Yes, I disabled the onboard sound from the BIOS first. Now however, even if
I remove the additional card, no sound device will work. I have tried
removing the Soundblaster Live! card and enabling the on board sound again,
and still, no audio devices and the Status: Driver is enabled but has not
been started.

Thank you for trying to help,
HeXFuRy

"Malke" wrote:

> HeXFuRy wrote:
>
> > I recently installed a new Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit to replace my
> > onboard
> > sound card. Since install none of my sound options have worked. I
> > have installed drivers new and old, Tried multiple PCI slots,
> > everything, I cannot make it work.
> >
> > The audio properties tab is completely grayed out, saying no Audio
> > Devices
> > are installed. Device Manager has no errors or resource conflicts and
> > shows
> > the hardware installed just fine. When I check Sounds and Audio
> > Devices Properties, Go to the Hardware Tab, Properties of Sound
> > Blaster Live! 24-bit, Properties again, Audio Devices, Properties, I
> > see a "Status: Driver is enabled but has not been started."
> >
> > According to other forums, the problem may be the Plug and Play
> > Software
> > Device Enumerator. According to that advice I reinstalled it and it
> > had no affect on the problem.
> >
> > Another thing I saw indicated that I may have no space for new
> > Midi/Wave/etc. devices in the registry. By going to
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> > NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32 and deleting duplicate named keys of Midi,
> > midi1, midi2, etc. That may free up the driver registration space and
> > help solve the problem, however, this tactic didn't work either.
> >
> > I am at the end of my ropes with this. I should not need to reinstall
> > windows again simply because I bought a new soundcard. Any help would
> > be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank You,
> > HeXFuRy@hotmail.com
>
> Just to be sure - did you remember to disable the onboard sound from the
> BIOS first?
>
> Malke
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