Nosaj

Ok, this post is going to be a bit of a speech, i will try to give as much info as i can about my problem, thanks in advance for reading. First my specs.

Mobo : Asus Extreme Striker
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 413MB used, 4542MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_198B&SUBSYS_104381F2&REV_1003
Manufacturer ID:
Product ID:
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0001.4580 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 9/8/2006 02:08:06, 247296 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: AnalogDevices
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0x0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0001.4580 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 9/8/2006 02:08:06, 247296 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

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DirectMusic
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DLS Path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS
DLS Version: 1.00.0016.0002
Acceleration: n/a
Ports: Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
Registry: OK



And now for the issue, so the other week im having fun playing some world of warcraft running around doing my thing,, im playing windowed and listening to an mp3 in winamp at the same time. Now i play with a merc stealth keyboard with sound mute and volume controls on it.. I get jumped by another player and a fight starts, in my panic i hit the mute sound button on my keyboard. I unmute after the fight and continue life.

Shortly thereafter i realize that my mp3 player isnt playing music anymore, how odd! I also notice that ive lost the ability to play audio in vlc media player, or youtube in mozilla etc.. but!! the audio in world of warcraft is working perfect still. I should mention that all these symptoms persist regardless of wether or not the Warcraft client is running.

Device manager tells me everything is properly installed with zero conflicts, but in > control panel > sounds and audio devices, its telling me i have no audio device selected for anything. Nor does it give me an option to select anything as its grayed out.

I reboot and everything is fine again,,yay! Right up until i start watching a video or 2 on the computer or turn on winamp, then suddenly i lose it all again. Sometimes the audio sounds like its slightly garbled when i try listening to a media file.(almost like an echoing fade in and out sound) This includes watching videos on youtube, but again and oddly, the Audio in world of warcraft works fine.

Now this could be a coincidence but i have noticed since this started that when the audio finally cuts out , the time on my taskbar(clock) will push itself upward a little, and the day of the week will appear beneath it? then it goes away and its just the time again,, now this is something ive never ever seen before and it seems like a bizzarre thing that could be related.

Ive tried reinstalling the latest soundmax drivers with no luck, i tried reinstalling the older soundmax drivers that game with the mobo, no luck. I tried uninstalling the merc keyboard software and kboard itself, then reinstalling the audio drivers again without the keyboard installed with no luck. I tried installing the latest UAA drivers with no luck. Ive done thorough virus scans and adaware checks in and out of safe mode with nothing found.




Ok thanks for reading, any help or suggestions or ideas would be appreciated greatly, thanks.

Nosaj

hmm nobody has any ideas or suggestions at all? I should mention i also made sure the sound card was on in the bios.