No Audio Device error trying to adjust volume

Hi. I just tried to adjust the volume and was told there was no audio device?
It did work a few weeks ago. I down loaded MacromediaFlash and it is also
not working. Thanks Jethroww

 

Hi. When I go into the device manager it has legacy audio drivers and it says it is working properly. But int he sounds and audio devices in the control panel it comes up and is a gray shade and will not let me adjust anything even in an adminastor name and says no device. Thanks for the help PeteC

 

Hi PeterC. Here is that pane
Name Riptide Audio Device
Manufacturer Conexant
Status OK
PNP Device ID RPBOOT\AUDIO\5&1A4173D5&0&01
I/O Port 0x00000360-0x00000363
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\crtaud.sys (5.12.01.0326, 41.13 KB (42,112 bytes), 23/12/2005 6:22 PM)

Name Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Manufacturer Microsoft
Status OK
PNP Device ID MODEMWAVE\0\{3CEADB3E-545B-4838-9B35-4330EE927737}
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\modemcsa.sys (5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148), 15.75 KB (16,128 bytes), 23/12/2005 6:23 PM)

I went into the regedit and followed symantec to remove Adware.CramToolbar but it seems to be comming back. I only use Explorer to update windows otherwise I use Firefox/Thunderbird. Could I have changed/******* up something else? Thanks.

 

Sorry PeteC. I forgot to answer your question. I did have sound before with the volume control in the bottom panel in Xp for a while and that made me think I could have ******* something up with removeing Adware.CramToolbar.
Thanks

 

Hi PeteC. I'll try that. Thanks

 

You can find a Riptide driver for Win 2k HERE . It might work with XP. I never tried to run XP on my old Pavillion but Win 2k ran fine. HTH

B

 

Riptide? Hey, just noticed this. I wonder if he's still interested.

I am possibly the only lover of the Riptide Audio/Modem card on the planet. That said, I don't think anyone would be satisfied with the card on anything but 9x/Me.

See, HP only created a dumbed down beta version for Windows 2000. I suppose this was to appease those who absolutely did not want to install a different soundcard and modem on their HP Pavilion after updating the operating system to XP/2000.

Microsoft updated, as of XP Service Pack 1, XP's driver base to include approximately the same version of the driver that is in the HP beta Windows 2000 driver, except signed for XP.

So if one uninstalls whatever is related to the soundcard and modem in Device Manager(not the legacy drivers and stuff! That's XP WDM stuff.) or simply installs XP, on reboot XP will install the proper drivers for the Riptide Audio/Modem. It calls the soundcard a Riptide Bus/Firmware Downloader. Weird name. The modem is called (I recall) a Conexant Generic HCF Modem for the HCF card, and a Conexant Generic HSF modem for the HSF card.

I actually managed to get nearly suitable use out of it by installing some helper programs like QSound Labs QMaxII and Yamaha S-YXG50 (the XP version.)

See, the Midi Synthesizer is not included in the XP/2000 driver so you only get the Windows General Midi. And the Bass Boost is gone, but you get the Stereo Expansion but it sounds lousy. Not like it sounded on 9x.

However, with QMaxII music sounded great. And games and midi (with the Yamaha Synth for midi) sounded great too.

Major problem though. You need a modern super powerful processor and lots of memory (neither of which existed on any PC that the Riptide came with) to avoid music skipping and stuttering while connected to the internet. Which is all the time if you have broadband! And don't even try browsing while listening to music. Skip and stutter.

No skipping or stuttering occured on the 9x/Me drivers. So I think it's just a case of the driver development for newer operating systems just being halted as HP abandoned the card and Conexant discontinued the Riptide program.

It was nice of Microsoft to work in the partially developed driver to XP Service Pack 1 and 2. It's kind of crazy to ask more of them for very few users choose to keep these cards. Most hate them!

For a 9x/Me 2.1 channel speaker or headphone system, the card was probably the best sounding card I have. No EAX, but it did use DirectSound and had an A3d licenced by Aureal. And, correctly installed and updated, it had none of the conflicts with hardware that the Creative cards had. Loved the MS-DOS game compatibility too.

XP? Loosen the wallet a bit and buy a new soundcard and modem. Better yet, that things old. Get a new PC. Most have sound built in that on today's computers is pretty great.

 

Dennis, well said and well put. Basically, from what I see from trying to help people with HP upgrades and my own experience working on my sister's, HP just don't want you to upgrade.

I like this part, "Get a new PC ".

If you are interested in upgrading in the future, don't get a HP or other branded computer, they don't support upgading (hint: they want you to buy a new model).

Build your own or get one built for you with your own selected parts. Parts manufacturer's offer long term upgrade support for their products so you will buy them again in the future. Branded computers compete by having "sale" sign on their pre-built systems.

Sorry to sound like I'm putting HP products down, I really like their technical support (as in their website database and the support people I have dealt with in person). Their marketing stategy, though, is for you to throw the old one away as soon as it seems out-of-date.

My sister's computer still "looks good" from the outside. It still has the original Win 95 OS as well since we were not prepared to purchase a Win 98 HP "restore" disk for it. It serves as a homework machine for my youngest daughter (it was that or land-fill).

Matt