Hi, If you've got the drivers for the sound card I would go into add/remove programs and uninstall the drivers. Then go into device manager and delete the soundcard and re-boot. When the computer locates the 'new' device reinstall the drivers and see what that does. I had a sound blaster card that did go bad once and I just wound up replacing it. But try the reinstallation before anything else. Hope this helps. John --- justin shim <[log in to unmask]> wrote: --------------------------------- For some strange reason my sound card doesn't work. The device manager says its working fine, but the sounds and audio devices panel says there is no audio device installed and when I try to play any sounds it doesn't work and the system says the sound card may be in use, but it's not. How can I fix this problem. I went through the troubleshooting guide and that didn't help any. I'm about ready to give up and call creative labs tech support (I have a sound blaster live). The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com