Kay McCoy wrote:

 if I use the NT default drivers listed from the
> multimedia dialog box, the drivers will install and I will get midi and wave
> sounds  --  just no MP3, although, after a while the wave sounds will stop
> playing (Doesn't that indicate that the card itself is ok?) .

   Not necessarily...I would assess that as a good possibility the card
is failing.


> I hope you (or someone) can follow up with more suggestions....  Thanks.


  Dear Kay:

    I would suggest you would be far better off trying another sound
card. For $15 to $25 you can buy an excellent Ensoniq, Yamaha chip card,
or even the PCI 128 Creative Labs card (I have that one which cost me 3
times as much 18 months ago). There comes a time of diminishing returns
for working out a computer problem (which you are hoping is merely a
software problem). Try the card in another machine of any OS and see if
it works. If it does then you might yet figure it out on your NT
machine. I assume you have a machine faster than 200 MHz and 32 MB of
RAM as that SB16 card requires that as a minimum. For an excellent guide
to low prices on hardware download the searchbot software at
http://www.copernic.com.

Good luck!

Russell Smith
Edtech Consultant, Journalist
Region 14 ESC Abilene
http://camalott.com/~rssmith
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