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Win98 sound recorder won't work
I have an onboard Sound Pro sound card on my Pentium motherboard. Since installing Win98, the sound recorder is not accessible, and is grayed out. I have installed the drivers that came with the motherboard, and while they work fine for the sound playback, recording is not available.
Are the new drivers for windows 98 or 95? If they are for win 95 they may not be fully compatable with 98. Check you mainboards homepage to find out if they have drivers for win 98. Good Luck - Mike
zaf, Do you know the motherboard model, please advise? pslh
The soundpro chipset on the TX Pro II motherboards is a CMI8330. Get the latest driver here:
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/8330/30w98v64.zip
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/8330/30w98v64.zip
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A good idea, which I tried, but it does not solve the problem. The soundpro chipset is correctly a CMI8330, and the drivers that came with the motherboard are actually for WIN98.
How about your multimedia settings?
Start, settings, control panel, multimedia. Check that the CMI8330 is shown as the preferred device under recording. Also check the devices tab for the Microsoft PCM converter Audio Compressor Codec.
You did install all components didn't you? Add/remove programs, windows setup, multimedia. Check audio compression and sound recorder.
Start, settings, control panel, multimedia. Check that the CMI8330 is shown as the preferred device under recording. Also check the devices tab for the Microsoft PCM converter Audio Compressor Codec.
You did install all components didn't you? Add/remove programs, windows setup, multimedia. Check audio compression and sound recorder.
zaf, Use find to locate the file C:\windows\Sndrec32.exe and also the Sndrec32.exe on your soundpro driver directory either in CDrom or downloaded version.
Check the date:
Sndrec32.exe 05/11/98 (win98) C:\windows\
Sndrec32.exe 07/11/95 (cdrom/soundpro driver)
Use window explorer to select the file C:\windows\Sndrec32.exe (dated 05/11/98) and rename it to Sndrec32.w98.
Then copy the Sndrec32.exe (dated 07/11/95) to the C:\windows\ directory.
Restart the computer.
Next go to the control panel, multimedia,
Playback : preferred device: [Sound System Playback (534) ]
Recording: preferred device: [SB16 Record (220) ]
[x] Use only preferred devices.
Click apply and OK.
You may also need to go to the device manger of control panel, Sound, video and game controller,
Remove the SB16 Audio Device.
Restart the computer 3 times. Inspect if the recording. You may also double click the
C:\windows\Sndrec32.exe (dated 07/11/95) and test recording result.
pslh
Check the date:
Sndrec32.exe 05/11/98 (win98) C:\windows\
Sndrec32.exe 07/11/95 (cdrom/soundpro driver)
Use window explorer to select the file C:\windows\Sndrec32.exe (dated 05/11/98) and rename it to Sndrec32.w98.
Then copy the Sndrec32.exe (dated 07/11/95) to the C:\windows\ directory.
Restart the computer.
Next go to the control panel, multimedia,
Playback : preferred device: [Sound System Playback (534) ]
Recording: preferred device: [SB16 Record (220) ]
[x] Use only preferred devices.
Click apply and OK.
You may also need to go to the device manger of control panel, Sound, video and game controller,
Remove the SB16 Audio Device.
Restart the computer 3 times. Inspect if the recording. You may also double click the
C:\windows\Sndrec32.exe (dated 07/11/95) and test recording result.
pslh
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Have tried both suggestions, from bartsmit and pslh, unfortunately with no joy! Sound recorder is still grayed out and inaccessible
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Adjusted points to 75
zaf, is the problem still there or not? pslh
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yes it is - haven't managed to solve it
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Thanks pslh! Worked perfectly. Good to have my recording back after so many months!
zaf, You're welcome! pslh
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