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by pclarke

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I have a stand alone PIII system with an integrated motherboard running windows ME. If the power goes out and the system is on; when it is restarted the sound adapter needs to be reselected in the control panel. The system has been clean of viruses and worms. What can I do to rectify this problem?

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by opatzg9

uninstall the sound card and reinstall.
Remove all the sound devices first from control panel/system/devices
select them and hit delete and then when you auto detect windows should load them back in for you.
Good luck

by thechas

Check the CMOS back-up battery.

It is possible that the sound is partially disabled in BIOS settings after a power interuption.

If the CMOS back-up battery is getting weak, it can cause BIOS settings to become corrupted in the event of a powerinteruption.

Chas

by pacalealaathotmail.c

as you left us guessing i will assume that
this could very well be a case of unreliable detection of your sound card

and because your version of windows still relies on BIOS PnP detection you should try to

start the CMOS setup utility
and check the pnp/pci configuration,

making sure that

pnp os installed - yes
resources controlled by - auto
reset configuration data - enabled

save and exit setup

this will make sure that WindowsMe will get
all the necessary data for the installed PlugAndPlay hardware
After the pnp hardware is detected you should be
able to see it and control it from the Device Manager

If the sound card is detected and listed by the device manager the rest is just a matter of installing/using the right driverconfiguration.

hth

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