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I have a Thinkpad 600, laptop......I know it's outdated, it's just for surfin the net .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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Jump to Posthi,welcome, what version of windows are you using ,
try uninstall it and rebooting computer to reinstall the drivers .
Jump to Posthttp://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/DRVR-MATRIX.html
make sure you have up to date drivers
also ensure the windows audio service and plug and play are set to automatic
Jump to Postunless they are using os below win2000 there are no update sound drivers .according to this site .
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/DSHY-3TLQ2L.html#Audio
Jump to Postcould be a driver problem with winxp, as computer was designed for win98 and win2000,
Jump to Postit 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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