My sound worked fine one night i was using vent and everything worked just fine, the next day i turned my computer on and tried getting on vent again but it told me there was no directsound so i ran DXdiag and it told me i had no sound hardware so i opened up my case and reseated the sound card and turned it back on i have done this 3 times now and it still isn't detecting my sound card. btw my sound card is a Sound Blaster Live! Value Dell OEM. thxs for any feedback you guys can give me.