Sound Card software problems

[FireBlade]

I keep having to reinstall soundmax drivers. Any idea why the srivers would just dissapear. I have spybot and an anti-virus program running.

thx
Fireblade

[jholland1964]

Give us the exact model of sound card, driver version, etc. What is your operating system also?
How long does the driver "hold" before it disappears?
How are you installing the driver...download install? Download Save? or is it coming from a cd or floppy disk?

[FireBlade]

ADI Soundmax Audio Driver for Windows 2000/XP, version 5.0, xp pro ser pk 2, installing from exe file, this just started a week ago. it could be something i dl from limewire but i can't find anything odd, the disapperance varies. i mostly use winamp.

I just did a reinstall and its gone.

retunrs this message win i paly song (directsound output v2.2.6 error)
(bad DirectSound driver. please install proper drivers or select another device in configuration. error code 88780078.

i just dl new driver from compaq will try that.

thx
FireBlade

[jholland1964]

From all I can find the latest driver version is 5.12.01.3620
so if you are using v5.0 then maybe all you need is an updated driver.

[FireBlade]

I dl that version, same one, no help, time for a xp reinstall anyway. winamp also drags alot when another program is running, it didnt used to do that.

thx
fireBlade

[jholland1964]

Can you give us the specs for your computer?

[FireBlade]

compaq presario x1360us, 1.4 meg

[jholland1964]

How much RAM and how big is the hard drive? What else is running in the background when you get the errors?