Im having an unusual problem. I have a computer that a cousin of mine built... now when he installed the cd-rom drive he didnt do anything in the Bios... recently ive installed a Cd-burner on the same IDE Cable and also did nothing in the Bios. He also installed a SoundBlaster Audigy soundcard. My problem is that when i play a Cd in the Cd-rom drive through say a program like Windows Media player using the "Play Control" device (the windows sound controller... you know... that little speaker in the toobar) the only settings that control either the mute option or the volume settings options are the main "Play Control" controller and the "Wave/Mp3" controller. Now i thought this was unusual, cause in my mind the controllers that should work on a CD in the CD-Rom Drive should be obviously the main "Play Control" controller, the "CD Audio" controller and at the very least (since the settings are set to "Enable digital Cd Audio for this CD-Rom Device" in the Device manager for the CD-Rom Drives) the "CD Digital" controller.
To add to my confoundation, if i play the CD-Rom Drive from the little play button that is actually on the CD-Rom Drive (you know that little button with the arrows on it...) I can now choose from the "Play Control" setting and the "CD Audio" setting, but now not from the "Wave/Mp3" setting, but still neither from the "CD Digital" controller either.
Now a few thoughts have been going on in my head as to what the problem may be... First let me share that i've had to download the drivers for the Soundblaster Audigy Card through their website seeing as i lost the original software (its a long story). Now the first thing im thinking is, maybe the onboard soundcard is messing with the settings on my Audigy Card. So i went to the Bios and Disenabled the onboard Soundcard... still no luck. Then i went to the settings for the Primary Master and Primary Slave devices in the Bios and turned them from "Auto" to "Cd-Rom".... no luck. Then i noticed that there were settings for a secondary Master and Slave.... so i set those from "Auto" to "Cd-Rom".... no luck. then i decided to switch them all from "Auto" to "Cd-Rom" again no luck. Each time i made the switch and saved and exited from the Bios i'd get a message that read something like ...couldnt read or couldnt configure primary master and primary slave device (same with the secondary devices... etc.). So if thats not the problem i dont know what else to do. And thus i come to you folks and your infinite wisdom.
I have an Asus A7V266-C motherboard with 1010 drivers if that helps and i have an Athlon Xp 2000 chip. Windows Xp. Soundblaster Audigy. um... thats all i can think of.
thanks in advance
Drift
PS. told you the problem was unusual...
To add to my confoundation, if i play the CD-Rom Drive from the little play button that is actually on the CD-Rom Drive (you know that little button with the arrows on it...) I can now choose from the "Play Control" setting and the "CD Audio" setting, but now not from the "Wave/Mp3" setting, but still neither from the "CD Digital" controller either.
Now a few thoughts have been going on in my head as to what the problem may be... First let me share that i've had to download the drivers for the Soundblaster Audigy Card through their website seeing as i lost the original software (its a long story). Now the first thing im thinking is, maybe the onboard soundcard is messing with the settings on my Audigy Card. So i went to the Bios and Disenabled the onboard Soundcard... still no luck. Then i went to the settings for the Primary Master and Primary Slave devices in the Bios and turned them from "Auto" to "Cd-Rom".... no luck. Then i noticed that there were settings for a secondary Master and Slave.... so i set those from "Auto" to "Cd-Rom".... no luck. then i decided to switch them all from "Auto" to "Cd-Rom" again no luck. Each time i made the switch and saved and exited from the Bios i'd get a message that read something like ...couldnt read or couldnt configure primary master and primary slave device (same with the secondary devices... etc.). So if thats not the problem i dont know what else to do. And thus i come to you folks and your infinite wisdom.
I have an Asus A7V266-C motherboard with 1010 drivers if that helps and i have an Athlon Xp 2000 chip. Windows Xp. Soundblaster Audigy. um... thats all i can think of.
thanks in advance
Drift
PS. told you the problem was unusual...
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