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SoundBlaster LIVE! 24-bit sound card problem - no sound, music appears to be playing

Apr 14th, 2006

OK, I've just finished setting up my dual boot system - WinXP Home Edition and Ubuntu Linux 5.10. I've installed all the upgraded drivers and BIOS needed for my system. (A Dell Dimension 8400)

So I've just logged on to Windows and hear that familiar start-up sound, and think "Well, my sound card's working...". I guess it was a little early to think that. Just to test everything out, I start up WinAmp. I see the music playing, but no sound is coming out of the speakers. So I check if anything is muted. It's not. The cables are all connected, and speakers work fine on my laptop. My Sound Blaster LIVE! 24-bit sound card is shown as working properly in device manager.
What to do? The trouble-shooters I've found so far have failed to solve my problem. :-|

If anyone has any idea what is happening, all suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance :-)

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Re: SoundBlaster LIVE! 24-bit sound card problem - no sound, music appears to be playing

Apr 15th, 2006

double click on your Creative Volume Control and click on the Speaker Settings button. Uncheck the digital output only mark and then try playing,, it should work then

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Re: SoundBlaster LIVE! 24-bit sound card problem - no sound, music appears to be play

Apr 15th, 2006

Ok, It's working fine now...I knew it was going to be something obvious that I missed

Thanks again! :mrgreen:

Life would be so much easier if we just had the source code...

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Re: SoundBlaster LIVE! 24-bit sound card problem - no sound, music appears to be playing

Jun 9th, 2006

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Originally Posted by mossiprose

double click on your Creative Volume Control and click on the Speaker Settings button. Uncheck the digital output only mark and then try playing,, it should work then

(I'm bumping this thread because I'm having the same problem)

this resolution did not work for me

Same thing - I reinstalled xp, heard the chime on 1 reboot - then all sound was lost.

any ideas?

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Re: SoundBlaster LIVE! 24-bit sound card problem - no sound, music appears to be playing

Jun 9th, 2006

Did you install the creative software? Did you make sure the creative volume was turned up?

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Re: SoundBlaster LIVE! 24-bit sound card problem - no sound, music appears to be playing

Sep 26th, 2006

Ok. Brand new to the site and already have a problem. Hi, coffeelovermama here. I had my pc reformated at a computer repair store and ever since no sound. I've also checked the volume controls, speakers, plug ins, and device check. Everything seems to be working. I called the store and they said reformating would not make this happen. I needed a new motherboard. Does anyone know anything about this. I know how to do the basics and thats it. But, I do like having sound. I enjoy music, too.

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Re: SoundBlaster LIVE! 24-bit sound card problem - no sound, music appears to be playing

May 9th, 2007

Here's a question .. I have the sound blaster live in a dell ... when I go to the sound area ... it has the sound grayed out ... so I would go the device manager and uninstall the drivers and uninstall the software ... restart and install the newest drivers from dell (2003) and it will work fine untill I restart the computer and they go gray again ... please help ... thanks

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Originally Posted by coffeelovermama

Ok. Brand new to the site and already have a problem. Hi, coffeelovermama here. I had my pc reformated at a computer repair store and ever since no sound. I've also checked the volume controls, speakers, plug ins, and device check. Everything seems to be working. I called the store and they said reformating would not make this happen. I needed a new motherboard. Does anyone know anything about this. I know how to do the basics and thats it. But, I do like having sound. I enjoy music, too.