Sound problems on my computer

[Faeelin]

Hey all,

A couple of days ago, my brother used my computer to watch some skateboarding movies. He told me that the font was messed up. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but....

last night, I went on. The screen was at 600*480, 256 colors resolution. (I'm using an ATI RADEON 9000, which I installed a few weeks, about 3, ago). I finally reinstalled the video drivers and direct x.

Now, however, I'm getting an error. The first one states that directdraw.dll is nt working. WHy i that?

2) My sound card isn't working, and I don't even get the option to add it as new hardware, unles I'm missing something obvious.

[Faeelin]

Alright, what the devil is kernel32.dll? It's in my windows systems file, but it keeps crashing. What gives?

[reds4ever]

have you checked for a virus? otherwise your HD or registry may be corrupted

[Faeelin]

Crap. HOw does it become corrupted?

Actually, I'm beginning to wonder if there was a device failure with my sound card. Does that require buying an ew one, or is it just a prolem caused by my radeon?

[Skanky Burns]

Have you reinstalled windows since you installed the new graphics card?
A lot of your problems could stem from not doing so.

[reds4ever]

[QUOTE] Originally posted by Faeelin
Crap. HOw does it become corrupted?

QUOTE]

nice attitude fella, i was just trying to help moron,the data on HD's gets corrupted ALOT and so does the registry.

here's hoping your 'puter is well and truly screwed

...jeez, some people...

[Faeelin]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Have you reinstalled windows since you installed the new graphics card?
A lot of your problems could stem from not doing so.

Then why did the problems only crop up now?

It's possible, though. If I do this, what happens to what I have installed?

[Sava]

un-install your video card, then re-install it....
Re-install directX...

tell me if it works or not...

[Skanky Burns]

Well, everything on that h/d is gone. A good idea would be to back-up whatever you need (files you have made, mp3s, whatever you can't reinstall, etc) and then reinstall windows. Its always a good idea to reinstall every so often, but you will have to decide if it is worth it to do so.

Did the sound work at all after you installed the new graphics card?

[Faeelin]

Originally posted by Sava
un-install your video card, then re-install it....
Re-install directX...

tell me if it works or not...

I uninstalled the video gcard, reinstalled it, then uninstalled dirdect x, and reinstlaled it, as the first thing I did. Still get the .dll errors.

It did, skansky, for a few weeks. But after reinstalling the card's software after the resolution altering I described earlier, the speaker symbol is gone, and there is now no sound.

[Skanky Burns]

Well, it's probably not a hardware problem then.
What OS are you using?

I would recommend you seriously considering a reinstall.

[Sava]

Well, back up your important stuff, then reformat your HD's and reintall winblows...

[Faeelin]

I'm using windows me.

So everyone thinks I should reinstall? Bloody hell. Now I have to figure out what to back up to.

[Sava]

yup... it sucks when that happens... find a pirated version of XP, it's much better.

[Faeelin]

Originally posted by Sava
yup... it sucks when that happens... find a pirated version of XP, it's much better.

Actually, I'll just use my mom's.(Pays to have a parent who works at a university) But that will fix the problems?