I just installed Windows XP on my computer (IBM Aptiva 2163). I have an ESS 1969 PCI AudioDrive soundcard. When I first installed XP, I had no problems at all with playing music or sounds. I had run Windows Update and was installing a bunch of updates, including one for the audio driver, when my computer crashed (I had installed a firewall that wasn’t compatible with XP). The computer did a memory dump and I rebooted it. Ever since that, my audio won’t play.
I downloaded the XP signed version of the audio driver from ESS Technology’s website and installed that. There are no obvious problems with the device or the driver; everything appears to be installed and running fine. However, AIM and MSN won’t play any notification sounds, and WinAmp gives me the following error:
**No sound devices found. Please buy a soundcard first (or install proper drivers if you think that you have one). More info can be found at http://www.geocities.com/mmsystem002/
Error code 2:
Windows error message:
“A device ID has been used that is out of range for your system.”**
How can I get my audio working again? It IS enabled in the BIOS, and it was working before the memory dump. HELP!!!
