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by fowlerd854

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I am running win xp pro, and every since Ive gotten it Ive had problem~after problem!! to start off, I have no sound, and I have creative soundblaster installed, when i select volume control, it tells me i have no mixer installed? Where do i get one of them, and i have Sony
CD WR installed, shows it in device manager, cant get it to work,right, or my dvd, wont play or i cant get it to function ive used it only 2 times, what do i do! also i have a zip drive and floppy, should a & b be enabled in bios, becuz it shows 1 extra in dev. mgr?? Please help me??

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by dmiles

With the number of problems that you are expierencing,it would be best to check the Micrososft site for HCL to make sure that your peripherals are supported by Windows it sounds as though you need to download drivers for XP operating system

The second part of your question is that you should not have A&B enabled in the Bios unless you have dual floppy drives,you can delete the last one listed in Device Manager

by thechas

Sounds like you need to install Windows updates.

There are known problems with every device you have listed that are corrected by updates.

You will also want to get the latest driver from Creative for the sound card.

Creative sound:
Updates from Microsoft and Creative.
CD-RW drives (all):
Updates from Microsoft and CD writing software mfg.
DVD drive:
Updates from Microsoft, and need newer version of DVD player software.
ZIP drive:
I think this is also a Microsoft update issue.
If you upgraded from W98 or Me, these are all VERY common problems.

If you need more help, please list your system specifics.
CD-RW software
DVD drive and player software
CPU, RAM, free HDD space.
Upgrade, or clean install of XP?

Chas

by jnoonan

Is there a sound card built in to the motherboard? I've had this problem and was forced to use the onboard sound (a sound blaster chipset) instead of the Sound Blaster Live! Digital card that was installed. This despite XP having no (hah-hah) problems with the Live! card. All settings looked good. I had to select the onboard sound through the sound setup panel.

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