Try uninstalling and reinstalling your sound card.
To do this goto Multimedia in the Control Panel
delete everything in Audio Devices, MIDI Devices...,Mixer...,and Line
Input.

Delete everything referencing your sound card (and Awe 64--good choice :)

Then close everything and Shutdown and reboot your computer,
Be sure you have your system disks ready. I think there is an installation
program with the AWE 64 setup disk anyways, it might be wise to use that.

Also, check in System, for conflicts.

--Patrick Black

Original Message-----
From: Richard Ekpat, M.D. <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 3:15 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] APP: Windows 98.....MP3 Files No Longer plays!


>The System:
>Abit BH6/Celeron 300A/64 MB Samsung G8 PC 100 RAM/Creative 5X Dxr2
>PC-DVD/Aver TV-Phone Card/Creative AWE 64 OEM/Windows 98.
>
>The Problem:
>Before, MP3 files were playing well through WinAmp and Windows Media
Player,
>but after re-installation of Windows 98 MP3 files will no longer play. What
>I get are the following error messages:
>
>"MMSYSTEM004 The specified device is already in use. Wait until it is free,
>then try again."
>
>The Microsoft sounds that accompany the various Themes do no longer play. I
>attempted to play one but got the following error message:
>
>"Windows cannot play the sound C:\WINDOWS\media\The Microsoftsound.wav.
Your
>soundcard may be in use."
>
>A re-installation of Windows 98 did not help. I have searched Microsoft
>Knowledge Base and various Newsgroups but don't seem to find the solution.
>Could someone please suggest solution(s) to this problem? I want to play
>back my MP3 sound files. Thanks.
>Richard.
>
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