Wombat104

Hello, Thanks in advance for any help offered. After I boot my machine (Dell XPS Tower, Win XP SP2) everything works fine. After about 45 seconds or so I lose the ability to play sound, as that happens my XP taskbar changes from the normal blue to a beige color. So prior to that happening I can play sounds/music as normal, after that happens I get the following errors:

When I click on the speaker near the system clock I get the following error message: There are no active mixer devices available. To install mixer devices, go to Control Panel, Click printers and other hardware and then click add hardware. This program will now close.

When I try to open sound in Windows Media Player I get this message: Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be in use by another program, or it might not be functioning properly.

DirectX Diagnostic Sound Test:
DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x88780078 (No driver)

However in device manager there are no conflicts (see attached screen shots in MS Word attachment).

I have also done a system restore however the problem persists.

Any thoughts or idea's would be greatly appreciated.

*Wasn't sure to place this thread in sound cards or drivers or Win XP. Please move it if it is determined that it belongs somewhere else.

Thanks,

Wombat

Attached Files

Device Manager screen shots.doc (110.0 KB, 2 views)

TheMatt

You should reinstall the latest drivers from creative's site anyway and see if it works.