Usual windows mixer question

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I have just upgraded my mobo to a P4 2.4Gig running win 98SE. I have 412 Gig RAM. So I should be happy:) Except I can't hear anything from my HS2002:( I would like to investigate the problem which usually resides in the awful win mixer...but my yellow speaker icon isn't there anymore since my re-build:eek: And worse, if I go to Entertainment> Volume control, it won't open either:confused: I have installed ati multimedia support for my new videao card which I imagine could corrupt/stop the win mixer dead in its tracks. But I'm not convinced. So any idea how I get it to run and/or install on my toolbar?

Sound card is Delta66+omni which is installed and working okay.

Any suggestions?
 
Hmmm.....:(

In Control panel> Multimedia> audio, there is a check box to "show volume control" on teh taskbar....but its greyed out. The settings are "use available devices" but no matter what I click on and apply, I cannot get the volume check box to be enabled.
 
You may check your "Installed Windows Components" on Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs...
 
I don't think that it shows up as a component in the Add/Remove Programs window...

In the Windows Help page under Volume Control there's a link that pops it up... but if Programs > Accessories > Entertainment > Volume Control doesn't work, I don't suppose this will either.

A third way is to use the Run command from the start menu. The command line for launching the Volume Control is

C:\WINDOWS\SNDVOL32.EXE


But once agin, if the other methods don't work, this also will likely not.

Let us know...
 
Thanks for your response guys, but it doesn't show under add/remove programs and neither does the run line work either:confused: I strongly suspect that the ati multimedia software has disabled it as the record and playback buttons on the windows multimedia panel are greyed out to. As part of my new resolution for the new mobo, I aim not to make rash decisions on deleting software that has got me into trouble in the past:( So what do you think, could the ati m/m program be the culprit?
 
So what do you think, could the ati m/m program be the culprit?
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Well, I guess it could be...Which ATI card is it? I have a three-year-old All-In-Wonder and its software never seemed to conflict with any of my Windows multimedia controls.

Did you check the following:

(1) Look at the device properties in the Device Manager page in the System dialog box (Control Panel > System). There is typically a checkbox for most devices that allows you to disable a device -- perhaps it's checked in there?

(2)) Does the Device Manager (Control Panel > System) show any conflicts? Did you look in the the System Information utility, did you try any of its diagnostic tools?

(1) ATI's website for a troubleshooting FAQ or a user group that you could search and post your question on? Did you send your question in to ATI's tech support?

(2) Did you check Microsoft's KnowledgeBase for anything relating to the volume control being unavailable?
 
The answer to this question is that you have to load the ASUS SoundMAX driver which enables your soundcard and the windows mixer.

Simple when you know how. I had thought that because I had a sound card, I didn't need the mobo sound drivers.
 
Sorry, that should have occured to me since you said in your thread-starting post that, "Sound card is Delta66+omni." The Delta cards have their own mixer application and bypass the Windows mixer thing entirely.
 
Hi AlChuck. That is true but it affects the playback and recording of your audio. Without the windows mixer appropriately enabled, I couldn't record audio and hear it at the same time. Or I could hear audio being recorded but not played back.
 
AlChuck said:
Sorry, that should have occured to me since you said in your thread-starting post that, "Sound card is Delta66+omni." The Delta cards have their own mixer application and bypass the Windows mixer thing entirely.
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The difference between you and I AlChuck is that you know what you are talking about and I definitely don't.:o

The link between the microsoft mixer and my problem (could not record and playback at the same time) is NOT the lack of the m/soft mixer....its the M-audio mixer not being set up properly:rolleyes: I had forgotten how to do it properly. So I did what any desperate person would do in similar circumstances ......I read the manual:eek:

The m/soft mixer is disabled in my mobo if the bios is set to disable the onboard audio. If the onboard mobo audio is enabled, it disables the delta 66 card. Enabling the mobo midi installs Roland MPU-401 drivers. So I can't have my delta card enabled and the m/soft mixer at the same time.

BTW, if I live to be 100 I will never understand the m-audio mixer. Does anyone truly understand it?:(
 
Paul881 said:
The m/soft mixer is disabled in my mobo if the bios is set to disable the onboard audio. If the onboard mobo audio is enabled, it disables the delta 66 card.
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This part confused me. You're telling me that you cannot have the onboard audiocard enabled with the Delta66? That's strange... :confused:
 
This part confused me. You're telling me that you cannot have the onboard audiocard enabled with the Delta66? That's strange...
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It must do, cos none of the delta drivers are enabled in my tracks or audio driver options if my mobo audio is enabled in BIOS. Unless you know a way of making them enabled.........? In Control panel> multimedia maybe?
 
Then Windows should be able to use the damn thing! :rolleyes:

Can you now disable the mobo soundcard in the Device Manager?
 
Don't know. I'll try re-booting and enabling the audio in the BIOS and see if I can see the device driver. If I do, I guess I click on it and check the box "disable in this hardware profile"?
 
I think the problem is trying to get both drivers seen by the system at the same time. One seems to overide the other?
 
Yeah, this can't be right, Paul. You're saying it's a Catch-22. If the onboard audio is disabled, you get no Delta Control Panel; but if the onboard audio in enabled you get no Delta PCI card???

I have a problem with BOTH of these scenario's, but certainly you should be able to enable the onboard audio and also use the Delta card. (You should also be able to disable the onboard audio and use the Delta as well.)

I would suggest that you remove the Delta card, enable the onbaord audio, and get your system working properly under that configuration first. Then install the Delta card and drivers. Let us know specifically what happens during the Delta installation. Does Windows recognize the new hardware? Any error messages during the install? etc.

Also, what drivers are you using for the Delta? (BTW, I'm a little surprised you are using Win98 with this machine.) The Delta WDM drivers do not work with Win98 or WinME (at least not in all cases). Therefore, you need to use the Delta MME drivers. You can get them off the M-Audio web site. If you tell the driver locater you are using Win98, it will direct you to the proper drivers.

You could also be experiencing an IRQ conflict. Have you tried moving the Delta to a different PCI slot? That's worth a shot as well.

Keep us posted and lay off the wine until you get this fixed. :)
 
Moskus, Dachay and me all on line together. Isn't work wonderful:)

Thanks for the advice fella's, I'll mess about wioth it and get back to you. I have disabled the onborad audio in the BIOS currently. Gotta do a report for work this afternoon:rolleyes:

Catch you later and I'll report back.
 
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