Volume Problem
 

Hi. I posted previously about this and I'm still without sound on my pc. In
the control panel/Sounds and Multimedia Properties/Devices
it says that the driver for my audio for C-media is "Enabled, but inactive
due to an unknown problem"
Any ideas of what I can try to do to remedy this. System Restore doesnt
bring it back, as I had a prior problem with that program, but thanks to the
people on this website, it is up and running again. Thanks for any help you
guys can give me.

Volume Problem
 

Try updating the drivers. If that doesn't do it, try removing the device,
reboot and let Windows 'find' and reinstall it again.
Heirloom, old and worked for me


"mrscadillac" wrote in message
...
Hi. I posted previously about this and I'm still without sound on my pc.
In
the control panel/Sounds and Multimedia Properties/Devices
it says that the driver for my audio for C-media is "Enabled, but inactive
due to an unknown problem"
Any ideas of what I can try to do to remedy this. System Restore doesnt
bring it back, as I had a prior problem with that program, but thanks to
the
people on this website, it is up and running again. Thanks for any help
you
guys can give me.

Volume Problem
 

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Sound &Multimedia devices
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Remove ALL entries in the 'Other Devices' branch - if present
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers,
hopefully curing your problem.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"mrscadillac" wrote in message
...
Hi. I posted previously about this and I'm still without sound on my pc.
In
the control panel/Sounds and Multimedia Properties/Devices
it says that the driver for my audio for C-media is "Enabled, but inactive
due to an unknown problem"
Any ideas of what I can try to do to remedy this. System Restore doesnt
bring it back, as I had a prior problem with that program, but thanks to
the
people on this website, it is up and running again. Thanks for any help
you
guys can give me.

Volume Problem
 

Hello. Just wanted to let you both know, I tried both your suggestions, and
neither worked. I also typed "dxdiag" in the run registry and everything was
listed with "no problem". HAH!! Anyway, my 2 sound devices listed are Wave
Device for voice, and C-Media WDM Audio device, which is the one that says
"Driver is enabled but inactive due to an unknown problem." Thanks for taking
the time to help me. I really appreciate it. Dawn.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Sound &Multimedia devices
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Remove ALL entries in the 'Other Devices' branch - if present
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers,
hopefully curing your problem.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"mrscadillac" wrote in message
...
Hi. I posted previously about this and I'm still without sound on my pc.
In
the control panel/Sounds and Multimedia Properties/Devices
it says that the driver for my audio for C-media is "Enabled, but inactive
due to an unknown problem"
Any ideas of what I can try to do to remedy this. System Restore doesnt
bring it back, as I had a prior problem with that program, but thanks to
the
people on this website, it is up and running again. Thanks for any help
you
guys can give me.

Volume Problem
 

Dawn,
Not sure if this will be fruitful or not, but, get a copy (free) of
Belarc Advisor or Everest and take a close look at the details of your
machine. Also, please provide the NG with your brand, model and details and
any additional equipment (sound related) that you may have added, as well
as, software. My thoughts (for what that is worth) is either a hardware or
software conflict. Belarc or Everest should provide an insight to your
equipment and software. When did this problem start and did you do anything
to the system just prior, that you can recall. Please provide any info
regarding your sound, i.e. seperate sound card (don't think you have), and
sound apps.
When in Sounds and Audio in Control Panel, are you able to 'play' any of
the system sounds?? Have you been to the system's website and looked for
updated sound drivers? Do you have a microphone and can you get sound to
the speakers from it??
Heirloom, old and so many questions


"mrscadillac" wrote in message
...
Hello. Just wanted to let you both know, I tried both your suggestions,
and
neither worked. I also typed "dxdiag" in the run registry and everything
was
listed with "no problem". HAH!! Anyway, my 2 sound devices listed are
Wave
Device for voice, and C-Media WDM Audio device, which is the one that says
"Driver is enabled but inactive due to an unknown problem." Thanks for
taking
the time to help me. I really appreciate it. Dawn.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Sound &Multimedia devices
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Remove ALL entries in the 'Other Devices' branch - if present
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers,
hopefully curing your problem.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"mrscadillac" wrote in message
...
Hi. I posted previously about this and I'm still without sound on my
pc.
In
the control panel/Sounds and Multimedia Properties/Devices
it says that the driver for my audio for C-media is "Enabled, but
inactive
due to an unknown problem"
Any ideas of what I can try to do to remedy this. System Restore doesnt
bring it back, as I had a prior problem with that program, but thanks
to
the
people on this website, it is up and running again. Thanks for any help
you
guys can give me.

Volume Problem
 

Hello. Thank you for your time. I have Belarc.-no problems found (that I
could see). I haven't added anything new prior to losing the sound.
I think this sound problem happened when my son hit the button to put the pc
to "sleep, and he went ahead and immediately shut it down by holding in the
"off" button on the tower. After this, we lost all sound.
No, I cannot play any system sounds in the Control Panel listing.
No, I do not have a microphone handy at the moment. I will get mine back
from one of my kids this weekend and try it.
I am in the middle of downloading the Everest program right now. On their
website is a program for a free driver scan from DriverAgent.com? Should I
try that also? Thanks so much...again!!! Dawn

"mrscadillac" wrote:

Hello. Just wanted to let you both know, I tried both your suggestions, and
neither worked. I also typed "dxdiag" in the run registry and everything was
listed with "no problem". HAH!! Anyway, my 2 sound devices listed are Wave
Device for voice, and C-Media WDM Audio device, which is the one that says
"Driver is enabled but inactive due to an unknown problem." Thanks for taking
the time to help me. I really appreciate it. Dawn.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Sound &Multimedia devices
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Remove ALL entries in the 'Other Devices' branch - if present
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers,
hopefully curing your problem.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"mrscadillac" wrote in message
...
Hi. I posted previously about this and I'm still without sound on my pc.
In
the control panel/Sounds and Multimedia Properties/Devices
it says that the driver for my audio for C-media is "Enabled, but inactive
due to an unknown problem"
Any ideas of what I can try to do to remedy this. System Restore doesnt
bring it back, as I had a prior problem with that program, but thanks to
the
people on this website, it is up and running again. Thanks for any help
you
guys can give me.

Volume Problem
 

"mrscadillac" wrote:

Hello. Thank you for your time. I have Belarc.-no problems found (that I
could see). I haven't added anything new prior to losing the sound.
I think this sound problem happened when my son hit the button to put the pc
to "sleep, and he went ahead and immediately shut it down by holding in the
"off" button on the tower. After this, we lost all sound.
No, I cannot play any system sounds in the Control Panel listing.
No, I do not have a microphone handy at the moment. I will get mine back
from one of my kids this weekend and try it.
I am in the middle of downloading the Everest program right now. On their
website is a program for a free driver scan from DriverAgent.com? Should I
try that also? Thanks so much...again!!! Dawn

"mrscadillac" wrote:

Hello. Just wanted to let you both know, I tried both your suggestions, and
neither worked. I also typed "dxdiag" in the run registry and everything was
listed with "no problem". HAH!! Anyway, my 2 sound devices listed are Wave
Device for voice, and C-Media WDM Audio device, which is the one that says
"Driver is enabled but inactive due to an unknown problem." Thanks for taking
the time to help me. I really appreciate it. Dawn.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Sound &Multimedia devices
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Remove ALL entries in the 'Other Devices' branch - if present
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers,
hopefully curing your problem.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"mrscadillac" wrote in message
...
Hi. I posted previously about this and I'm still without sound on my pc.
In
the control panel/Sounds and Multimedia Properties/Devices
it says that the driver for my audio for C-media is "Enabled, but inactive
due to an unknown problem"
Any ideas of what I can try to do to remedy this. System Restore doesnt
bring it back, as I had a prior problem with that program, but thanks to
the
people on this website, it is up and running again. Thanks for any help
you
guys can give me.

Volume Problem
 

Okay, just downloaded Everest. It added another item:
Microsoft Kernel System Audio Renderer, along with previously mentioned
C-media and Wave Devices. (If this means anything, I sure don't know about
it!)
I DO have an error in "Other Devices"...PCI Universal Serial Bus. It states
that the drivers are not installed. But it won't let me install them.
"mrscadillac" wrote:

Hello. Thank you for your time. I have Belarc.-no problems found (that I
could see). I haven't added anything new prior to losing the sound.
I think this sound problem happened when my son hit the button to put the pc
to "sleep, and he went ahead and immediately shut it down by holding in the
"off" button on the tower. After this, we lost all sound.
No, I cannot play any system sounds in the Control Panel listing.
No, I do not have a microphone handy at the moment. I will get mine back
from one of my kids this weekend and try it.
I am in the middle of downloading the Everest program right now. On their
website is a program for a free driver scan from DriverAgent.com? Should I
try that also? Thanks so much...again!!! Dawn

"mrscadillac" wrote:

Hello. Just wanted to let you both know, I tried both your suggestions, and
neither worked. I also typed "dxdiag" in the run registry and everything was
listed with "no problem". HAH!! Anyway, my 2 sound devices listed are Wave
Device for voice, and C-Media WDM Audio device, which is the one that says
"Driver is enabled but inactive due to an unknown problem." Thanks for taking
the time to help me. I really appreciate it. Dawn.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Sound &Multimedia devices
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Remove ALL entries in the 'Other Devices' branch - if present
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers,
hopefully curing your problem.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"mrscadillac" wrote in message
...
Hi. I posted previously about this and I'm still without sound on my pc.
In
the control panel/Sounds and Multimedia Properties/Devices
it says that the driver for my audio for C-media is "Enabled, but inactive
due to an unknown problem"
Any ideas of what I can try to do to remedy this. System Restore doesnt
bring it back, as I had a prior problem with that program, but thanks to
the
people on this website, it is up and running again. Thanks for any help
you
guys can give me.

Volume Problem
 

I've done all of the below items Noel stated here, and my audio is still
kaput. The speaker icon in the startup taskbar does not appear, but a blank
space for it does appear. Any other thoughts?

Tim

"Noel Paton" wrote:

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Sound &Multimedia devices
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Remove ALL entries in the 'Other Devices' branch - if present
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers,
hopefully curing your problem.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"mrscadillac" wrote in message
...
Hi. I posted previously about this and I'm still without sound on my pc.
In
the control panel/Sounds and Multimedia Properties/Devices
it says that the driver for my audio for C-media is "Enabled, but inactive
due to an unknown problem"
Any ideas of what I can try to do to remedy this. System Restore doesnt
bring it back, as I had a prior problem with that program, but thanks to
the
people on this website, it is up and running again. Thanks for any help
you
guys can give me.