no mixer device detected

Posted: 02-27-2005, 02:11 PM

PR1ECT

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I have recently purchased a new Philips psc724 sound card. I have disabled my
onboard Avance AC'97 audio in the bios and uninstalled the drivers. I then
proceeded to install my new soundcard which i accomplished successfully. or
so I thought. It turns out that I apparently have not got a mixer device
installed according to windows volume control, directx doesnt detect the card
either, and windows audio is active in computer management. The sound card
came with philips sound agent 2 and even this seems to not detect the card as
it says that sound is muted and if i click the mute button in it, the sound
agent program crashes. i have uninstalled the card and reinstalled several
times to no avail and even reverting back to my onboard sound card doesnt
correct the issue as I am still unable to play sounds. Please can someone
offer their assitance as I have tried everything I could think of and have
searched these message boards for some answers but could not find the
solution.

Any help appreciated!!!

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Phillips

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Re: no mixer device detected

Posted: 02-27-2005, 06:20 PM

Since the Sound Agent does not detect the sound card, I suspect a wrong
Hall.dll. Usually, you have to do a 'clean install' following the
recommended order of hardware/software installation.
Another possible issue might be caused by HT - hyperthreading technology.
You can diasble HT in Bios (as well as OS hardware detection - set it to No)
and see if Sound Agent can detect your card.
Michael

"PR1ECT" <PR1ECT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have recently purchased a new Philips psc724 sound card. I have disabled
>my
> onboard Avance AC'97 audio in the bios and uninstalled the drivers. I then
> proceeded to install my new soundcard which i accomplished successfully.
> or
> so I thought. It turns out that I apparently have not got a mixer device
> installed according to windows volume control, directx doesnt detect the
> card
> either, and windows audio is active in computer management. The sound card
> came with philips sound agent 2 and even this seems to not detect the card
> as
> it says that sound is muted and if i click the mute button in it, the
> sound
> agent program crashes. i have uninstalled the card and reinstalled several
> times to no avail and even reverting back to my onboard sound card doesnt
> correct the issue as I am still unable to play sounds. Please can someone
> offer their assitance as I have tried everything I could think of and have
> searched these message boards for some answers but could not find the
> solution.
>
> Any help appreciated!!!

PR1ECT

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Re: no mixer device detected

Posted: 02-28-2005, 03:37 PM

I have uninstalled/reinstalled the hardware and software several times and
this does not solve the problem. Also I have no options in my bios referring
to HT - hyperthreading technology, nor OS hardware detection. My motherboard
is a Mirostar MS6533 and I have installed the latest version of the bios.

"Phillips" wrote:

> Since the Sound Agent does not detect the sound card, I suspect a wrong
> Hall.dll. Usually, you have to do a 'clean install' following the
> recommended order of hardware/software installation.
> Another possible issue might be caused by HT - hyperthreading technology.
> You can diasble HT in Bios (as well as OS hardware detection - set it to No)
> and see if Sound Agent can detect your card.
> Michael
>

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