

             ERROR
Initialization failed with -5
main SN_FAILED -2


2.6 P4  stock for now
Abit IC7 Max3 Mb
ATI aiw 9700 pro
2 WD Raptors in RAID-0   16kblock
LG CD-DVD RW


Any  Advice would be Great
Thanks in Advance

[Skuzzy]

That message indicates the sound card failed to initialize.

Either you have an older version of DirectX (we need DX8.1 or later), or the sound card driver is not responding.

You can use DXDIAG to check for gross errors,  From the Windows desktop, go to "Start", then "Run", then type in DXDIAG and press .

From there you can run some simplistic diagnostics.  Select the "Sound" tab and run the sound tests.  If the sound tests fail, make sure you have the latest drivers for your sound card device loaded and run it again.

In the "System" tab, check the DirectX version, located at the bottom of the panel (not the DXDIAG version, but the DirectX Version).  It should be "DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0881)" or later.
If it is not, then go to the Microsoft DirectX site and get the latest version.

[Wail]

Thanks Skuzzy,

It was My Sound drivers,
Forgot to Install them Doh.

Got right into the Game when did.

Muchas Gracias  : )