directsound error code 88780078

>-----Original Message-----
>My speakers just kind of randomly stopped working and in
>diagnostic mode an error message came up that said there
>was an error with directsound and gave the code

88780078.

>
>I downloaded the newest version of directx but that did

not

>help. Also, in a kind of weird twist, a few of the times
>that i have rebooted the computer the windows start noise
>has played the first half correctly and then stopped

after

>which the speakers have been totally unable to work like

i

>said above. The other times I have started the speakers
>just made a muffled sound like the sound when you touch a
>live speaker input to your finger then stopped making any
>noise.
>
>Any help that you can give is much appreciated. Thanks.
>.
>Your sound card may be in a defective PCI slot on the

motherboard. If it sometimes works and other times does
not, usually means the card is OK but the PCI slot is
either dirty or on the "blink" Open your case and pull
it out and move it over to the next one. Your soundcard
is the one where your speakers are plugged into. If your
sound system is part of the motherboard then you cannot
do this.