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    XP won’t play audio cd

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    by tomholt.ohio ·

    User has a Dell 4600 (if memory serves) running XP Pro w/SP2. Recently it stopped playing audio CDs. Reloaded driver, replaced CD drive with another new one from Dell. Still, won’t play audio. Play games and otherwise executes CDs, though. Not sure where else to turn. Any ideas?

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    • #2484250

      Clarifications

      by tomholt.ohio ·

      In reply to XP won’t play audio cd

      Clarifications

    • #2484219

      Look at connection

      by dontknowwhatimdoing ·

      In reply to XP won’t play audio cd

      You didn’t state if you have any sound when playing games so I’m assuming you don’t. You might check the cable from the drive to the sound card.

      • #2486029

        connection ok

        by tomholt.ohio ·

        In reply to Look at connection

        sorry, i didn’t mention it, but i do get sound for other things. windows media player gives me a message that says it doesn’t recognize the media type. it’s an off-the-shelf cd, not one that was burned
        thanks, though

        • #2485842

          What about other audio CD’s

          by dontknowwhatimdoing ·

          In reply to connection ok

          Does it play any other audio CD’s from a different manufacturer? If it does then maybe it’s the manufacturer.
          If it doesn’t, did you by chance upgrade Windows Media Player?

        • #2485677

          no audio cds

          by tomholt.ohio ·

          In reply to What about other audio CD’s

          it does not play any audio cds and it did not recently upgrade (???) i’m running Win MP version 9

        • #2485618

          The reason I asked is that the latest

          by dontknowwhatimdoing ·

          In reply to no audio cds

          version of Media Player is 11.

          Were any games or other software recently installed? The reason I asked is just like zlito stated, other programs could have changed the file type association.

          You might try re-installing Windows Media Player. I have not personally used MP 11 but have seen it installed on several computers and they SEEM to be functioning o.k.

        • #2500490

          recently intalled a game or two and

          by tomholt.ohio ·

          In reply to The reason I asked is that the latest

          some other stuff… can’t say exactly…
          but real player won’t play music either. found out today that the machine can’t play dvds either. something deep down must be wrong. can’t figure it out.
          i’ll try downloading and installing Media Player 10.
          i don’t think that’s going to help, though

        • #2485037

          Try this.

          by dontknowwhatimdoing ·

          In reply to recently intalled a game or two and

          See if this matches your problem. It looks like it does. The link also provides a workaround. I really didn’t look at the workaround though.
          http://support.microsoft.com/kb/96859/en-us

          Hope this helps.

    • #2486187

      check bios

      by jamesatmaisonverre ·

      In reply to XP won’t play audio cd

      Check that the sound card is enabled in the bios.If not i fear it might need a fix

      • #2486028

        sound card is ok

        by tomholt.ohio ·

        In reply to check bios

        sorry, i didn’t mention it, but i do get sound for other things. windows media player gives me a message that says it doesn’t recognize the media type. it’s an off-the-shelf cd, not one that was burned
        thanks, though

    • #2485832

      Audio Wire

      by jasonbrmn ·

      In reply to XP won’t play audio cd

      Check that the audio wire connection from the back of your cd player is installed right on the sound card.

      • #2485676

        connection ok

        by tomholt.ohio ·

        In reply to Audio Wire

        sorry, i didn’t mention it, but i do get sound for other things. windows media player gives me a message that says it doesn’t recognize the media type. it does not play any audio cds off-the-shelf or burned
        thanks, though

    • #2485672

      When an audio CD

      by zlitocook ·

      In reply to XP won’t play audio cd

      Is in the drive open my computer to see if the drive shows an audio cd? Some programs will take over the CD player and you will have to unassociate the program from the drive.
      Like when you load Real player it will associate itself with all media.

      • #2500491

        Real has the same problem

        by tomholt.ohio ·

        In reply to When an audio CD

        i know what you mean. real player is a kind of pushy like that. but real won’t play my music either. found out today that it can’t play dvds either. something deep down must be wrong. can’t figure it out.

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