os 98se
sc soundblaster live value
recently installed an old game 'ydkj3' and had some minor problems. found out a day later i had no audio from any multimedia players i.e. winamp, divx player, wmp, etc. can't even get qt to work at all. got rid of ydkj3 immediately!! tried to uninstall and reinstall proper drives for sc, but to no avail. reinstalled os w/o reformatting(don't want to have to re-install all the software on my system). found new driver from creative labs and installed... still no luck. updated directx due to a dll problem with divx player and still no audio. put card in new pci slot no luck there either. tried updating winamp... nothing. Is the lifespan of a sound card five yrs? this is my last resort.. short of buying a new sound card. any help anyone would have is very appreciated.
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max
sc soundblaster live value
recently installed an old game 'ydkj3' and had some minor problems. found out a day later i had no audio from any multimedia players i.e. winamp, divx player, wmp, etc. can't even get qt to work at all. got rid of ydkj3 immediately!! tried to uninstall and reinstall proper drives for sc, but to no avail. reinstalled os w/o reformatting(don't want to have to re-install all the software on my system). found new driver from creative labs and installed... still no luck. updated directx due to a dll problem with divx player and still no audio. put card in new pci slot no luck there either. tried updating winamp... nothing. Is the lifespan of a sound card five yrs? this is my last resort.. short of buying a new sound card. any help anyone would have is very appreciated.
ty
max