No sound at all in Vista - need help.

wilburdee

wilburdee

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hey, y'all - just installed Vista HP 64 bit and it went pretty good, for the most part.
I am dual booting w/XP Pro 32 bit, on seperate hard drives. I'm pretty impressed so far.
I do have one major problem - no sound at all.
Here's my hardware setup:
asus p5q pro, Intel c2d e8400, saphire radeon 4850, auzentech x-fi prelude, logitech z-5500, seagate 320gb sata(XP Pro), seagate 640gb sata(vista).
soundcard & spkrs. work great in XP.
I went to auzen website & d/l latest drivers, drilled down thru all the vista options & menus I could find, checked device mngr., and still no luck.
Anybody got any ideas ?
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel C2D E8400
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Pro
    Memory
    Corsair 2gb x 2 DDR800
    Graphics card(s)
    Saphire Radeon HD4850
    Sound Card
    Auzentech x-fi Prelude
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 2232 BW+
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 320gb SATA w/WinXP Pro 32bit Seagate 640gb SATA w/Vista HP 64bit
    PSU
    Corsair 620w modular
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    AC Freezer 7, F/R 120mm, top 140mm
    Mouse
    Logitech G-5
    Keyboard
    Logitech G-15
    Internet Speed
    5-7mbps

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0) Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2 Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0 WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB) WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25 Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Dwarf - thanks for the reply, I was thinking the same thing.
Driver supports Vista, but not x64.
I thought I had heard that other people had used it in x64 but maybe not.
What would my other sound options be - uninstalling the Auzen and going back to mobo sound?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel C2D E8400
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Pro
    Memory
    Corsair 2gb x 2 DDR800
    Graphics card(s)
    Saphire Radeon HD4850
    Sound Card
    Auzentech x-fi Prelude
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 2232 BW+
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 320gb SATA w/WinXP Pro 32bit Seagate 640gb SATA w/Vista HP 64bit
    PSU
    Corsair 620w modular
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    AC Freezer 7, F/R 120mm, top 140mm
    Mouse
    Logitech G-5
    Keyboard
    Logitech G-15
    Internet Speed
    5-7mbps
Try enabling the onboard sound card and see if Vista picks it up or windows update or check the mobo website if there is 64bit support for your onboard sound card. If you want to buy a sound card then from my experience creative sound cards should be good.
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Me
    CPU
    Athlon x2 7750 BE
    Motherboard
    Asus M4A78 Pro
    Memory
    2x2gb Kingston
    Graphics card(s)
    Sapphire HD 4830
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Xtreme Music
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer P221w and Acer 1916w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 and 1440x900
    Hard Drives
    2x80 GB Seagate 7200.10 in RAID0, 500 GB Seagate 7200.12
    PSU
    Antec Earthwatts 500W
    Case
    Antec Sonata III
    Cooling
    AC Freezer 64 Pro and a couple of 120 mm case fans
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 v2
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wave
    Internet Speed
    10000/1000
Thanks for the reply and link Stormy, I'll check it out.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    Intel C2D E8400
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Pro
    Memory
    Corsair 2gb x 2 DDR800
    Graphics card(s)
    Saphire Radeon HD4850
    Sound Card
    Auzentech x-fi Prelude
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 2232 BW+
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 320gb SATA w/WinXP Pro 32bit Seagate 640gb SATA w/Vista HP 64bit
    PSU
    Corsair 620w modular
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    AC Freezer 7, F/R 120mm, top 140mm
    Mouse
    Logitech G-5
    Keyboard
    Logitech G-15
    Internet Speed
    5-7mbps
I have the same problem - try to update the Auzentech drivers which seems to work, but the volume mixer icon indicates there is no audio apparatus installed, even though it mentions the Auzentech card. It also shows up as working in the System Manager and Sounds tab - anyone any idea what could have gone wrong (and yes, I did reboot after the install, so that can't be the problem). For the record, before the update the card worked perfectly...
 

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And to make things even more complicated I DID get sound when the card tested for virtual surround - but apparently it doesn't show up in any other application. Plus, the volume knob on every window of the Auzentech console software is grayed out and inacessible...
 

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