Hmm, I believe that the sound for VCD and DVD are encoded in the file so do not take the audio path into the sound card. First, check to see if any sound is coming out of the CD player. Put a set of headphones into the jack on the front of the player. And then for the hard part. You may have to remove the soundcard from the computer. Almost all soundcards have a 4-pin audio cable connector. Now, just because the connector fits physically doesn't mean that it's the right one. Follow the trace leads on the soundcard. There should be two thin ones and a thicker one. The thick one will be the Common lead and the two thin ones will be the Laft and Right channels. Now look at the connector coming from the CD player. Do the three wires line up with the three traces on the circuit board? It is possible that the Common lead should be on pin-2 instead of pin-3 or the other way around. ----------L ----------Common ----------nc ----------R Winston Pike ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lin" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 6:54 PM Subject: [PCBUILD] Still unable to play CD > Hi, my friends. > I tried to connect the audio cable from the sound card to either the old CD or the new DVD, and yet I'm still unable to get either of them to play CD, although they can play VCD and DVD all right. I tried to run both Microsoft Multimedia Player and Windows' CD player to play CD and both program ran properly but no sound came from the speakers! Do I need to reinstall the sound card driver and re-set some value? > Many thanks in advance! > > The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great > tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine > Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com > PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml