[SOLVED] Re: Sound problems updated

IRQ_XXXXX

turn off page file
reboot
delete page file
reboot
turn on page file


sound driver

did you download the driver from ms UPDATE for the creative chip?
roll back the driver or look at the list

your sound chip may have gone south


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>I have a Gigabyte motherboard (GA-7VTXH) that has the sound chip
> (creative CT5880) on the
> mb. For some reason the sound device keeps stopping to work. I reload
> the drivers (current from Gigabyte site) and everything works. Then the
>
> next day I have no sound (even if I never turn the machine off). The
> device manager says everything is working and there are no conflicts.
> The sound/audio section of the control panel will say there is no
> device
> installed. Any idea what is going on? I am running Windows XP and the
> the system has been stable for three years. No new software in the last
>
> six months.
>
> Also I have been getting the blue screen of dath with the message
> "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". Are these problems related?
>
> Any ideas. Uninstalling and reinstalling drivers doesn't seem to work.
> Update drivers hasn't worked. I am not trying generic Windows XP driver
> to see if that works.
>
> I am trying to figure out if:
>
> 1) Is this a driver problem?
> 2) Is the motherboard dieing?
> 3) Is this an IRQ problem? According to the device manager each device
> has its own IRQ
>