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| Crystal WDM Audio Hi to the DaniWeb family ! I have a Thinkpad 600, laptop......I know it's outdated, it's just for surfin the net . My sound driver/program is having problems remembering the settings when I turn the laptop off. Everytime I start the laptop I have to go into Device Manager, and uninstall CRYSTAL WDM AUDIO CODEC under the listing : Sound,video , game controllers, because it has a yellow exclamation mark on it. I uninstall it and then reinstall it by hitting " SCAN FOR HARDWARE CHANGES ". Then I have sound and everything is great. But, when I turn the laptop off, and reboot, I have to do it all over again, just to get sound. If I go into the Control Panel , under Sounds and Audio Devices, it will say that " NO AUDIO DEVICE ". I go into Device Manager, uninstall the CRYSTAL WDM AUDIO CODEC and reinstall it...... and then in Sounds and Audio Devices" it will say CRYSTAL WDM AUDIO . Also, when I reinstall CRYSTAL WDM AUDIO CODEC in the Device Manager, the Devide volume goes from greyed out to black. Basically the computer is forgetting what I'm doing and I have to keep doing it every time I reboot. Anyone got any suggestions on how to help this laptop remember ? Any and all help is very much appreciated !!! |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio hi,welcome, what version of windows are you using , try uninstall it and rebooting computer to reinstall the drivers . |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...VR-MATRIX.html make sure you have up to date drivers also ensure the windows audio service and plug and play are set to automatic |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio unless they are using os below win2000 there are no update sound drivers .according to this site . http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...Q2L.html#Audio |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio Thanks for your replies !! It is Windows XP. I have to uninstall it and reinstall it every time I reboot. I will try those sites ya listed when I get back tonight. Thanks again ! |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio could be a driver problem with winxp, as computer was designed for win98 and win2000, |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio it should be fine though Ive got an ancient R series which shipped with NT4/98 and it runs xp fine xp is almost identical to win2k so i dont see why there is a problem. |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio I checked and in Services, Windows audio and plug & play are in automatic. I went to that web site and all they had was for Windows 98.I tried that download and I still get the same results.....I uninstall and reinstall it and it works fine. When I shut the computer down, it just forgets what I did and I have no sound then. I uninstall and reinstall and then I have sound.....what a cycle !!! lol I have another Thinkpad 600 that I put Windows XP Home on , and I have no problems at all with the audio driver. This computer has Windows XP Pro. So I'm still confused ! The driver is aparently in this computer and works when I uninstall/reinstall the driver, but it just won't remember. Also, I have to also keep checking that little box that allows me to put a "volume icon" in the task bar, every time I uninstall/reinstall. Got any more suggestions ? Thanks for working with me soo far !!! |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio Maybe it needs a BIOS update? I needed one to get mine to get it to keep the volume at the same level when i restarted it as before |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio I will do some research and see if I can find a BIOS update. I'll get back with ya when I find something and get it installed. Thanks ! |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio I found a website with Thinkpad updates but I have to buy a floppy drive to make the update diskett. That will take a few days to get one here so I will have to get back with ya when I get one here. |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio no dont do it off a random website the update is on the IBM site, and theres 2 versions including one you can run from within XP. |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...HY-3TLQ2L#BIOS Windows 2000 was only supported as of 1.13 and XP from 1.22. If you have a lower version, thats maybe why it doesnt work. READ the instructions here. ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs...s/spsdib54.txt Understand what you are doing and DO NOT turn off the laptop during the flash or you will brick it You will need a working 100% charged battery AND mains charger |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio I had the same site you did. I don't have a working battery so I'll have to go on Ebay and get one of those also. I have already ordered the floppy drive and will get it in a few days. This laptop is getting more expensive by the minute. When I get the working battery and external floppy drive I will try the BIOS update. Thanks for working with me !!! |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio old laptops not worth spending money on ,you can buy new for as low as 399.00 here in Canada , I have old p3 450 IBM ,its new condition, never used laptop , with dead battery ,new batt on ebay is about 75.00 + 30.00 shipping ,not gonna happen for me ,i only paid a few dollars for the laptop,its just not worth the 100.00 to me to buy a battery ,the laptop works fine plugged in ,and i rarely use it any way ,anyone wanna buy it |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio yeah i have an R30 with P3 and it cost me £50 ($100) for a battery lol |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio Y'all are making me feel REAL good about this old laptop....LOL. If I can't find a new battery for cheap, I may just deal with the headache and wait for a good deal to come alone. |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio New battery on Ebay....$40.00 It may take me a while to recive the external floppy drive and new battery . I will get back to this when all the stuff comes in. Why do I need a new battery if I have AC power ? |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio Because it wont do the flash otherwise. IBM made the bios update idiot-proof. Wont let you do it unless you have a 100% charged battery and AC power as if the power dies partyway through a flash your machine is dead. |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio While we are talking batteries now, every time I put a dead battery in this laptop, it starts to load Windows but then i get the BSOD. It didn't used to do that with a dead battery in it. I try to keep a battery in the bottom of the laptop just to fill that hole. Got any suggestions ? I wonder what will happen when I put a new battery in it ? The BSOD reads: Your computer BIOS has reported that a componet in your system is faulty and has prevented Windows from operating, 0x000000E0 |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio Thats because the battery is dead... Mauybe the charging circuit too, in which case its new laptop time |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio The other Thinkpad 600 I have runs fine with a dead battery in it. I tell ya what I'm gonna do, I might as well end this cause I'm not sinking a " charging circuit" in this thing ! I am spending too much on a cheap laptop ! Is that a motherbord issue ? Can I just combine the 2 Thinkpads and have one laptop that works ? |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio The reason I don't try to make the other Thinkpad my primary one is because it doesn't read RAM correctly. It either reads 288 MB of RAM or 160 mb of RAM. These things are a headache ! |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio Hi, remember me ? LOL I got in the external floppy disc, and a new battery, charged it up to 100% and did a BIOS update. Yes it's taken me this long to get all this done ! LOL After the BIOS update, I still didn't have any sound so I went into Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, and I set the Crystal Audio stuff to be the default driver/player stuff and BINGO....we have sound ! I then turned off the laptop to see if it would remember the settings and it does !!! Yeeeehaaaw ! So now everything works . Its slow but it works. Hey CaperJack....how much for that laptop that ya don't want... let me know. If it would be faster than this Thinkpad 600, I'd be interested ! Thank you for hanging in there with me through all this , BOTH of ya !!! I hope to help ya both one day somehow !!! Let me know CaperJack ! |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio Great to hear you got it sorted out ! sorry but i sold that laptop a few weeks ago. |
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| Re: Crystal WDM Audio Thats OK ! Thanks again for all your help ! |
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