OMG Help... My soundcards wont show up in Audio devices

jamieuk3 · 06-15-2006, 06:26 AM

Ok here's the situation. I left the house for a night on the town with my friends and foolishly allowed the little sister to use my computer to use msn messenger.

When i returned the nxt morning i sat down at my desk, opened Winamp and played a song. Thats as far as i got.

"Bad DirectSound Driver. Please install proper drivers or select another device in configuration. Error code:88780078"

Ive never had this error before but i knew what it was. I proceeded to device manager and all of my sound cards where flagged up with an exclimation mark. So i uninstalled them. Got the latest drivers from the sites to make sure, then re-installed. They all installed no problem, restarted the pc for good measure.

Checked device manager first off, to make sure they wernt flagged up again. Everything was cool so i went to play a song.

"Bad DirectSound Driver. Please ... Error code:88780078"

So logically i thoughy, maybe the device jst isnt slected. So i opened Sounds and Audio devices.

Every drop down box sais 'No Playback/recording/MIDI Playback Devices Detected'... ***

So i went back to device manager.. Lo n behold.. there they are, all nice and properly installed.

Im totally stuck. Any advice any 1 can give me is much appreciated. I do everyhting on my PC.. no music n movies and other generic sound is driving me mad.

Thanks again

Jamie

:=================:
Sytem Specs
:=================:
OS:Windows XP Pro
M/Board:Abit NF7-S
CPU:AMD Athlon Xp 2800
RAM:1024
HDD: 200Gb(total)
Graphics: 256Mb ATI Radion Connect 3D 9250 (500Mhz)
Sound: NVidia 5.1 (onboard)
--Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 (digital capibility)
--Tascam US-428 (external Digital Mixing Desk, USB Connection, Main audio device used)

dai · 06-15-2006, 07:56 AM

reinstall directx
http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start...irectx/&e=9797

jamieuk3 · 06-15-2006, 04:52 PM

didnt work:(

dai · 06-15-2006, 04:55 PM

in the device manager click on the view tab at the top and choose show hidden devices
then check for yellow alongside of anything

jamieuk3 · 06-15-2006, 04:59 PM

yea thers 3

Under non plug and play Drivers

PrtMgr
PCIdle
Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller

dai · 06-15-2006, 05:10 PM

run your m/b setup cd

jamieuk3 · 06-15-2006, 05:12 PM

il need to wait till tomoro... i was lookin for it today and it seems do have went for a walk. Il try finding it in the morning.

Wats the reason for running it tho... What am i aiming to do?

dai · 06-15-2006, 05:20 PM

hopefully fix the problems

jamieuk3 · 06-15-2006, 05:23 PM

so you pretty confident tht those device errors are the cause of my problems?

jamieuk3 · 06-16-2006, 06:48 AM

Got up thismorning and hunted for my m/b disk... right under my nose, where i left it. hehe

anyway rann it, everything installed... restarted... same problem... Still got the same 3 yellow flags

this is the first time iv not been able to fix a problem with my pc... im a little miffed

dai · 06-16-2006, 09:17 AM

see if this applies to the sound problem
http://www.techsupportforum.com/arch...p/t-19110.html
if it does'nt
uninstall the sound card from the device manager
reboot tapping f8 and choose safe mode
disable a/virus
reinstall your sound drivers and reboot

06-15-2006, 06:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
jamieuk3 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Glasgow, Uk Posts: 7 OS: Windows XP Pro My System	OMG Help... My soundcards wont show up in Audio devices Ok here's the situation. I left the house for a night on the town with my friends and foolishly allowed the little sister to use my computer to use msn messenger. When i returned the nxt morning i sat down at my desk, opened Winamp and played a song. Thats as far as i got. "Bad DirectSound Driver. Please install proper drivers or select another device in configuration. Error code:88780078" Ive never had this error before but i knew what it was. I proceeded to device manager and all of my sound cards where flagged up with an exclimation mark. So i uninstalled them. Got the latest drivers from the sites to make sure, then re-installed. They all installed no problem, restarted the pc for good measure. Checked device manager first off, to make sure they wernt flagged up again. Everything was cool so i went to play a song. "Bad DirectSound Driver. Please ... Error code:88780078" So logically i thoughy, maybe the device jst isnt slected. So i opened Sounds and Audio devices. Every drop down box sais 'No Playback/recording/MIDI Playback Devices Detected'... *** So i went back to device manager.. Lo n behold.. there they are, all nice and properly installed. Im totally stuck. Any advice any 1 can give me is much appreciated. I do everyhting on my PC.. no music n movies and other generic sound is driving me mad. Thanks again Jamie :=================: Sytem Specs :=================: OS:Windows XP Pro M/Board:Abit NF7-S CPU:AMD Athlon Xp 2800 RAM:1024 HDD: 200Gb(total) Graphics: 256Mb ATI Radion Connect 3D 9250 (500Mhz) Sound: NVidia 5.1 (onboard) --Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 (digital capibility) --Tascam US-428 (external Digital Mixing Desk, USB Connection, Main audio device used)

06-15-2006, 07:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	reinstall directx http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start...irectx/&e=9797 __________________

06-15-2006, 04:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	in the device manager click on the view tab at the top and choose show hidden devices then check for yellow alongside of anything __________________

06-15-2006, 05:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	run your m/b setup cd __________________

06-15-2006, 05:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	hopefully fix the problems __________________

06-15-2006, 04:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
jamieuk3 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Glasgow, Uk Posts: 7 OS: Windows XP Pro My System	didnt work:(

06-15-2006, 04:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
jamieuk3 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Glasgow, Uk Posts: 7 OS: Windows XP Pro My System	yea thers 3 Under non plug and play Drivers PrtMgr PCIdle Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller

06-15-2006, 05:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
jamieuk3 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Glasgow, Uk Posts: 7 OS: Windows XP Pro My System	il need to wait till tomoro... i was lookin for it today and it seems do have went for a walk. Il try finding it in the morning. Wats the reason for running it tho... What am i aiming to do?

06-15-2006, 05:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
jamieuk3 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Glasgow, Uk Posts: 7 OS: Windows XP Pro My System	so you pretty confident tht those device errors are the cause of my problems?

06-16-2006, 06:48 AM	#10 (permalink)
jamieuk3 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Glasgow, Uk Posts: 7 OS: Windows XP Pro My System	Got up thismorning and hunted for my m/b disk... right under my nose, where i left it. hehe anyway rann it, everything installed... restarted... same problem... Still got the same 3 yellow flags this is the first time iv not been able to fix a problem with my pc... im a little miffed

06-16-2006, 09:17 AM	#11 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	see if this applies to the sound problem http://www.techsupportforum.com/arch...p/t-19110.html if it does'nt uninstall the sound card from the device manager reboot tapping f8 and choose safe mode disable a/virus reinstall your sound drivers and reboot __________________