i had planned on recording some vocals today for this overwhelming
project ive been working on for about 2yrs now already and still isnt
close to being finished.

so i start up my computer and for some reason the damn sound card isnt
working. it had been, up to this point, working just fine.
im using an audiophile 24/96 soundcard, on a windows XP system.
i think i was mucking around with some kind of system settings, but
nothing too bad, and im not totally braindead, so i dont really think
that should have caused a problem.

heres the situation:
if i go into the device manager, the only thing i can see that seems out
of place is the fact that when i go under the audiophile sound card
properties, into the audio tab then the properties there, it says that
the driver for the card is 'enabled but not started'. what the HELL does
that mean? WHERE do i 'start' it? its enabled and everything. i cant
figure this out...

also, if i go into the 'sounds and audio devices' options under the
control panel, it doesnt show that i have any type of sound card. it
wont find the audiophile. so i cant set it as my default card for
anything (recording, playback). same thing happens if i go under device
settings inside cool edit pro, it wont find my sound card. the
audiophile used to show up in both places now it doesn't.

but the weird thing is that for some reason it WILL show up inside
fruity loops. AND i get sound out of that program. why would windows
itself not even find the damn thing but a single program will, and can
also use it, even if windows doesnt have it set up as the default sound
card?!

ive tried reinstalling the drivers and that didnt do ****. this is
starting to get on my nerves because instead of working on my stuff im
spending all this time trying to fix the problem.
any ideas (that dont involve me getting a new sound card)?
thanks.
tim

Tim,

also, if i go into the 'sounds and audio devices' options under the
control panel, it doesnt show that i have any type of sound card.

Obviously something has gotten corrupted. Windows XP lets you "roll back"
your system settings, so if this happened recently you could try that. Or if
you have a proper system backup (Ghost, DriveImage) you could restore that
way, as I do once a year or so. But really, your best next step is to call
M-Audio tech support and ask their advice since they help people with this
stuff all the time.

--Ethan

remove any traces of it from the system and registr and try reinstalling the
card in another slot


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i had planned on recording some vocals today for this overwhelming
project ive been working on for about 2yrs now already and still isnt
close to being finished.

so i start up my computer and for some reason the damn sound card isnt
working. it had been, up to this point, working just fine.
im using an audiophile 24/96 soundcard, on a windows XP system.
i think i was mucking around with some kind of system settings, but
nothing too bad, and im not totally braindead, so i dont really think
that should have caused a problem.

heres the situation:
if i go into the device manager, the only thing i can see that seems out
of place is the fact that when i go under the audiophile sound card
properties, into the audio tab then the properties there, it says that
the driver for the card is 'enabled but not started'. what the HELL does
that mean? WHERE do i 'start' it? its enabled and everything. i cant
figure this out...

also, if i go into the 'sounds and audio devices' options under the
control panel, it doesnt show that i have any type of sound card. it
wont find the audiophile. so i cant set it as my default card for
anything (recording, playback). same thing happens if i go under device
settings inside cool edit pro, it wont find my sound card. the
audiophile used to show up in both places now it doesn't.

but the weird thing is that for some reason it WILL show up inside
fruity loops. AND i get sound out of that program. why would windows
itself not even find the damn thing but a single program will, and can
also use it, even if windows doesnt have it set up as the default sound
card?!

ive tried reinstalling the drivers and that didnt do ****. this is
starting to get on my nerves because instead of working on my stuff im
spending all this time trying to fix the problem.
any ideas (that dont involve me getting a new sound card)?
thanks.
tim