Windows media Player9-no sound

[mloo55]

This pc with Win98se PIII 128k has the problem that no sound is heard when play a music Cd but the picture is normal when a movie is played of course without sound.
A msg is shown when a music Cd is played:
Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly.

So when i see the info box a code is shown:

0xC00D11BA: Cannot play the file

I just checked device manager and no yellow mark ?,! on it.

But when opened multimedia then sound tab shows no device for play nor record. In the tab devices- multimedia controllers -sound devices right click properties and read sound devices - no installed devices of this class in your system.

I run Everest and in multimedia I read
Device decription type
Ensoniq ES1371 AudioPCI-97 Sound Card PCI-97

Is there anything more i could do to fix the problem ,really it is a mess since suddenly the pc stopped to play music i told you cos when started the pc no windows start music is heard.

waiting for your help
rgds
mlo55

 

[CCT]

So, pop in your motherboard support disk and reload your sound drivers.

 

[almcneil]

Check for spyware. I recommend the following 3 utilities:

• Ad-Aware 2007
• Spybot Search & Destroy
• AVG Anti-Spyware

All are free and can be downloaded via the Internet.

BTW, are you getting other sounds such as default Windows sounds?

 

[mloo55]

Thanks for your response and the default windows music is no heard.
how do I find the driver for this card?
rgds
mloo55

 

[CCT]

http://www.soundblaster.com/language.asp?sDestUrl=/support/downloads

Once you have established your Region and Country, the page displayed allows you to manually search.

From what I have read, you want to try first the Soundblaster, Others, SoundBlaster PCI64 drivers, then, if those don't work, the PCI 128.

gl

 

[mloo55]

Thanks buddies I removed the sound card and the restarted the pc so it searched for new hardware and installed the driver so now I can listen music very quiet.
rgds
mloo55